Haltom City Observatory

Session Plan

; NGC2264 Cone Nebula
; Written by William R. Mattil
;
; == NGC 2264 Offset to center Image on the Cone itself==
#AFINTERVAL 30
#INTERVAL 1800
#REPEAT 5
#BINNING 1
#FILTER Ha
CONE-Ha	06:41:08	09:27:40	; RA and Dec of Image Center

Session Log

ACP console log opened 22-Dec-2006 04:26:15 UTC
This is ACP version 4.2 (build 7, Production Release)
Licensed to William R. Mattil
04:26:16 Initializing AcquireSupport V4.2.7
04:26:16 Telescope is ACP->AstroPhysics, driver V1
04:26:18 Imager is SBIG Universal
04:26:19 Guider is SBIG Universal(internal)
04:26:19 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.09 V = 1.09
04:26:19 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 72.6 V = 48.4
04:26:19 This is AcquireImages V4.2.12
04:26:19 Starting run for plan NGC2264-Offset-Ha.txt...
04:26:19 Pointing exposures:
04:26:19   Exposure Interval = 30
04:26:19   Min brightness = 0
04:26:19   Sigma = 3
04:26:19   Cat max mag = 12
04:26:19 Final exposure:
04:26:19   Default interval = 30
04:26:19   Min brightness = 200
04:26:19   Sigma = 4
04:26:19   Cat max mag = 20
04:26:19 Starting observing run.
04:26:19 File set-numbers start with 1
04:26:19   (scheduled initial pointing update)
04:26:19 ; NGC2264 Cone Nebula
04:26:19 ; Written by William R. Mattil
04:26:19 ;
04:26:19 ; == NGC 2264 ==
04:26:19   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
04:26:20 Auto-Focus will be done every 30 minutes
04:26:20 Doing CONE-Ha (# 1 of 1 in set 1)
04:26:20 CONE-Ha will be repeated 5 times.
04:26:20   (wait for slew to complete)
04:26:35   (slew complete)
04:26:35   Switching from Clear to Ha filter for imaging
04:26:36   Updating pointing...
04:26:36   (taking 30 sec. exposure, Clear filter, binning = 3)
04:27:31   (HFD = 7.62)
04:27:31   Calibrating image...
04:27:31   (avg HFD = 5.21)
04:27:31   Plate-solve pointing image.
04:27:33   588 image stars found
04:27:33   152 catalog stars found
04:27:33   Solved! 60 stars matched.
04:27:33   Average residual is 0.78 arcsec.
04:27:33   Pointing error is 15.710 arcmin @ angle 273.16
04:27:34   True focal length is 175.4 cm.
04:27:34   True image center (J2000): 06h 40m 04.4s   09° 28' 31.67"
04:27:34   Imager sky position angle is 272.9 deg.
04:27:34   [sync] pointing model updated
04:27:34   Internal guider, always re-slew
04:27:34   Re-slew to target.
04:27:34   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
04:27:35   (wait for slew to complete)
04:27:50   (slew complete)
04:27:50   Camera is aimed at the target.
04:27:50   (long exp(s), no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide)
04:27:55   (guide star SNR=3.0 X=66 Y=186)
04:27:56   (autoguiding at 0.60 sec.)
04:27:56   Imaging to CONE-Ha-S001-R001-Ha
04:27:56   (taking 1800 sec. exposure, Ha filter, binning = 1)
05:01:17   (HFD = 0.00)
05:01:17   Calibrating image...
05:01:19   (avg HFD = 5.48)
05:01:23   Plate-solve CONE-Ha final image.
05:01:40   12601 image stars found
05:01:41 ** The image field is so big that we reached the limit of stars from the USNO A/SA catalog.
05:01:55   Image file ZIP-compressed for net transfer
05:01:55   Do periodic auto-focus...
05:01:55   (autoguider stopped)
05:01:57   Starting FocusMax AcquireStar autofocus...
05:01:58     
05:01:58    ** Starting Acquire Star Sequence **
05:01:58    Catalog: USNO-A2.0
05:02:00    Telescope ACP->AstroPhysics is connected
05:02:01    ** Taking pointing exposure **
05:02:25    PinPoint.Plate Error -2147220457: The image field is so big that we reached the limit of stars from the USNO A/SA catalog.
modPinPoint Sub SolvePlate
05:02:25    
05:02:25    Plate not solved - starting spiral search
05:02:26    Doing a spiral search to solve this pointing exposure.
