######## 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= V36 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 WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 101666 MB free at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 101666 MB free 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
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Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits
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Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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= 1111.9370 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 591.6820 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1112.5139 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 593.0881 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.54024 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 ---------------------------------------------- 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= -5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 11.5500001907349 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits CCD-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits SET-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Header: 68 keys total, 3 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 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isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 68: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits SET-TEMP= -5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.fit CCD-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits CCD-TEMP= -5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits :) Spent 0.599862 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= -5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 11.5500001907349 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits CCD-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits SET-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits Header: 68 keys total, 3 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= '2026-04-09T05:56:13.4887718' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-04-09T10:56:13.4887718' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61139.4557116665 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 58: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 59: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 60: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 61: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 62: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 63: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 68: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits SET-TEMP= -5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.fit CCD-TEMP= -5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits CCD-TEMP= -5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits :) Spent 0.509007 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_-5C_20s_2026-04-02.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits
fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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: 2461139.95519226 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' 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 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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits' wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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" ################################### # 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 17:00:00.381 +29:59:59.10 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0011 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # 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 16:59:58.699 +30:00:31.26 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0115 deg. ################################### ################################### # 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 17:00:00.381 +29:59:59.10 Second-epoch second image center 16:59:58.699 +30:00:31.26 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01080 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.KQkjZVR9HZ 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.7iRMw4omVL 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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits &> /tmp/tmp.OX1hg6t6gb Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits &> /tmp/tmp.p8xQ9SLwj0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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' Read 11014 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.2437 to 264.3148 deg, Dec +24.2363 to +35.3465 deg 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 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 245.2437 to 264.3148 deg, Dec 24.2363 to 35.3465 deg Loaded 9572 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 6833 out of 7206 total matches. 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 3.2 pix fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 3.2 pix fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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 14.9 mag. fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 14.9 mag. fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 12.2 (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.KQkjZVR9HZ (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.3) 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... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 961 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10829 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10830 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10830 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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.7iRMw4omVL (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4) 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... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 957 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10619 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10620 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10620 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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.OX1hg6t6gb (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=672, passed=11133 Got 11133 stars (including 10456 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11133 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10998 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.62" 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10999 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10999 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.72" Excluding outliers - 968 stars left (next iteration limit 1065) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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.p8xQ9SLwj0 (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=872, passed=11150 Got 11150 stars (including 10276 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11150 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10956 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63" 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10956 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10956 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.71" Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1067) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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" ################################### # 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 17:00:00.381 +29:59:59.10 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0011 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # 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 16:59:58.699 +30:00:31.26 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0115 deg. ################################### ################################### # 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 17:00:00.381 +29:59:59.10 Second-epoch second image center 16:59:58.699 +30:00:31.26 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01080 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.PDD5zwK0Hw 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.rXpEP1y64s 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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits &> /tmp/tmp.46RmjtVYy3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xFEyxiJhxz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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' Read 72123 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.2351 to 264.3431 deg, Dec +24.2117 to +35.3511 deg 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 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 245.2351 to 264.3431 deg, Dec 24.2117 to 35.3511 deg Loaded 9612 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 6440 out of 7388 total matches. 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.: -7.33 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.49 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.49
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 10 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 3.1 pix fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 3.0 pix fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.5 mag. Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-47-39_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 15.5 mag. Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_06-48-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 14.4 (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.PDD5zwK0Hw (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4) 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... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 962 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 70856 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 70855 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 70854 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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.rXpEP1y64s (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4) 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... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 962 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 69806 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 69804 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 69805 with non-zero local correction accuracy 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.46RmjtVYy3 (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=3850, passed=49914 Got 49914 stars (including 46016 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 49914 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) 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... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 961 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 49305 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 49304 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 49300 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.64" 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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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.xFEyxiJhxz (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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=4802, passed=52557 Got 52557 stars (including 47709 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 52557 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) 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... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 956 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51304 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60" 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... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51305 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51300 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.68" 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_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/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_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-55-18_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0436.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.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_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86092.