22:58:25 Setup Information 22:58:25 Equipment Settings Observer: Darren Hutchinson Observatory: Four Dogs Obs Telescope: Takahashi TOA-150 Mount type: Equatorial External guide scope used for guiding Imaging camera: Canon EOS 350D Imager pixel size: 6.4 Telescope focal length: 1100 Imager image scale: 1.200 Imaging camera gain: 1.28 Guide camera pixel size: 9.00 Guide focal length: 212 Guider image scale: 8.76 Guide rate: 0.50 Guider1: 1x0.090.3 Guider2: 30003000-87.3E0 Rot: 00 Mount settling time: 5 sec. 1x1 download time: 30 sec. 2x2 download time: 0 sec. 3x3 download time: 0 sec. Other delays: 0 sec. Software Settings CCDAutoPilot, Version: 3.42.7, Professional Edition Licensed to: dbh@gbdt.com.au System profile: C:\Documents and Settings\OBS user\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\System Profiles\toa150_f7.3_350D.app Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 CCDSoft version 5.00.188 being used for image acquisition. Camera Relays being used for guider movement Minimum move: 0.02 sec. Maximum move: 0.27 sec. Aggressiveness: 7 TheSky version 6.0.0.58 being used for telescope control. FocusMax version 3.04.0001 being used for focus control. CCDSoft/TheSky used for plate solving Plate solve sub-frame: 1/2 Plate solve filter: Plate solve binning: 2x2 Plate solve exposure time: 20 SBIG 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 1.00 pixels. AGSR enabled for 30 cycles to get within 0.25 pixels. Focus Settings FocusMax is using the RoboFocusServer.Focuser focuser driver SkyStar being used for focusing. Focus star will be centered via precision slew 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. Focusing will be performed every 30 minutes. Filter Parameters Filter Offset Focus Exposure 0 0.5 Meridian Flip Settings Automatic meridian crossing enabled. The mount will 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 5 minutes past the meridian before flipping. The rotator will not rotate upon meridian crossing. Session and Options 1. Startup Tasks Sky Flat settings with tracking on and a dither of 0 arc-min. Null point automatically set. Dusk starting sun altitude is 0.5 deg. Dawn starting sun alittude is -8 deg. Flat exposure range is from 1 to 30 sec. Bias is determined automatically. Light frames for the specified target(s) will be obtained. Precision slew to target will be used. Telescope will be parked while waiting for target start time. 2. After Light Frames Telescope will be parked after light frames are completed. Any light frames or dark/bias frame exposures will be aborted at dawn approaches. Dawn flats will be acquired 3. Shutdown tasks Telescope will be re-parked after dawn flats are completed. 22:58:25 22:58:25 Run starting... 22:58:25 Log saved to: C:\astro\CCDAutoPilot_Logs\ccdap20080826_225825.log 22:58:25 *** Review setup before starting session *** 22:58:25 22:58:25 Root save path: C:\astro\ 22:58:25 System profile: C:\Documents and Settings\OBS user\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\System Profiles\toa150_f7.3_350D.app 22:58:25 Target List: C:\Documents and Settings\OBS user\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\System Profiles\350d_test.xml 22:58:25 Start sequence number: 584 22:58:25 22:58:25 22:58:25 Light Frames 22:58:25 Telescope connected (0) 22:58:27 Telescope tracking on 22:58:27 Telescope connected (0) 22:58:27 Target: ngc6888 at RA: 20 12 06.5, Dec: +38 21 18 , PA: 87.0 22:58:27 Rise: 14:27 26 Aug 22:58:27 45° E elevation: 19:04 26 Aug 22:58:27 Transit: 22:56 26 Aug 22:58:27 45° W elevation: 02:48 27 Aug 22:58:27 Set: 07:24 27 Aug 22:58:31 Slewing scope... 