05:02:26    ** Begining Spiral search **
05:02:27    80 plate image stars found
05:02:27    SpiralSolve failed to solve the pointing exposure.
05:02:27    Current telescope position not plate solved!
05:02:28    Current pointing:  RA 06:42:38.5  Dec 09° 29' 17.4"
05:02:28    
05:02:28    ** Getting catalog stars between mag 3 & 7 **
05:02:28    Looking for target star > 60 deg altitude
05:02:28    
05:02:29    Field search = 2.0 x 2.0 (degrees)
05:02:29    2 potential target stars found
05:02:30    Current target stars = 2
05:02:30    
05:02:31    Field search = 4.0 x 4.0 (degrees)
05:02:33    3 potential target stars found
05:02:34    Current target stars = 2
05:02:34    
05:02:34    Field search = 6.0 x 6.0 (degrees)
05:02:38    10 potential target stars found
05:02:48    Target stars = 3
05:02:48    Identified target stars:
05:02:48    Star 1 mag 6.60 RA 06:26:09.6 Dec 21° 38' 33.5" (Topo)
05:02:48    Star 2 mag 7.00 RA 06:30:48.9 Dec 22° 32' 30.0" (Topo)
05:02:48    Star 3 mag 6.10 RA 06:26:00.1 Dec 23° 19' 29.3" (Topo)
05:02:48    Using 6.60 mag star at  RA 06:26:09.6  Dec 21° 38' 33.5" (Topo)
05:02:48    Slewing 12.7833 degrees to target star
05:03:15    No star centering desired
05:03:16    
05:03:16    System: 253mmf6-STL-1
05:03:16    ** Beginning Focus run **
05:03:16    LS: -0.160176 RS: 0.160139 PID: 3.34 NFHFD: 10
05:03:16    Move direction: Out
05:03:17    Temperature = 584.0
05:03:17    Filter number = 4
05:03:17    Focus Start: 1660
05:03:32    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
05:03:32    Try star search again with cropped border
05:03:33    Target star found at  X = 1854, Y = 2169
05:03:33    Focus exposures will be 2.00 sec
05:03:41    Position , HFD , Mean Best Focus , X , Y , Flux
05:03:41    1660  ,  24.53  ,  0  ,  1852  ,  2169  ,  28747
05:03:50    1705  ,  18.29  ,  0  ,  1850  ,  2172  ,  28530
05:03:50    On correct side of focus
05:03:50    Move to Near Focus HFD
05:04:00    1757  ,  10.27  ,  0  ,  1850  ,  2174  ,  29105
05:04:00    ** Starting Near Focus **
05:04:00    Position , HFD , Mean Best Focus , X , Y , Flux
05:04:00    1757  ,  10.27  ,  1819  ,  1850  ,  2174  ,  29105
05:04:07    1757  ,  10.70  ,  1821  ,  1849  ,  2175  ,  28254
05:04:15    1757  ,  10.31  ,  1820  ,  1850  ,  2176  ,  27975
05:04:22    1757  ,  11.00  ,  1821  ,  1851  ,  2177  ,  27849
05:04:29    1757  ,  11.51  ,  1822  ,  1851  ,  2179  ,  29403
05:04:29    Best Focus is: 1822
05:04:38    1822  ,   3.67  ,  1822  ,  1851  ,  2182  ,  28936
05:04:39    Focusing Completed
05:04:40    Focus time = 84 sec
05:04:40    Performing return slew of 12.7854 degrees
05:04:40    Slewing to: 06:42:38.5  Dec: 09° 29' 17.4"
05:05:08    Acquire Star completed
05:05:08   FocusMax auto-focus successful!
05:05:08     HFD = 3.67
05:05:08     Focus position = 1822
05:05:08   Autofocus finished.
05:05:08   Updating pointing...
05:05:08   (taking 30 sec. exposure, Clear filter, binning = 3)
05:06:03   (HFD = 6.31)
05:06:03   Calibrating image...
05:06:03   (avg HFD = 4.33)
05:06:03   Plate-solve pointing image.
05:06:04   516 image stars found
05:06:05   152 catalog stars found
05:06:05   Solved! 57 stars matched.
05:06:05   Average residual is 0.58 arcsec.
