Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 03 27.2805  2461126.7805  12.58  16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6
 51.98975  36.66659 galactic  Her  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 4.0 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 1"  HO Her                        
Type: RRAB/BL
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
    12.550   CV           13.600   CV        2456802.49540          0.472697950000                                
The object was not found in astcheck.
Check this position in TNS.
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits


Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits


fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits


fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs   wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -crosshair 4452.27539 3424.99414 image    wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -crosshair 4446.38525 3420.76440 image    wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits -crosshair 4484.87988 3378.25122 image    wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits -crosshair 4485.28418 3382.27539 image   

./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 03 27.28047 16 57 20.83 +30 21 26.6          12.6 R      500

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 03 27.28019 16 57 20.84 +30 21 26.6          12.6 R      500
     TAU0008  C2026 03 27.28075 16 57 20.82 +30 21 26.6          12.5 R      500

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 03 27.2805*  16 57 20.83 +30 21 26.6  12.6 U             Her       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc89 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
HO Her,2461126.7805,12.58,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
HO Her 20260327.2805 12.58CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images and produce the finder charts
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i && util/make_finding_chart_script.sh wcs_`basename $i` 16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6 ;done 
# Combine the finder charts into one image (note the '*' symbols meaning the command will work only if you have a single transient in that field)
montage resample_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20_00sec_-15_00C_LIGHT_0397_fits__*pix.png resample_wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20_00sec_-10_00C_LIGHT_0273_fits__*pix_nofov.png -tile 2x1 -geometry +0+0 finder_chart_v1.png
montage resample_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20_00sec_-15_00C_LIGHT_0397_fits__*pix.png resample_wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20_00sec_-10_00C_LIGHT_0272_fits__*pix_nofov.png -tile 2x1 -geometry +0+0 finder_chart_v2.png
# Create GIF animation
convert -delay 50 -loop 0   resample_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20_00sec_-15_00C_LIGHT_0397_fits__*pix.png resample_wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20_00sec_-10_00C_LIGHT_0273_fits__*pix.png animation_v1.gif
convert -delay 50 -loop 0   resample_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20_00sec_-15_00C_LIGHT_0397_fits__*pix.png resample_wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20_00sec_-10_00C_LIGHT_0272_fits__*pix.png animation_v2.gif

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461121.99154078 22.03.2026 11:47:39.123   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
First image: 2461121.99154078 22.03.2026 11:47:39.123   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Last  image: 2461126.78074645 27.03.2026 06:44:06.493   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.67
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  8391
Objects passed selection criteria:  8375
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.3    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.4    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 7259
Average stars matched: 7126.5 (98.1747 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   114980 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc89 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20251122 p4) 15.2.1 20251122
VaST compiled on  Sat Mar 21 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc88-354-ge3e751fc
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-03-21)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Mar 27 01:48:41 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461121.99154078 22.03.2026 11:47:39.123   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
First image: 2461121.99154078 22.03.2026 11:47:39.123   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Last  image: 2461126.78074645 27.03.2026 06:44:06.493   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 25
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.34
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 14 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  55829
Objects passed selection criteria:  55721
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.3    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.3    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 48156
Average stars matched: 46862.5 (97.3139 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   159752 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc89 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20251122 p4) 15.2.1 20251122
VaST compiled on  Sat Mar 21 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc88-354-ge3e751fc
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-03-21)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Mar 27 01:49:30 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.0
FLAT_FIELD_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-03-20.fit
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= 500
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 3000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 2000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 4
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Her-04-Q2b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Her-04-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Her-04-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 29272 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 29272 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits_preview.png'

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits


renamed 'Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits_preview.png'