22:58:36 Slewed to RA: 20 12 27.2, Dec: +38 23 01 22:58:36 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 22:58:41 Plate solving... 22:58:41 Telescope RA: 20 12 27.0, Dec: +38 23 02 22:59:10 C:\astro\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_ngc6888_225909.fit 22:59:18 Solved RA: 20 11 41.3, Dec: +37 48 17 PA: 322.9 22:59:18 Pointing error (arcmin): RA -6.3; Dec -33.0 22:59:18 Slewing scope... 22:59:25 Slewed to RA: 20 12 52.2, Dec: +38 56 03 22:59:25 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 22:59:30 Location corrected 22:59:30 Telescope currently pointing to... 22:59:30 Telescope RA: 20 12 52.0, Dec: +38 56 03 22:59:30 Plate solving... 22:59:30 Telescope RA: 20 12 52.0, Dec: +38 56 03 22:59:58 C:\astro\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_ngc6888_225958.fit 23:00:05 Solved RA: 20 12 33.7, Dec: +38 52 45 PA: 92.6 23:00:05 Target RA: 20 12 33.7, Dec: +38 52 45 , PA: 92.6 23:00:06 Target is already passed the meridian 23:00:07 Light set 1 of 2 starting... 23:00:07 Light Series 1: 6 light frame(s), binned 1x1, filter, 600 seconds, focus at series start 23:00:07 Guide exposure is 1 sec. 23:00:08 Telescope RA: 20 12 52.0, Dec: +38 56 02 23:00:09 Focusing using filter... 23:00:09 Telescope RA: 20 12 52.0, Dec: +38 56 02 23:00:09 Telescope RA: 20 12 52.0, Dec: +38 56 02 23:00:21 Moving to focus star number 1, SAO 69377 at 88 deg. altitude 23:00:25 Slewing scope... 23:00:32 Slewed to RA: 20 05 30.3, Dec: +38 30 21 23:00:32 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 23:00:37 Plate solving... 23:00:37 Telescope RA: 20 05 30.0, Dec: +38 30 21 23:01:05 C:\astro\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_ngc6888_230105.fit 23:01:12 Solved RA: 20 05 12.1, Dec: +38 29 01 PA: 92.6 23:01:12 Pointing error (arcmin): RA 0.6; Dec 0.3 23:01:12 Slewing scope... 23:01:15 Slewed to RA: 20 05 28.0, Dec: +38 30 02 23:01:15 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 23:01:20 Location corrected 23:02:42 Focus position: 357, HFD: 2.8 arc-sec., Temp.: 619.0 23:02:47 Returning to target... 23:02:47 Slewing scope... 23:02:51 Slewed to RA: 20 12 54.2, Dec: +38 54 28 23:02:51 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 23:02:56 Plate solving... 23:02:56 Telescope RA: 20 12 54.0, Dec: +38 54 28 23:03:24 C:\astro\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_ngc6888_230324.fit 23:03:32 Solved RA: 20 12 35.9, Dec: +38 51 08 PA: 92.6 23:03:32 Pointing error (arcmin): RA 0.6; Dec -1.6 23:03:32 Slewing scope... 23:03:35 Slewed to RA: 20 12 51.9, Dec: +38 56 05 23:03:35 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew. 23:03:40 Location corrected 23:03:47 Done focusing 23:03:47 Telescope RA: 20 12 52.0, Dec: +38 56 05 23:03:47 Getting guide star location... 23:03:58 Guide star peak value: 2998 23:04:02 Guider running 23:04:02 Guider x: 369.0, y: 98.0 23:04:02 Guider stopped. 23:04:02 Dither: +0.0, +0.0, 23:04:09 Guider running 23:04:12 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.7 23:04:16 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.6 23:04:19 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 0.4 23:04:23 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.3 23:04:27 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.2 23:04:27 Altitude: 88 deg. 23:04:27 Exposing... 23:14:38 C:\astro\080826_ngc6888\ 87W_ngc6888_00584.fit 23:14:42 Guider stopped. 