Hi all,
I'm posting a log from ACP Analyzer for review. It was taken from last night's imaging session where the seeing was good for my location and winds relatively calm. I'm posting this for 3 reasons:
1) If you haven't use ACP Analyzer yet to see how well your setup is performing, you're missing a great analytical tool.
2) ACP performed flawlessly (as well as all my hardware).
3) This was a pretty good night in terms of results. There were no failures (autofocus, guiding, plate-solving, target-centering, etc.), slewing was very accurate, and the image FWHM and focus HFD were essentially identical - meaning guiding was very good.
I think it would be interesting to see some other logs for comparison. For instance, according to the log, my overall imaging efficiency was 87% I think that's pretty good, but I have nothing to compare it to.
Kudos to Bob (for ACP) and Russ (for ACP Analyzer)!
FWIW.
Jim
Code:Report Summary Total number of ACP logs parsed: 1 Total number of unique targets: 2 Total number of images taken: 55 Overall runtime breakdown: Runtime: 0d 10h 49m Imaging time: 0d 9h 10m Wait time: 0d 0h 13m Observatory overhead: 0d 1h 25m Imaging as % of runtime (ex waits): 87% Average FWHM: 2.72 arcsecs Average HFD: 2.82 Total guider failures: 0 -------------------------------------------------------- Log: 20120228@000142.log Start date: 2/28/2012 12:01:42 AM Log runtime breakdown: Runtime: 0d 10h 49m Imaging time: 0d 9h 10m Wait time: 0d 0h 13m Observatory overhead: 0d 1h 25m Imaging as % of runtime (ex waits): 87% Targets: 2 Target name: hubble's variable nebula image Average FWHM: 3.02 arcsecs Average HFD: 3.05 Average Pointing Error: Object slews: 0.73 arcmins Center slews: 0.1 arcmins Successful auto-focus runs: 5 Successful plate solves: 36 Completed exposures: 25 Guider failures: 0 Total imaging time on target: 9h 10m 0s 8 x 600 secs red @ bin 1 9 x 600 secs green @ bin 1 8 x 600 secs blue @ bin 1 Target name: sunflower galaxy m63 Average FWHM: 2.42 arcsecs Average HFD: 2.58 Average Pointing Error: Object slews: 0.8 arcmins Center slews: 0.05 arcmins Successful auto-focus runs: 5 Successful plate solves: 42 Completed exposures: 30 Guider failures: 0 Total imaging time on target: 9h 10m 0s 15 x 600 secs red @ bin 1 8 x 600 secs green @ bin 1 7 x 600 secs blue @ bin 1 --------------------------------------------------------