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
----------------------------------------------
INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 721.9241
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 621.9789
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1888.9235
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 645.6140
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1884.8137
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 645.2924
----------------------------------------------
INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.61651
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000
----------------------------------------------
Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-03-20.fit
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                -10.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                -10.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     20.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
SET-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Header: 67 keys total, 4 keys left
Record 0: "" status=0
Record 1: "SIMPLE  =                    T / C# FITS" status=0
Record 2: "BITPIX  =                   16" status=0
Record 3: "NAXIS   =                    2 / Dimensionality" status=0
Record 4: "NAXIS1  =                 9576" status=0
Record 5: "NAXIS2  =                 6388" status=0
Record 6: "BZERO   =                32768" status=0
Record 7: "EXTEND  =                    T / Extensions are permitted" status=0
Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT'              / Type of exposure" status=0
Record 9: "EXPOSURE=                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0
Record 10: "EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0
Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-03-27T01:43:18.6888338' / Time of observation (local)" status=0
Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-03-27T06:43:18.6888338' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0
Record 13: "MJD-OBS =     61126.2800774076 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0
Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-03-27T06:43:28.5921358' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0
Record 15: "MJD-AVG =     61126.2801920371 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0
Record 16: "XBINNING=                    1 / X axis binning factor" status=0
Record 17: "YBINNING=                    1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0
Record 18: "GAIN    =                   30 / Sensor gain" status=0
Record 19: "OFFSET  =                   30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0
Record 20: "XPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0
Record 21: "YPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0
Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M'            / Imaging instrument name" status=0
Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0
Record 24: "SET-TEMP=                -10.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0
Record 25: "CCD-TEMP=                -10.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
SET-TEMP= -10.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.fit
CCD-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
CCD-TEMP= -10.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits :)

Spent 0.482469 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-03-20.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37165.080609
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23810.0, right_median=27365.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-03-20.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                -10.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                -10.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     20.1299991607666 / [degC] Focuser temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
SET-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
SET-TEMP= -10.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.fit
CCD-TEMP= -10.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
CCD-TEMP= -10.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits :)

Spent 0.467826 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-10C_20s_2026-03-21.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-03-20.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37165.080609
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23810.0, right_median=27365.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-03-20.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits



fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
The reference JD(UT) for computing planet and comet positions: 2461126.78019315
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits'
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits'
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits'
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:00.691 +29:59:59.17
Second-epoch image center 16:59:40.018 +30:02:56.74
Angular distance between the image centers 0.09 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:00.691 +29:59:59.17
Second-epoch image center 16:59:39.786 +30:02:32.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.09 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  16:59:40.018 +30:02:56.74
Second-epoch second image center 16:59:39.786 +30:02:32.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00675 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits &> /tmp/tmp.u1vul0OFrZ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KmIj4xUZdg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cIl59K6X64
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iayVXosbBS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Matched with Tycho-2 7206 out of 11014 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.952524
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.952524
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.67
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.28

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.28

Magnitude calibration plot:


____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.0 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
 2.1 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.3 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
 15.3 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 14.6 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
 14.6 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.6 (SNR )  11.7 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.u1vul0OFrZ (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=839, passed=11014
Got 11014 stars (including 10161 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11014 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.KmIj4xUZdg (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=848, passed=10793
Got 10793 stars (including 9927 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10793 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.cIl59K6X64 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=438, passed=7214
Got 7214 stars (including 6771 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7214 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.iayVXosbBS (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=437, passed=7193
Got 7193 stars (including 6751 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7193 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" 
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits exists and is non-empty
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:00.691 +29:59:59.17
Second-epoch image center 16:59:40.018 +30:02:56.74
Angular distance between the image centers 0.09 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:00.691 +29:59:59.17
Second-epoch image center 16:59:39.786 +30:02:32.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.09 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  16:59:40.018 +30:02:56.74
Second-epoch second image center 16:59:39.786 +30:02:32.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00675 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Gr0D7jHTg9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8wUG7jfvtw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5QL5Rv6ZrO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9JGc3MySP5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Matched with Tycho-2 7388 out of 72123 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.815895
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.815895
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.34
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.48

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.48

Magnitude calibration plot:


____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 19 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 1.9 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
 1.9 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.5 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
 15.4 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 14.7 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
 14.7 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.7 (SNR )  14.1 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.Gr0D7jHTg9 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=3961, passed=72111
Got 72111 stars (including 68033 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 72111 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.8wUG7jfvtw (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=15, blended=3901, passed=70840
Got 70840 stars (including 66824 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 70840 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.5QL5Rv6ZrO (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=1805, passed=42005
Got 42005 stars (including 40147 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42005 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.9JGc3MySP5 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=1880, passed=42462
Got 42462 stars (including 40518 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42462 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-43-18_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0272.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86779.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86836.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86899.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86928.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86936.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86955.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86989.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86994.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out87103.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out87150.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out87190.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out39577.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
  
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Considering the candidate 86762_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86762_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.15    17:21:34.98 +31:49:55.4   7595 4384   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:21:34.96 +31:49:55.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 86779_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86779_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.20    17:04:44.49 +28:42:20.8   5471 2400   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:04:44.47 +28:42:20.5 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.20, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.18)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.069 1308531678731755136 256.18528485838 +28.70599144763 13.2511 12.6076 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.069#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86836_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86836_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.47    17:11:57.91 +28:57:21.4   6423 2580   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:11:57.86 +28:57:21.0 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.46, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.44)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.427 4575501713530059136 257.99065428320 +28.95596029864 13.5957 13.1365 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.427#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86844_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86844_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.41    17:10:23.28 +29:08:28.7   6210 2685   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:10:23.23 +29:08:29.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 86893_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86893_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.59    17:27:08.35 +28:19:11.5   8469 2304   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:27:08.36 +28:19:10.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 86899_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86899_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.80    17:18:30.81 +28:15:32.1   7314 2197   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:18:30.90 +28:15:32.1 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.73, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.71)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 3.629 4575245870918278016 259.62772763658 +28.25936981794 13.7561 13.1944 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#3.629#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86928_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86928_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.60    16:41:18.54 +30:15:17.2   2390 3342   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  16:41:18.57 +30:15:16.8 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.62, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.60)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 2.822 1312243836144859648 250.32646910682 +30.25461964153 13.7366 13.2019 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#2.822#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86936_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86936_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.66    17:25:28.08 +33:43:27.3   8020 5569   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:25:28.01 +33:43:27.9 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.66, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.64)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.438 1335440713992667136 261.36682282773 +33.72449227026 13.6976 13.1802 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.438#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86943_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86943_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.74    17:21:18.52 +31:16:15.1   7579 4042   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:21:18.52 +31:16:15.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 86955_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86955_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.68    16:52:40.91 +32:26:53.5   3881 4645   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  16:52:40.84 +32:26:53.1 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.70, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.68)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 3.468 1313341767224865664 253.17128077863 +32.44787345237 13.8208 13.1403 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#3.468#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86988_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86988_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.88    16:29:18.20 +27:27:02.8   0711 1700   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.5") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 86989_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86989_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.83    17:08:20.10 +26:35:23.7   5988 1131   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:08:20.01 +26:35:23.3 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.86, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.84)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.738 4574615335359209088 257.08291490436 +26.59005829020 14.4439 13.8969 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.738#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 86991_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86991_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.78    17:05:34.16 +26:26:41.6   5615 1033   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:05:34.15 +26:26:41.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 86994_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 86994_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    13.91    16:54:57.85 +29:03:15.5   4176 2594   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  16:54:57.82 +29:03:15.3 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.90, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.88)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 2.126 1308000992572204032 253.74053665806 +29.05473819250 14.0333 13.4270 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#2.126#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 87103_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 87103_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    14.23    16:58:13.88 +31:16:19.8   4595 3936   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  16:58:13.79 +31:16:19.9 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.20, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.18)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 2.692 1309982587403235968 254.55667401591 +31.27186295560 14.6238 14.0184 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#2.692#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 87105_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 87105_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    14.41    17:00:23.72 +28:16:33.5   4899 2129   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:00:23.76 +28:16:35.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 87150_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 87150_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    14.71    17:01:12.10 +29:03:14.3   4999 2601   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  17:01:12.02 +29:03:15.5 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.54, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.52)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.817 1308709799615058688 255.29958971909 +29.05404371333 14.8034 14.7143 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.817#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 87190_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
The candidate 87190_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 03 27.28075    2461126.78075    14.79    16:51:46.84 +29:43:33.5   3758 3000   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-03-27_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_014619_TTUQ2b1x1_6018_Xa0W6HUv/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273.fits