23:14:42 Dither: +1.0, +0.0, 23:14:49 Guider running 23:14:52 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.1 23:14:55 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.0 23:14:59 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.0 23:15:03 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.0 23:15:06 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.0 23:15:10 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.1 23:15:13 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.0 23:15:17 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 0.1 23:15:20 Guide Error X: 0.7, Y: 0.1 23:15:24 Guide Error X: 0.6, Y: 0.0 23:15:27 Guide Error X: 0.5, Y: 0.1 23:15:31 Guide Error X: 0.4, Y: 0.0 23:15:34 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 0.1 23:15:34 Altitude: 86 deg. 23:15:35 Exposing... 23:25:46 C:\astro\080826_ngc6888\ 87W_ngc6888_00585.fit 23:25:50 Guider stopped. 23:25:50 Dither: -1.0, +0.0, 23:25:57 Guider running 23:26:00 Guide Error X: 2.1, Y: 0.1 23:26:04 Guide Error X: 1.8, Y: 0.1 23:26:07 Guide Error X: 1.6, Y: 0.1 23:26:11 Guide Error X: 1.3, Y: 0.1 23:26:14 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 0.0 23:26:18 Guide Error X: 0.8, Y: 0.1 23:26:21 Guide Error X: 0.6, Y: 0.0 23:26:25 Guide Error X: 0.4, Y: 0.0 23:26:28 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 0.1 23:26:29 Altitude: 84 deg. 23:26:29 Exposing... 23:36:40 C:\astro\080826_ngc6888\ 87W_ngc6888_00586.fit 23:36:43 Guider stopped. 23:36:43 Dither: +0.5, +0.9, 23:36:52 Guider running 23:36:55 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 1.0 23:36:59 Guide Error X: 2.1, Y: 0.9 23:37:02 Guide Error X: 2.2, Y: 0.6 23:37:06 Guide Error X: 2.2, Y: 0.3 23:37:09 Guide Error X: 2.2, Y: 0.0 23:37:13 Guide Error X: 2.2, Y: 0.2 23:37:16 Guide Error X: 2.1, Y: 0.0 23:37:20 Guide Error X: 2.2, Y: 0.2 23:37:23 Guide Error X: 2.0, Y: 0.0 23:37:27 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 0.2 23:37:30 Guide Error X: 1.7, Y: 0.0 23:37:34 Guide Error X: 1.6, Y: 0.1 23:37:38 Guide Error X: 1.4, Y: 0.0 23:37:41 Guide Error X: 1.2, Y: 0.1 23:37:45 Guide Error X: 1.0, Y: 0.1 23:37:48 Guide Error X: 0.7, Y: 0.0 23:37:52 Guide Error X: 0.4, Y: 0.0 23:37:55 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 0.0 23:37:55 Altitude: 82 deg. 23:37:55 Exposing... 23:48:07 C:\astro\080826_ngc6888\ 87W_ngc6888_00587.fit 23:48:10 Guider stopped. 23:48:10 Dither: -0.5, -0.9, 23:48:19 Guider running 23:48:22 Guide Error X: 2.1, Y: 2.0 23:48:26 Guide Error X: 2.1, Y: 2.0 23:48:29 Guide Error X: 2.1, Y: 1.9 23:48:33 Guide Error X: 1.9, Y: 1.7 23:48:36 Guide Error X: 1.6, Y: 1.6 23:48:40 Guide Error X: 1.3, Y: 1.4 23:48:43 Guide Error X: 1.1, Y: 1.3 23:48:47 Guide Error X: 0.9, Y: 1.1 23:48:51 Guide Error X: 0.6, Y: 0.9 23:48:54 Guide Error X: 0.4, Y: 0.7 23:48:58 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 0.5 23:49:01 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 0.2 23:49:01 Altitude: 80 deg. 23:49:01 Exposing... 23:59:13 C:\astro\080826_ngc6888\ 87W_ngc6888_00588.fit 23:59:17 Guider stopped. 23:59:17 Dither: -0.5, +0.9, 23:59:26 Guider running 23:59:29 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 2.0 23:59:32 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 2.0 23:59:36 Guide Error X: 0.2, Y: 1.7 23:59:39 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 1.6 23:59:43 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 1.4 23:59:46 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 1.3 23:59:50 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 1.0 23:59:53 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 0.8 23:59:57 Guide Error X: 0.1, Y: 0.6 00:00:00 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.5 00:00:04 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.4 00:00:07 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.3 00:00:11 Guide Error X: 0.0, Y: 0.0 00:00:11 Altitude: 78 deg. 00:00:11 Exposing... 00:00:13 Guider stopped. 00:00:13 Run aborted.