05:06:05   Pointing error is 0.809 arcmin @ angle 278.73
05:06:05   True focal length is 175.5 cm.
05:06:06   True image center (J2000): 06h 41m 04.8s   09° 27' 47.36"
05:06:06   Imager sky position angle is 272.9 deg.
05:06:06   [sync] pointing model updated
05:06:06   Internal guider, always re-slew
05:06:06   Re-slew to target.
05:06:06   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
05:06:07   (wait for slew to complete)
05:06:22   (slew complete)
05:06:22   Camera is aimed at the target.
05:06:27   (guide star SNR=3.0 X=59 Y=179)
05:06:28   (autoguiding at 0.80 sec.)
05:06:28   (waiting for guider to settle...)
05:06:33   Imaging to CONE-Ha-S001-R002-Ha
05:06:33   (taking 1800 sec. exposure, Ha filter, binning = 1)
05:39:44   (HFD = 0.00)
05:39:44   Calibrating image...
05:39:46   (avg HFD = 4.55)
05:39:51   First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target.
05:40:03   Image file ZIP-compressed for net transfer
05:40:03   Do periodic auto-focus...
05:40:04   (autoguider stopped)
05:40:06   Starting FocusMax AcquireStar autofocus...
05:40:06     
05:40:06    ** Starting Acquire Star Sequence **
05:40:07    Catalog: USNO-A2.0
05:40:08    ** Taking pointing exposure **
05:40:31    PinPoint.Plate Error -2147220457: The image field is so big that we reached the limit of stars from the USNO A/SA catalog.
modPinPoint Sub SolvePlate
05:40:32    
05:40:32    Plate not solved - starting spiral search
05:40:32    Doing a spiral search to solve this pointing exposure.
05:40:32    ** Begining Spiral search **
05:40:33    80 plate image stars found
05:40:34    SpiralSolve failed to solve the pointing exposure.
05:40:34    Current telescope position not plate solved!
05:40:34    Current pointing:  RA 06:42:47.0  Dec 09° 31' 29.1"
05:40:34    
05:40:34    ** Getting catalog stars between mag 3 & 7 **
05:40:35    Looking for target star > 60 deg altitude
05:40:35    
05:40:35    Field search = 2.0 x 2.0 (degrees)
05:40:37    1 potential target stars found
05:40:37    Current target stars = 1
05:40:37    
05:40:38    Field search = 4.0 x 4.0 (degrees)
05:40:39    3 potential target stars found
05:40:42    Target stars = 3
05:40:43    Identified target stars:
05:40:43    Star 1 mag 6.70 RA 06:55:05.4 Dec 15° 49' 49.9" (Topo)
05:40:43    Star 2 mag 5.30 RA 06:42:50.4 Dec 17° 38' 24.0" (Topo)
05:40:43    Star 3 mag 6.40 RA 06:47:49.6 Dec 18° 11' 14.0" (Topo)
05:40:43    Using 6.70 mag star at  RA 06:55:05.4  Dec 15° 49' 49.9" (Topo)
05:40:43    Slewing 6.983 degrees to target star
05:41:06    No star centering desired
05:41:06    
05:41:06    System: 253mmf6-STL-1
05:41:07    ** Beginning Focus run **
05:41:07    LS: -0.160176 RS: 0.160139 PID: 3.34 NFHFD: 10
05:41:07    Move direction: Out
05:41:07    Temperature = 582.0
05:41:07    Filter number = 4
05:41:07    Focus Start: 1660
05:41:21    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
05:41:21    Try star search again with cropped border
05:41:22    Target star found at  X = 1804, Y = 2394
05:41:22    Focus exposures will be 2.00 sec
05:41:31    Position , HFD , Mean Best Focus , X , Y , Flux
05:41:31    1660  ,  24.36  ,  0  ,  1789  ,  2417  ,  33040
05:41:41    1705  ,   4.60  ,  0  ,  1797  ,  2422  ,  2087
05:41:41    On correct side of focus
05:41:41    Move to Near Focus HFD
05:41:50    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak; increasing frame size
05:41:50    Increasing frame width
05:41:58    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
05:41:58    Increasing frame width
05:42:07    1638  ,  30.47  ,  0  ,  1791  ,  2419  ,  32981
05:42:18    1702  ,  17.25  ,  0  ,  1788  ,  2427  ,  25455
05:42:28    1747  ,  10.82  ,  0  ,  1788  ,  2429  ,  24537
05:42:28    ** Starting Near Focus **
05:42:28    Position , HFD , Mean Best Focus , X , Y , Flux
05:42:28    1747  ,  10.82  ,  1813  ,  1788  ,  2429  ,  24537
05:42:36    1747  ,  11.05  ,  1814  ,  1787  ,  2429  ,  26122
05:42:43    1747  ,  10.67  ,  1813  ,  1787  ,  2429  ,  24961
05:42:50    1747  ,  10.35  ,  1812  ,  1787  ,  2429  ,  24839
05:42:58    1747  ,  10.59  ,  1812  ,  1787  ,  2429  ,  24894
05:42:58    Best Focus is: 1812
05:43:08    1812  ,   4.01  ,  1812  ,  1785  ,  2432  ,  25989
05:43:10    Focusing Completed
05:43:10    Focus time = 124 sec
05:43:11    Performing return slew of 6.9842 degrees
05:43:11    Slewing to: 06:42:47.0  Dec: 09° 31' 29.1"
05:43:32    Acquire Star completed
05:43:32   FocusMax auto-focus successful!