**** FOUND  16:51:46.76 +29:43:34.1 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.78, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.76)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.495 1308285216328083840 252.94498573801 +29.72617593697 14.9786 14.5376 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.495#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 39577_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
Preparing report for the candidate 39577_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-27_01-44-06_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0273
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6
########### Completed Her-04-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6
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16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6  -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6  -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6  -- a known variable star
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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1 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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Adding identified Gaia sources from exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO   ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Adding the following to the exclusion list ####
16:57:20.83 +30:21:26.6
17:04:44.47 +28:42:20.5
17:11:57.86 +28:57:21.0
17:18:30.90 +28:15:32.1
16:41:18.57 +30:15:16.8
17:25:28.01 +33:43:27.9
16:52:40.84 +32:26:53.1
17:08:20.01 +26:35:23.3
16:54:57.82 +29:03:15.3
16:58:13.79 +31:16:19.9
17:01:12.02 +29:03:15.5
16:51:46.76 +29:43:34.1
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The observatory MPC code is 500
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461126.78019315 -observatory 500
22:46:51.09 -08:14:49.9 Mercury (0.6mag)
01:35:18.30 +09:15:17.7 Venus (-3.9mag)
23:21:24.90 -05:18:21.7 Mars (1.2mag)
07:05:53.52 +22:56:32.7 Jupiter (-2.2mag)
00:20:13.66 -00:07:38.7 Saturn (0.9mag)
03:43:56.32 +19:35:13.5 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:08:09.82 -00:32:24.3 Neptune (7.8mag)
20:32:32.12 -22:53:04.5 Pluto (14.5mag)
07:52:10.12 +24:34:20.9 Moon (-10.9mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Mar 27 01:48 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461126.78019315:
07:05:45.60 +22:56:48.6 Io (5.6mag)
07:05:54.59 +22:56:27.0 Europa (5.8mag)
07:05:44.03 +22:56:43.4 Ganymede (5.2mag)
07:06:08.19 +22:56:14.9 Callisto (6.5mag)
07:09:51.13 +22:54:31.3 Himalia (15.2mag)
07:05:57.35 +22:56:26.3 Thebe (16.1mag)
07:09:34.31 +23:20:21.3 Elara (17.2mag)
07:03:26.30 +23:46:54.1 Pasiphae (17.3mag)
07:14:35.53 +22:52:04.6 Carme (18.4mag)
00:20:25.51 -00:07:36.6 Titan (8.8mag)
00:20:14.50 -00:07:24.0 Rhea (10.1mag)
00:20:35.18 -00:05:26.8 Iapetus (11.5mag)
00:20:15.76 -00:07:15.1 Hyperion (14.8mag)
00:22:04.28 +00:03:05.9 Phoebe (16.8mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461126.78019315:
13:39:31.86 +02:00:58.7 JWST
17:58:51.65 +34:40:50.5 Chandra
08:24:30.18 -38:48:13.4 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461126.78019315 -observatory 500
18:40:27.23 -27:44:48.7 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
04:54:17.60 -70:40:47.1 17.5mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
05:29:14.70 +31:19:31.0 17.1mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
17:30:27.75 +08:09:52.5 17.6mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS)
23:03:56.45 +28:34:33.2 17.0mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
04:07:06.21 +25:28:35.9 15.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:01:29.92 +31:40:11.2 16.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
08:29:48.93 -02:24:11.3 17.2mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
18:56:27.39 +16:50:01.6 17.5mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
15:45:32.77 -11:46:56.9 17.6mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
09:19:32.46 -15:13:15.0 17.5mag C/2023 F3 (ATLAS)
21:30:44.09 +61:55:33.0 17.4mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
19:31:14.03 -03:32:36.6 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
21:40:49.50 +83:28:12.5 17.7mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon)
06:14:00.80 +63:42:03.4 16.9mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
04:25:17.96 +09:25:17.0 9.6mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
11:17:31.92 +03:57:28.8 18.0mag C/2024 G2 (ATLAS)
16:29:52.14 +03:09:48.0 17.4mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
20:13:14.37 +10:13:52.3 14.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
03:09:35.05 -25:34:04.5 16.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
05:01:29.44 +50:39:51.7 17.6mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
14:55:06.18 +25:49:50.0 14.5mag C/2025 L1 (ATLAS)
02:56:35.72 -23:23:35.7 17.7mag C/2025 Q3 (ATLAS)
22:37:51.10 +19:26:04.5 11.6mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
13:02:35.25 +01:43:56.4 17.6mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
01:51:26.26 -02:18:29.1 12.4mag C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
22:59:40.54 +32:49:42.3 13.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
18:04:22.55 -10:38:09.6 13.0mag 10P/Tempel
15:22:47.03 +04:47:38.8 12.3mag 24P/Schaumasse
11:09:25.64 -02:14:16.9 15.6mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
17:49:36.91 -10:23:55.5 17.5mag 40P/Vaisala
10:42:09.60 -05:55:20.6 16.5mag 43P/Wolf-Harrington
01:18:26.43 +14:02:52.0 17.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
06:37:29.14 +41:05:50.4 17.1mag 63P/Wild
23:02:55.55 -13:55:14.9 15.7mag 65P/Gunn
03:13:14.64 +13:53:26.4 15.9mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura
00:22:47.55 +04:18:10.6 14.6mag 78P/Gehrels
22:00:07.55 -15:04:20.1 14.5mag 88P/Howell
01:16:50.85 +15:05:07.8 15.2mag 93P/Lovas
04:20:18.92 +31:06:02.6 16.4mag 123P/West-Hartley
08:10:26.30 +47:26:18.5 16.2mag 124P/Mrkos