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out86097.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out98894.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out99430.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 3s 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: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86092_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 86092_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 16:48:44.08 +30:20:58.4 in Gaia DR2 blend (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.41, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.39) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86097_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 86097_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 14.32 16:48:44.00 +30:20:58.5 6253 2953 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:19:50.52 +32:48:34.4 in Gaia DR2 blend (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.35, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.33) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 93780_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 93780_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 14.37 17:19:50.74 +32:48:32.0 2236 1471 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:05:34.05 +26:26:40.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 94661_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 94661_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 13.84 17:05:34.02 +26:26:39.5 4058 5357 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 16:52:40.84 +32:26:52.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 94823_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 94823_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 13.80 16:52:40.80 +32:26:53.0 5703 1700 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 16:41:18.50 +30:15:18.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 96081_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 96081_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 13.95 16:41:18.57 +30:15:19.7 7227 2966 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:09:26.98 +27:13:49.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 96602_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 96602_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 14.15 17:09:27.03 +27:13:48.5 3535 4879 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:16:53.58 +26:08:07.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 97687_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 97687_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 14.13 17:16:53.60 +26:08:06.7 2513 5532 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:00:23.78 +28:16:36.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98894_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 98894_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 14.27 17:00:23.87 +28:16:36.8 4746 4242 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:19:52.90 +26:54:09.4 in Gaia DR2 blend (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.88, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.86) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 99430_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 The candidate 99430_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 15.01 17:19:52.86 +26:54:10.6 2119 5055 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits **** FOUND 17:18:04.89 +28:11:28.8 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.96, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.94)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 2.322 4575242297505494016 259.51990968954 +28.19183102035 14.9062 14.3643 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#2.322#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9# make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 3s 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 #### ########### 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 #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' 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) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### 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 #### 16:48:44.08 +30:20:58.4 17:19:50.52 +32:48:34.4 17:19:52.90 +26:54:09.4 17:18:04.89 +28:11:28.8 #################################################### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461139.95519226 -observatory V36 23:34:49.86 -05:13:11.2 Mercury (0.2mag) 02:37:00.60 +15:15:09.1 Venus (-3.9mag) 23:59:13.46 -01:11:10.1 Mars (1.2mag) 07:09:53.34 +22:50:36.6 Jupiter (-2.1mag) 00:26:14.56 +00:30:33.8 Saturn (0.9mag) 03:46:21.50 +19:43:09.4 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:09:58.31 -00:20:51.9 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:33:25.73 -22:52:27.0 Pluto (14.5mag) 18:50:51.81 -28:02:38.8 Moon (-10.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Apr 9 05:58 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461139.95519226: 07:10:01.36 +22:50:20.2 Io (5.7mag) 07:10:05.41 +22:50:12.6 Europa (5.9mag) 07:10:04.26 +22:50:08.2 Ganymede (5.3mag) 07:09:24.96 +22:51:38.0 Callisto (6.5mag) 07:13:29.54 +22:41:25.2 Himalia (15.3mag) 07:09:49.40 +22:50:44.1 Thebe (16.2mag) 07:13:31.98 +23:10:49.8 Elara (17.3mag) 07:08:19.51 +23:34:02.3 Pasiphae (17.4mag) 07:18:21.38 +22:47:56.2 Carme (18.5mag) 00:26:22.26 +00:30:23.2 Titan (8.8mag) 00:26:17.84 +00:30:45.8 Rhea (10.1mag) 00:26:07.70 +00:31:42.8 Iapetus (11.5mag) 00:26:26.61 +00:30:20.7 Hyperion (14.8mag) 00:27:56.45 +00:40:03.3 Phoebe (16.8mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 569 Apr 9 05:58 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461139.95519226: 15:04:48.55 -11:13:45.6 JWST 17:55:28.65 +35:47:35.8 Chandra 19:57:39.53 +17:23:06.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Apr 9 05:58 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461139.95519226 -observatory V36 -> Warning: Longitude 255.61742 is outside valid range [-180, 180] 18:48:56.89 -28:24:34.1 13.