01:04:52 Setup Information 01:04:53 Equipment Settings Observer: Kirk Carbo Observatory: Telescope: 12.5 f9 Ritchey Mount type: Equatorial Self guider or off-axis guider used for guiding Imaging camera: FLI Proline9000 CCD Camera Imager pixel size: 12.00 Telescope focal length: 2857 Imager image scale: 0.870 Imaging camera gain: Guide camera pixel size: 9 Guide focal length: 2857 Guider image scale: 0.65 Guide rate: 0.50 Guider1: 2x0.0340.4 Guider2: 1000010000-19.0W2 Rot: 72 Rotator offset: -91.6 W Mount settling time: 5 sec. 1x1 download time: 35 sec. 2x2 download time: 12 sec. 3x3 download time: 6 sec. Other delays: 1 sec. Software Settings CCDAutoPilot, Version: 3.42.7, Professional Edition Licensed to: kjcstudio@cox.net System profile: C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\System Profiles\OGS 10-20-08 v2.app Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 CCDSoft version 5.00.188 being used for image acquisition. DirectGuide being used for guider movement Minimum move: 0.25 arc-sec. Maximum move: 3 arc-sec. Aggressiveness: 10 TheSky version 6.0.0.60 being used for telescope control. FocusMax version 3.03.0029 being used for focus control. Rotator used: Optec Pyxis on COM2 CCDSoft/TheSky used for plate solving Plate solve sub-frame: Full Plate solve filter: Luminance Plate solve binning: 1x1 Plate solve exposure time: 20 Standard FITS keywords will be inserted into the FITS header. Tracking and Guiding Settings Telescope slew to an altitude below 5 will be prevented. Guided operation being used with a peak enhanced dither of 5.00 pixels. AGSR enabled for 10 cycles to get within 1 pixels. An audible alarm will sound if the guide star is not recovered. Focus Settings FocusMax is using the JMISmartFocus.Focuser focuser driver SkyStar being used for focusing. Focus star maximum brightness is Mag. 4 Focus stars will be selected to have an altitude higher than 60 degrees. Focuser temperature compensation is not enabled. A post-focus offset of 0 counts will be applied. WARNING: No periodic focusing specified. WARNING: The same Luminance filter is specified for focusing, regardless of the exposure filter. Filter Parameters Filter Offset Focus Exposure SII 0 1.0 Luminance 0 1.0 Red 0 1.0 Green 0 1.0 Blue 0 1.0 Ha 0 1.0 OIII 0 1.0 Meridian Flip Settings Automatic meridian crossing enabled. The mount will not be resynchronized after the meridian crossing. The guide star will be automatically selected after meridian crossing. A focus run will not occur after the meridian crossing. The mount will track for 1 minutes past the meridian before flipping. WARNING: the mount will be allowed to track up to 4 minutes past the meridian. The rotator will rotate 180 degrees upon meridian crossing. Session and Options 1. Startup Tasks Session will start at 01:10 21 Oct. Light frames for the specified target(s) will be obtained. Precision slew to target will be used. 2. After Light Frames Telescope will be parked after light frames are completed. Dark and/or bias frames will be acquired after the target light frames. 3. Shutdown tasks Telescope will be re-parked after dawn flats are completed. 01:04:53 01:04:53 Run starting... 01:04:53 Log saved to: C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_Logs\ccdap20081021_010452.log 01:04:53 *** Review setup before starting session *** 01:04:53 01:04:53 Root save path: C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\ 01:04:53 System profile: C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\System Profiles\OGS 10-20-08 v2.app 01:04:53 Target List: 01:04:53 Start sequence number: 1 01:04:53 01:04:53 Waiting until 01:10 to begin session 01:10:00 01:10:00 Light Frames 01:10:00 Telescope connected (0) 01:10:02 Telescope tracking on 01:10:02 Target: cas test at RA: 00 52 53.1, Dec: +56 38 03 , PA: 260.8 01:10:02 Rise: 13:45 20 Oct 01:10:02 54° E elevation: 21:35 20 Oct 01:10:02 Transit: 23:56 20 Oct 01:10:02 51° W elevation: 02:42 21 Oct 01:10:02 Set: 10:06 21 Oct 01:10:03 Slewing scope... 