02:03:27.78 +12:05:56.2 16.4mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
02:09:19.89 +11:54:59.1 17.4mag 131P/Mueller
23:48:21.21 +05:38:00.4 12.2mag 141P/Machholz
23:58:37.32 -02:20:58.5 12.3mag 141P-A/Machholz
22:55:19.99 -05:19:56.7 15.3mag 141P-D/Machholz
00:07:45.89 -11:12:54.3 15.4mag 162P/SidingSpring
10:35:23.53 +31:56:13.5 17.6mag 164P/Christensen
06:00:37.97 +24:41:24.0 17.6mag 198P/ODAS
15:24:40.53 -02:30:35.7 17.1mag 210P/Christensen
20:35:07.92 -16:09:36.4 17.2mag 218P/LINEAR
17:05:23.44 -16:06:16.1 16.2mag 235P/LINEAR
04:53:34.57 +32:47:11.2 16.4mag 240P/NEAT
07:31:07.31 -07:32:03.1 17.5mag 242P/Spahr
15:47:59.32 +05:34:26.7 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski
07:28:44.70 +21:12:12.4 17.6mag 450P/LONEOS
05:08:44.35 +46:12:57.4 17.3mag 493P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
17:34:53.03 +06:04:29.70  AT2026gzl  2026-03-23.27 15.82
16:54:25.33 +37:49:56.60  SN 2026evz  2026-03-21.32 17.54
17:06:19.20 -18:54:19.50  ASASSN-26bx  2026-03-21.25 16.39
19:01:16.28 -29:29:23.10  ASASSN-26bw  2026-03-21.33 15.81
08:46:05.75 +10:47:39.80  ASASSN-26ca  2026-03-21.13 14.27
12:14:58.16 +63:47:16.20  SN 2026fvx  2026-03-21.12 15.6
18:02:55.90 -75:23:02.60  ASASSN-26bz  2026-03-21.32 16.16
12:16:02.87 -53:16:33.70  ASASSN-26cc  2026-03-20.08 3.93
13:08:21.85 +29:13:44.20  SN 2026fmh  2026-03-20.16 -0.33
19:56:38.48 -34:45:21.50  ASASSN-26cb  2026-03-20.35 -3.26
14:32:41.15 -41:38:48.50  ASASSN-26by  2026-03-20.15 -1.31
13:00:42.99 +37:18:34.60  SN2026fjc  2026-03-19.5 15.97
06:02:44.21 -04:11:06.20  ASASSN-26bv  2026-03-19.19 15.67
12:20:27.90 -45:55:38.40  ASASSN-26bt  2026-03-19.05 16.24
07:49:57.30 -56:14:35.10  ASASSN-26bu  2026-03-19.19 15.74
06:04:29.75 +53:23:34.00  SN 2026eza  2026-03-18.2 17.48
11:54:57.87 +69:19:28.90  AT2026fsf  2026-03-18.14 16.95
10:44:46.95 +58:27:29.30  SN 2026enn  2026-03-18.13 17.53
20:45:54.04 -73:26:43.00  AT 2026ezy  2026-03-18.13 16.83
06:53:18.10 -59:10:49.30  ASASSN-26bs  2026-03-18.02 16.93
07:45:09.29 -62:14:36.20  ASASSN-26br  2026-03-16.16 16.78
19:24:27.93 -52:04:36.40  AT 2023uk  2026-03-16.35 14.2
04:52:54.50 -15:20:57.10  AT2026fhw  2026-03-14.06 SDSS
11:10:34.24 +02:58:48.10  SN2026drr  2026-03-14.08 0.2
07:26:45.73 -27:45:13.90  ASASSN-26bo  2026-03-14.17 13.8
16:35:46.94 +58:12:28.40  SN2026ebt  2026-03-12.41 17.12
13:01:19.45 +15:42:15.00  SN2026ehe  2026-03-12.11 -0.29
09:15:55.41 +10:08:09.70  SN2026efq  2026-03-12.16 0.06
03:31:20.92 -35:29:29.00  SN2026evh  2026-03-12.05 17.29
06:26:19.15 -85:18:28.10  AT2026ffp  2026-03-12.16 0.37
14:16:42.30 -41:18:36.50  AT2026fij  2026-03-12.05 15.97
10:45:04.71 +00:06:13.10  SN 2026exe  2026-03-11.78 16.48
18:07:45.58 +69:43:01.00  SN2026ess  2026-03-12.37 17.37
13:11:03.58 +49:06:31.80  AT2026ewa  2026-03-12.42 16.77
15:03:25.23 -63:11:22.20  ASASSN-26bp  2026-03-11.92 13.33
13:09:37.25 -35:50:25.20  AT2024cmo  2026-03-11.12 16.29
13:06:01.97 -15:50:14.40  AT2026fdy  2026-03-10.33 16.68
11:30:09.67 -47:26:43.70  ASASSN-26bn  2026-03-10.12 15.2