05:43:32     HFD = 4.01
05:43:32     Focus position = 1812
05:43:32   Autofocus finished.
05:43:32   Updating pointing...
05:43:33   (taking 30 sec. exposure, Clear filter, binning = 3)
05:44:27   (HFD = 6.25)
05:44:27   Calibrating image...
05:44:28   (avg HFD = 4.57)
05:44:28   Plate-solve pointing image.
05:44:29   559 image stars found
05:44:30   152 catalog stars found
05:44:30   Solved! 59 stars matched.
05:44:30   Average residual is 0.6 arcsec.
05:44:30   Pointing error is 1.239 arcmin @ angle 255.67
05:44:30   True focal length is 175.5 cm.
05:44:30   True image center (J2000): 06h 41m 03.1s   09° 27' 21.60"
05:44:30   Imager sky position angle is 272.9 deg.
05:44:30   [sync] pointing model updated
05:44:30   Internal guider, always re-slew
05:44:30   Re-slew to target.
05:44:30   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
05:44:32   (wait for slew to complete)
05:44:47   (slew complete)
05:44:47   Camera is aimed at the target.
05:44:51 **No stars found in guider image
05:44:51 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure
05:45:08   (guide star SNR=1254566666.7 X=55 Y=181)
05:45:11   (autoguiding at 0.50 sec.)
05:45:11   (waiting for guider to settle...)
05:45:16   Imaging to CONE-Ha-S001-R003-Ha
05:45:16   (taking 1800 sec. exposure, Ha filter, binning = 1)
05:45:16   (guider error too high, try #0)
05:45:17   Guiding errors within limits
06:18:38   (HFD = 0.00)
06:18:38   Calibrating image...
06:18:40   (avg HFD = 4.76)
06:18:43   First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target.
06:18:57   Image file ZIP-compressed for net transfer
06:18:57   Do periodic auto-focus...
06:18:57   (autoguider stopped)
06:19:00   Starting FocusMax AcquireStar autofocus...
06:19:00     
06:19:00    ** Starting Acquire Star Sequence **
06:19:00    Catalog: USNO-A2.0
06:19:01    ** Taking pointing exposure **
06:19:26    PinPoint.Plate Error -2147220457: The image field is so big that we reached the limit of stars from the USNO A/SA catalog.
modPinPoint Sub SolvePlate
06:19:26    
06:19:26    Plate not solved - starting spiral search
06:19:26    Doing a spiral search to solve this pointing exposure.
06:19:27    ** Begining Spiral search **
06:19:28    81 plate image stars found
06:19:28    SpiralSolve failed to solve the pointing exposure.
06:19:29    Current telescope position not plate solved!