01:10:08 Slewed to RA: 00 53 26.6, Dec: +56 41 09 01:10:08 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:10:13 Telescope RA: 00 53 26.7, Dec: +56 41 10 01:10:13 Rotating to PA: 260.8w 01:10:13 Rotator moving to: 352 01:10:13 Plate solving... 01:10:14 Telescope RA: 00 53 26.7, Dec: +56 41 10 01:10:42 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_cas test_011040.fit 01:10:50 Solved RA: 00 53 22.3, Dec: +56 39 47 PA: 261.0 01:10:50 Pointing error (arcmin): RA 7.3; Dec 1.7 01:10:50 Slewing scope... 01:10:52 Slewed to RA: 00 52 57.4, Dec: +56 39 26 01:10:52 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:10:57 Location corrected 01:10:57 Telescope currently pointing to... 01:10:57 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.5, Dec: +56 39 27 01:10:57 Plate solving... 01:10:57 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.5, Dec: +56 39 27 01:11:26 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_cas test_011123.fit 01:11:34 Solved RA: 00 52 53.0, Dec: +56 38 04 PA: 261.0 01:11:34 Target RA: 00 52 53.0, Dec: +56 38 04 , PA: 261.0 01:11:35 Target is already passed the meridian 01:11:35 Light set 1 of 1 starting... 01:11:35 Light Series 1: 2 light frame(s), binned 1x1, Red filter, 60 seconds, focus at series start 01:11:35 Guide exposure is 10 sec. 01:11:36 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.5, Dec: +56 39 27 01:11:36 Focusing using Luminance filter... 01:11:36 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.5, Dec: +56 39 27 01:11:36 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.5, Dec: +56 39 27 01:11:40 Moving to focus star number 1, SAO 21677 at 61 deg. altitude 01:11:40 Slewing scope... 01:11:43 Slewed to RA: 00 45 49.8, Dec: +55 16 25 01:11:43 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:12:45 Focus position: 9472, HFD: 3.2 arc-sec., Temp.: 100.0 01:12:47 Returning to target... 01:12:47 Slewing scope... 01:12:50 Slewed to RA: 00 53 26.6, Dec: +56 41 11 01:12:50 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:12:55 Plate solving... 01:12:55 Telescope RA: 00 53 26.7, Dec: +56 41 11 01:13:47 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_cas test_011345.fit 01:13:56 Solved RA: 00 53 22.0, Dec: +56 39 42 PA: 261.0 01:13:56 Pointing error (arcmin): RA 7.2; Dec 1.6 01:13:56 Slewing scope... 01:13:57 Slewed to RA: 00 52 57.6, Dec: +56 39 33 01:13:57 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:14:02 Location corrected 01:14:11 Done focusing 01:14:15 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.7, Dec: +56 39 34 01:14:15 GuiderPlateScale: 0.65 01:14:15 Guide1: 1-30.0 01:14:15 Getting guide star location... 01:14:47 Guide star peak value: 29202 01:14:50 Guider running 01:14:50 Guider x: 196.0, y: 131.0 01:14:51 Guider stopped. 01:14:51 Dither: +0.0, +0.0, 01:14:58 Guider running 01:15:19 Guide Error X: 0.5, Y: 0.1 01:15:20 Altitude: 60 deg. 01:15:20 Exposing... 01:16:28 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\081021_cas test\Red261W_cas test_00001.fit 01:16:31 Guider stopped. 01:16:31 Dither: +5.0, +0.0, 01:16:38 Guider running 01:16:59 Guide Error X: 1.6, Y: 4.8 01:17:16 Guide Error X: 3.8, Y: 5.7 01:17:33 Guide Error X: 5.6, Y: 7.4 01:17:50 Guide Error X: 7.9, Y: 9.2 01:18:07 Guide Error X: 9.8, Y: 11.1 01:18:24 Guide Error X: 12.0, Y: 12.8 01:18:41 Guide Error X: 13.7, Y: 14.1 01:18:58 Guide Error X: 15.0, Y: 14.7 01:19:15 Guide Error X: 15.0, Y: 14.7 01:19:32 Guide Error X: 15.0, Y: 14.7 01:19:34 Guider stopped. 01:19:34 Try 1 to reacquire guide star... 01:19:34 Slewing scope... 