05:03:25.25 -24:16:50.40  (= Gaia  2026-03-9.09 14.32
03:42:32.53 -04:17:53.70  ASASSN-26bm  2026-03-8.04 15.22
04:31:00.53 -68:29:50.20  ASASSN-26bl  2026-03-7.9 10.26
16:18:17.61 +41:25:11.40  SN 2026dkf  2026-03-6.31 16.7
13:45:00.35 +61:16:50.90  SN 2026ejl  2026-03-6.41 -0.66
09:27:45.48 -37:49:32.80  ASASSN-26bk  2026-03-2.3 13.11
20:22:01.20 +23:47:47.30  ASASSN-26bi  2026-02-28.51 15.86
11:16:22.10 +29:26:22.80  AT2026enm  2026-02-28.39 16.88
08:05:59.83 -48:39:35.60  ASASSN-26bh  2026-02-26.05 14.64
13:24:27.02 -45:57:01.40  ASASSN-26bg  2026-02-26.35 15.28
17:27:50.95 -68:28:46.40  ASASSN-26bf  2026-02-26.3 16.28
18:03:39.29 +19:58:46.30  ASASSN-26be  2026-02-25.56 14.95
17:40:18.19 +07:20:59.60  SN 2026crm  2026-02-24.34 16.9
18:38:35.79 -79:28:57.30  ASASSN-26bb  2026-02-24.37 16.2
17:43:29.75 +11:24:00.60  ASASSN-26bc  2026-02-23.37 -3.37
16:59:41.08 -80:01:51.20  ASASSN-26bd  2026-02-23.3 14.38
11:23:31.77 -08:39:15.40  SN2026cff  2026-02-23.15 -1.08
14:55:17.39 -05:56:05.30  SN2026dmk  2026-02-23.22 -0.76
12:28:15.19 +44:27:20.80  SN2026cjz  2026-02-23.47 15.62
12:12:29.55 -02:40:43.30  AT2026dsk  2026-02-23.4 17.21
09:21:05.29 +06:11:42.80  SN2026chr  2026-02-23.1 17.39
16:05:38.61 +18:06:07.40  SN 2026dsy  2026-02-23.36 17.15
04:55:50.66 -29:52:57.70  SN 2026dpg  2026-02-23.11 15.75
04:21:28.18 -53:22:54.40  AT2026drl  2026-02-21.03 17.31
11:50:37.32 +55:21:13.70  SN 2026dix  2026-02-21.43 16.39
16:21:19.69 -63:47:29.40  ASASSN-26az  2026-02-21.03 17.02
02:45:30.93 -54:17:43.10  SN 2026cju  2026-02-21.04 17.54
01:58:40.68 +47:34:50.10  ASASSN-26av  2026-02-21.09 15.97
18:35:53.01 -42:31:38.90  ASASSN-26aw  2026-02-21.12 15.89
11:40:18.88 -39:45:09.20  ASASSN-26ax  2026-02-21.08 15.73
02:26:23.52 -51:42:29.80  ASASSN-26ay  2026-02-21.04 13.93
08:46:07.66 +01:17:43.90  ASASSN-26ba  2026-02-20.23 15.43
14:15:47.69 -48:05:16.40  SN2026dez  2026-02-19.19 15.93
17:25:53.90 -23:28:31.50  ASASSN-26au  2026-02-18.33 15.82
16:07:59.09 -24:00:10.00  SN2026cmv  2026-02-17.28 16.19
18:15:01.25 -37:43:36.70  ASASSN-26at  2026-02-16.36 15.94
13:01:07.08 -11:25:16.30  AT2026bzh  2026-02-12.45 17.3
10:56:29.81 -07:07:25.30  SN 2026bre  2026-02-12.16 17.15
08:55:43.51 -53:26:11.50  ASASSN-26as  2026-02-12.2 16.54
06:33:50.98 -41:46:25.10  ASASSN-26ar  2026-02-12.04 16.42
12:15:22.43 +23:59:39.60  SN2026bzg  2026-02-11.27 16.32
08:01:10.95 -03:43:14.30  AT2026coj  2026-02-9.25 13.73
12:44:00.18 -57:03:46.80  ASASSN-26aq  2026-02-9.18 16
06:26:33.34 -54:06:39.90  AT2026cih  2026-02-8.06 17.26
23:08:59.40 -88:59:11.60  SN 2026bsu  2026-02-8.03 16.02
01:04:14.94 -62:31:02.30  SN 2026azk  2026-02-8.04 16.41
08:44:55.41 +64:55:09.90  SN 2026anq  2026-02-7.16 17.62
12:37:42.99 +33:26:05.40  SN 2026bnm  2026-02-7.29 16.74
00:12:55.45 +33:21:25.90  SN2026cbh  2026-02-7.09 16.33
08:02:12.64 -04:14:20.90  SN 2026auh  2026-02-7.11 16.64
18:03:52.67 -31:27:26.00  TCP J18035290-3127298  2026-02-7.37 15.76
12:18:03.59 +50:27:10.20  SN 2026bjz  2026-02-7.25 16.48