06:19:29    Current pointing:  RA 06:42:52.9  Dec 09° 34' 14.5"
06:19:29    
06:19:29    ** Getting catalog stars between mag 3 & 7 **
06:19:30    Looking for target star > 60 deg altitude
06:19:30    
06:19:30    Field search = 2.0 x 2.0 (degrees)
06:19:31    2 potential target stars found
06:19:31    Current target stars = 2
06:19:31    
06:19:31    Field search = 4.0 x 4.0 (degrees)
06:19:33    2 potential target stars found
06:19:33    Current target stars = 2
06:19:33    
06:19:34    Field search = 6.0 x 6.0 (degrees)
06:19:35    8 potential target stars found
06:19:42    Target stars = 3
06:19:42    Identified target stars:
06:19:42    Star 1 mag 7.00 RA 07:06:00.1 Dec 14° 27' 49.7" (Topo)
06:19:42    Star 2 mag 5.60 RA 07:08:47.7 Dec 15° 55' 15.1" (Topo)
06:19:43    Star 3 mag 5.20 RA 07:13:47.9 Dec 16° 08' 53.8" (Topo)
06:19:43    Using 7.00 mag star at  RA 07:06:00.1  Dec 14° 27' 49.7" (Topo)
06:19:43    Slewing 7.4752 degrees to target star
06:20:04    No star centering desired
06:20:04    
06:20:04    System: 253mmf6-STL-1
06:20:05    ** Beginning Focus run **
06:20:05    LS: -0.160176 RS: 0.160139 PID: 3.34 NFHFD: 10
06:20:05    Move direction: Out
06:20:05    Temperature = 583.0
06:20:06    Filter number = 4
06:20:06    Focus Start: 1660
06:20:20    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:20    Try star search again with cropped border
06:20:21    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:21    Attempting brightest pixel method
06:20:21    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:22    Starting exposures with Extended Time
06:20:22    Min flux setting = 10000
06:20:22    Total Flux = 723  Next exposure = 2.00 sec
06:20:33    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:33    Try star search again with cropped border
06:20:34    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:34    Attempting brightest pixel method
06:20:35    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:35    Total Flux = 715  Next exposure = 4.00 sec
06:20:48    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:48    Try star search again with cropped border
06:20:49    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:49    Attempting brightest pixel method
06:20:49    Star is too close to frame edge or is too weak
06:20:50    Total Flux = 0  Next exposure = 8.00 sec
06:21:08    Total Flux = 16389
06:21:08    Target star found at  X = 2244, Y = 614
06:21:08    Focus exposures will be 8.00 sec
06:21:22    Position , HFD , Mean Best Focus , X , Y , Flux
06:21:22    1660  ,  24.16  ,  0  ,  2245  ,  611  ,  43124
06:21:36    1704  ,  17.36  ,  0  ,  2245  ,  614  ,  46012
06:21:36    On correct side of focus
06:21:36    Move to Near Focus HFD
06:21:50    1750  ,  10.70  ,  0  ,  2245  ,  616  ,  46188
06:21:51    ** Starting Near Focus **
06:21:51    Position , HFD , Mean Best Focus , X , Y , Flux
06:21:51    1750  ,  10.70  ,  1815  ,  2245  ,  616  ,  46188
06:22:03    1750  ,  11.13  ,  1816  ,  2245  ,  617  ,  45865
06:22:15    1750  ,  11.12  ,  1817  ,  2245  ,  617  ,  46504
06:22:27    1750  ,  10.62  ,  1816  ,  2245  ,  619  ,  45766
06:22:39    1750  ,  10.25  ,  1816  ,  2245  ,  620  ,  46209
06:22:39    Best Focus is: 1816
06:22:53    1816  ,   3.82  ,  1816  ,  2245  ,  622  ,  47508
06:22:55    Focusing Completed
06:22:55    Focus time = 171 sec
06:22:56    Performing return slew of 7.476 degrees
06:22:56    Slewing to: 06:42:52.9  Dec: 09° 34' 14.5"
06:23:17    Acquire Star completed
06:23:18   FocusMax auto-focus successful!
06:23:18     HFD = 3.82
06:23:18     Focus position = 1816
06:23:18   Autofocus finished.
06:23:18   Updating pointing...
06:23:19   (taking 30 sec. exposure, Clear filter, binning = 3)
06:24:13   (HFD = 7.25)
06:24:13   Calibrating image...
06:24:14   (avg HFD = 4.67)
06:24:14   Plate-solve pointing image.
06:24:15   590 image stars found
06:24:15   152 catalog stars found
06:24:16   Solved! 58 stars matched.
06:24:16   Average residual is 0.59 arcsec.
06:24:16   Pointing error is 1.279 arcmin @ angle 258.91
06:24:16   True focal length is 175.5 cm.