01:19:35 Slewed to RA: 00 53 26.6, Dec: +56 41 11 01:19:35 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:19:40 Plate solving... 01:19:40 Telescope RA: 00 53 26.5, Dec: +56 41 11 01:20:17 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_cas test_012014.fit 01:20:26 Solved RA: 00 53 21.5, Dec: +56 39 43 PA: 261.0 01:20:26 Slewing scope... 01:20:27 Slewed to RA: 00 52 58.0, Dec: +56 39 32 01:20:27 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:20:32 PM pointing adjustment complete. 01:21:03 Guide star peak value: 30299 01:21:06 Guider running 01:21:06 Guider x: 196.0, y: 129.0 01:21:27 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.5 01:21:27 Altitude: 60 deg. 01:21:27 Exposing... 01:22:38 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\081021_cas test\Red261W_cas test_00002.fit 01:22:41 Guider stopped. 01:22:41 *** Average altitude for this series is 60 deg. 01:22:41 Light Series 2: 1 light frame(s), binned 1x1, Blue filter, 60 seconds, focus at series start. 01:22:41 Guide exposure is 10 sec. 01:22:42 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.9, Dec: +56 39 21 01:22:42 Focusing using Luminance filter... 01:22:42 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.9, Dec: +56 39 21 01:22:42 Telescope RA: 00 52 57.9, Dec: +56 39 21 01:22:46 Moving to focus star number 1, SAO 22070 at 63 deg. altitude 01:22:46 Slewing scope... 01:22:50 Slewed to RA: 01 11 40.8, Dec: +55 12 02 01:22:50 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:24:00 Focus position: 9473, HFD: 4.4 arc-sec., Temp.: 100.0 01:24:02 Returning to target... 01:24:02 Slewing scope... 01:24:06 Slewed to RA: 00 53 26.6, Dec: +56 41 11 01:24:06 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:24:11 Plate solving... 01:24:11 Telescope RA: 00 53 26.6, Dec: +56 41 11 01:25:03 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_cas test_012501.fit 01:25:12 Solved RA: 00 53 21.3, Dec: +56 39 44 PA: 261.0 01:25:12 Pointing error (arcmin): RA 7.1; Dec 1.7 01:25:12 Slewing scope... 01:25:14 Slewed to RA: 00 52 58.2, Dec: +56 39 31 01:25:14 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 01:25:19 Location corrected 01:25:30 Done focusing 01:25:34 Getting guide star location... 01:25:38 I:SG2, CCDSoft.App: SBIG driver: Bad parameter. Error code = 1006 (0x3ee). 01:25:38 Start Guider Failed. 01:25:38 Guider x: 196.0, y: 129.0 01:25:38 Dither: +0.0, +0.0, 01:26:16 Guider state 5 not reported by CCDSoft after 3 guide exposure cycles 01:26:16 Guider reported state: 0 01:26:16 Guider not started. Trying again to start guider... 01:26:16 Guider running 01:27:04 GuideX error not reported by CCDSoft 01:27:35 GuideY error not reported by CCDSoft 01:27:35 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.0 01:27:35 Altitude: 59 deg. 01:27:35 Exposing... 01:28:43 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\081021_cas test\Blue261W_cas test_00003.fit 01:28:45 *** Average altitude for this series is 59 deg. 01:28:50 Telescope tracking on 01:28:50 Telescope RA: 00 52 58.3, Dec: +56 39 33 01:28:50 Parking telescope... 01:29:14 Telescope parked. 01:29:14 01:29:14 Dark/Bias Frames 01:29:14 Flush series starting... 01:29:14 Exposing... 01:30:26 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\Flush_081021_00004.fit 01:30:28 Dark set 1 of 1 starting... 01:30:28 Dark/Bias Series 1: 1 dark frame(s), binned 1x1, Red filter, 60 seconds. 01:30:28 Exposing... 01:31:39 C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Carbo\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\081021_CalibrationFrames\-20Dark60s1x1_081021_00005.fit 01:31:41 01:31:41 Total light exposure time is 0 hours, 4.8 minutes 01:31:41 Total dark exposure time is 0 hours, 3.2 minutes 01:31:41 Run completed.