07:51:51.12 +55:05:27.60  SN 2026ail  2026-02-6.21 16.85
08:10:56.38 +36:49:42.80  AT2026bsa  2026-02-6.29 17.47
04:43:45.47 -15:49:01.00  SN2026azr  2026-02-5.24 16.96
06:14:48.48 -34:20:08.90  ASASSN-26ap  2026-02-5.2 13.77
02:42:33.90 -27:21:02.60  SN 2026aip  2026-02-4.09 15.85
00:43:12.26 +38:35:47.90  AT2026brt  2026-02-3.12 14.92
14:34:27.21 +21:56:59.90  SN2026atb  2026-01-29.32 15.59
13:12:04.11 -60:56:12.40  ASASSN-26ao  2026-01-28.35 15.61
13:00:36.49 -06:28:26.00  SN2026azd  2026-01-28.23 15.69
10:33:50.27 -31:00:53.40  SN 2026ayz  2026-01-25.11 15.3
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
15:33:45.28 -22:11:07.3  TCP J15334528-2211073  2026-01-16.8451  14.9mag
22:34:01.26 +39:53:32.8  TCP J22340126+3953328  2026-01-17.5738  16.79Cmag
00:42:52.36 +41:16:13.3  PNV J00425236+4116133  2026-01-18.5502  17.41Cmag
06:57:11.19 -17:24:43.9  TCP J06571119-1724439  2026-01-18.5375  14.2mag
00:42:52.23 +41:01:44.7  PNV J00425223+4101447  2026-01-19.5505  18.74Cmag
09:54:46.47 +69:06:31.7  PNV J09544647+6906317  2026-01-26.8081  19.3mag
18:08:51.99 -26:16:21.9  TCP J18085199-2616219  2026-01-31.8519  12.2mag
08:01:11.02 -03:43:14.1  TCP J08011102-0343141  2026-02-08.8090  15.10Cmag
05:19:15.40 -02:04:51.5  TCP J05191540-0204515  2026-02-13.4306  14.5mag
10:52:41.26 +36:40:08.9  TCP J10524126+3640089  2026-02-17.6065  17.4mag
05:50:50.81 +36:22:45.1  TCP J05505081+3622451  2026-02-17.5511  15.7mag
00:42:51.33 +41:13:49.1  PNV J00425133+4113491  2026-02-20.738  18.3mag
00:43:04.88 +41:29:41.4  PNV J00430488+4129414  2026-02-20.5923  18.84Cmag
17:43:29.74 +11:24:00.3  TCP J17432974+1124003  2026-02-22.3773  13.6mag
09:55:01.59 +69:08:42.7  PNV J09550159+6908427  2026-02-20.893  19.0mag
07:03:25.76 -12:41:40.1  TCP J07032576-1241401  2026-03-10.4268  15.4mag
00:42:36.82 +41:16:05.8  PNV J00423682+4116058  2026-03-12.5744  17.24Cmag
07:26:45.79 -27:45:14.1  TCP J07264579-2745141  2026-03-17.4417  14.8mag
17:57:19.56 -28:08:14.7  TCP J17571956-2808147  2026-03-19.7972  14.5mag
08:46:05.73 +10:47:39.7  TCP J08460573+1047397  2026-03-21.1936  14.5mag
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Fri Mar 27 01:48:21 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 4s (0.07 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 22s (0.37 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 1s (0.02 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 2s (0.03 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 30s (0.50 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 9 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 3 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 2 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 23s (0.38 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 3s (0.05 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 7s (0.12 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 36s (0.60 min)
FIELD_Her-04-Q2b1x1: 77s (1.28 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 82s (1.37 min)
Finished: Fri Mar 27 01:49:43 CDT 2026