06:24:16   True image center (J2000): 06h 41m 02.9s   09° 27' 25.23"
06:24:16   Imager sky position angle is 272.9 deg.
06:24:16   [sync] pointing model updated
06:24:16   Internal guider, always re-slew
06:24:16   Re-slew to target.
06:24:16   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
06:24:17   (wait for slew to complete)
06:24:33   (slew complete)
06:24:33   Camera is aimed at the target.
06:24:37   (guide star SNR=3.0 X=55 Y=180)
06:24:38   (autoguiding at 0.62 sec.)
06:24:38   (waiting for guider to settle...)
06:24:43   Imaging to CONE-Ha-S001-R004-Ha
06:24:43   (taking 1800 sec. exposure, Ha filter, binning = 1)
06:58:05   (HFD = 0.00)
06:58:05   Calibrating image...
06:58:07   (avg HFD = 4.96)
06:58:11   First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target.
06:58:25   Image file ZIP-compressed for net transfer
06:58:25   (autoguider stopped)
06:58:25   (GEM must flip before next operation)
06:58:25   (waiting 660 sec to pass flip limit)
06:58:25   (turning tracking off)
07:09:25   (wait finished, resuming tracking)
07:09:25   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
07:09:26   (wait for slew to complete)
07:09:42   (slew complete)
07:09:42   Updating pointing...
07:09:42   (taking 30 sec. exposure, Clear filter, binning = 3)
07:10:37   (HFD = 7.91)
07:10:37   Calibrating image...
07:10:37   (avg HFD = 6.32)
07:10:37   Plate-solve pointing image.
07:10:38   1254 image stars found
07:10:39   152 catalog stars found
07:10:41   Solved! 23 stars matched.
07:10:41   Average residual is 1.5 arcsec.
07:10:41   Pointing error is 47.731 arcmin @ angle 282.44
07:10:41   True focal length is 176.3 cm.
07:10:41   True image center (J2000): 06h 37m 58.9s   09° 37' 53.95"
07:10:41   Imager sky position angle is 92.9 deg.
07:10:42   [sync] pointing model updated
07:10:42   Internal guider, always re-slew
07:10:42   Re-slew to target.
07:10:42   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
07:10:43   (wait for slew to complete)
07:10:58   (slew complete)
07:10:58   Camera is aimed at the target.
07:11:02 **No stars found in guider image
07:11:02 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure
07:11:19 **No stars found in guider image
07:11:19 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval
07:11:19 **Autoguiding failed.
07:11:20   (guider should be running, but isn't -- restarting...)
07:11:20   (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart)
07:11:20   Updating pointing...
07:11:20   (taking 30 sec. exposure, Clear filter, binning = 3)
07:12:15   (HFD = 6.74)
07:12:15   Calibrating image...
07:12:15   (avg HFD = 7.30)
07:12:15   Plate-solve pointing image.
07:12:16   765 image stars found
07:12:17   152 catalog stars found
07:12:17   Solved! 22 stars matched.
07:12:17   Average residual is 1.05 arcsec.
07:12:17   Pointing error is 31.158 arcmin @ angle 130.58
07:12:17   True focal length is 175.6 cm.
07:12:17   True image center (J2000): 06h 42m 43.9s   09° 07' 23.01"
07:12:17   Imager sky position angle is 273.0 deg.
07:12:18 **SYNC ACROSS FLIP POINT FOR GERMAN MOUNT. SYNC SKIPPED!
07:12:18   Internal guider, always re-slew
07:12:18   Re-slew to target.
07:12:18   Start slew to CONE-Ha...
07:12:19   (wait for slew to complete)
07:13:43   (slew complete)
07:13:43   Camera is aimed at the target.
07:13:47 **No stars found in guider image
07:13:47 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure
07:14:04   (guide star SNR=26600000.0 X=51 Y=177)
07:14:05   (autoguiding at 0.50 sec.)
07:14:05   Imaging to CONE-Ha-S001-R005-Ha
07:14:05   (taking 1800 sec. exposure, Ha filter, binning = 1)
07:14:06   (guider error too high, try #0)
07:14:09   (guider error too high, try #1)
07:14:15   (guider error too high, try #2)
07:14:16   Guiding errors within limits
ACP console log closed 22-Dec-2006 07:15:33 UTC