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 05:02:12.23 -69:58:51.8 17.4mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 05:31:08.14 +31:23:42.4 17.2mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:30:52.96 +09:45:54.6 17.6mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 23:08:22.18 +28:58:52.3 17.0mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 04:21:41.35 +25:51:25.6 15.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:02:15.04 +31:57:22.4 16.2mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 08:30:14.83 -00:51:50.0 17.3mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:55:04.91 +17:58:35.7 17.5mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:42:38.98 -11:36:56.8 17.6mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 09:10:56.81 -12:57:10.7 17.6mag C/2023 F3 (ATLAS) 21:47:15.70 +62:32:24.0 17.5mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 19:24:18.14 -03:38:30.0 14.2mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 21:41:07.57 +85:01:40.7 17.8mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon) 06:15:21.47 +63:33:12.8 17.1mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 04:58:45.45 +15:55:38.8 10.6mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 16:23:16.82 +05:18:53.3 17.4mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 20:18:45.26 +13:31:40.8 14.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 03:20:34.74 -23:24:02.9 16.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 05:11:17.43 +46:57:40.1 17.7mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 14:05:56.53 +40:29:18.1 14.9mag C/2025 L1 (ATLAS) 03:15:11.40 -25:13:12.2 17.8mag C/2025 Q3 (ATLAS) 23:03:52.41 +19:45:29.1 9.6mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 12:56:58.02 +02:36:14.3 17.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 02:20:59.48 +03:39:53.9 10.5mag C/2026 A1 (MAPS) 23:40:36.82 +35:56:37.7 14.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 18:30:10.13 -10:03:36.3 12.2mag 10P/Tempel 15:08:54.53 +03:50:22.6 13.4mag 24P/Schaumasse 11:04:42.10 -01:44:48.1 15.7mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 17:58:28.91 -09:51:41.2 17.8mag 40P/Vaisala 10:38:13.32 -04:38:58.3 16.8mag 43P/Wolf-Harrington 01:38:34.20 +16:21:49.2 17.2mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 06:58:57.71 +38:24:04.1 17.0mag 63P/Wild 23:20:36.59 -12:14:54.2 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 03:46:02.10 +18:56:33.1 15.9mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 00:51:11.25 +06:56:07.0 14.4mag 78P/Gehrels 22:42:52.08 -11:19:13.5 14.6mag 88P/Howell 01:52:06.31 +18:51:44.9 15.1mag 93P/Lovas 04:42:43.50 +31:55:20.9 16.3mag 123P/West-Hartley 08:21:06.85 +41:22:56.2 16.2mag 124P/Mrkos 02:23:10.17 +13:37:54.2 16.4mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 02:34:44.55 +13:40:34.9 17.5mag 131P/Mueller 00:52:17.57 +10:52:05.6 11.0mag 141P/Machholz 01:02:00.15 +02:24:55.9 11.0mag 141P-A/Machholz 23:50:41.59 -01:23:15.1 13.6mag 141P-D/Machholz 01:31:37.02 +04:07:40.1 17.9mag 141P-I/Machholz 00:44:10.80 -04:48:08.6 15.2mag 162P/SidingSpring 10:30:01.53 +31:18:02.5 17.9mag 164P/Christensen 06:24:25.04 +24:26:28.1 17.9mag 198P/ODAS 15:03:01.53 -00:47:41.4 17.4mag 210P/Christensen 21:19:15.16 -13:01:58.4 17.5mag 218P/LINEAR 17:14:16.63 -14:42:17.7 16.2mag 235P/LINEAR 05:20:29.83 +34:09:36.8 16.6mag 240P/NEAT 07:35:29.89 -05:54:01.9 17.7mag 242P/Spahr 15:44:58.34 +06:32:36.3 17.5mag 391P/Kowalski 07:31:53.28 +21:20:07.5 17.6mag 450P/LONEOS 05:26:28.23 +45:25:01.0 17.5mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.9K Apr 9 05:58 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 05:00:45.52 -29:51:06.20 AT2026hvw 2026-04-6.03 16.51 19:49:33.10 -23:37:11.00 ASASSN-26cl 2026-04-5.29 14.98 19:32:43.55 -22:39:33.40 ASASSN-26cm 2026-04-4.3 13.88 18:08:57.38 +76:48:23.60 ASASSN-26ck 2026-04-2.37 15.38 16:16:36.10 +44:52:30.20 AT2026hyy 2026-04-2.58 13.81 21:55:23.31 -34:48:53.90 ASASSN-26cj 2026-03-30.4 -1.47 11:19:50.70 -27:51:49.80 SN2026gvk 2026-03-30 15.48 11:53:57.02 -23:09:46.20 SN2026gzx 2026-03-28.75 15.27 07:13:46.14 -33:10:15.70 ASASSN-26ci 2026-03-28.15 15.14 09:03:36.09 -67:58:13.00 SN2026hkg 2026-03-28.19 15.82 07:03:00.72 +39:14:43.00 SN2026fin 2026-03-28.27 15.82 05:35:42.80 -63:44:05.50 ASASSN-26ch 2026-03-27.86 13.02 11:23:19.04 +34:22:38.00 SN2026fwt 2026-03-27.3 16.56 19:03:49.79 +37:04:05.20 ASASSN-26ce 2026-03-26.56 16.3 20:26:56.07 -52:54:06.50 AT2026hiy 2026-03-26.35 16.95 05:25:54.76 -30:15:35.80 ASASSN-26cg 2026-03-25.07 16.88 06:57:16.49 -26:54:37.20 SN2026fzb 2026-03-25.14 15.8 14:37:38.23 -43:00:52.30 ASASSN-26cd 2026-03-24.24 12.52 17:34:53.03 +06:04:29.70 AT2026gzl 2026-03-23.27 15.82 08:30:02.60 -35:12:47.50 ASASSN-26cf 2026-03-23.2 14.82 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 12:16:02.88 -53:16:33.80 ASASSN-26cc 2026-03-20.04 15.48 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 12:20:27.96 -45:55:38.40 ASASSN-26bt 2026-03-18.8 16.32 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 13:01:19.46 +15:42:15.50 SN2026ehe 2026-03-12.34 -0.18 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 11:30:09.70 -47:26:45.00 ASASSN-26bn 2026-03-10.3 15.14 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 09:27:45.33 -37:49:33.00 ASASSN-26bk 2026-03-2.06 13.58 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 18:38:36.11 -79:28:58.40 ASASSN-26bb 2026-02-24.36 16.11 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 14:15:47.49 -48:05:16.60 SN2026dez 2026-02-19.31 15.91 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 13:01:07.22 -11:25:16.10 AT2026bzh 2026-02-12.16 17.22 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.8K Apr 9 05:58 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 09:55:38.83 +69:05:21.7 PNV J09553883+6905217 2026-04-01.893 19.4mag 19:32:43.67 -22:39:30.7 TCP J19324367-2239307 2026-04-05.4395 13.6mag 16:16:36.03 +44:52:28.9 TCP J16163603+4452289 2026-04-05.6655 14.2mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 187K Apr 9 05:58 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 16:02:50.720 +53:43:35.02 AT 2026igf 2026-03-30.82 20.66 15:41:26.040 +51:39:22.68 AT 2026ige 2026-03-30.82 21.55 15:46:44.960 +52:41:18.17 AT 2026igd 2026-03-30.82 20.83 16:01:16.770 +47:31:43.64 AT 2026igc 2026-03-30.81 21.19 16:25:08.810 +44:48:12.28 AT 2026igb 2026-03-30.81 21.33 16:13:40.950 +40:54:21.62 AT 2026iga 2026-03-30.81 20.28 15:50:48.070 +48:03:43.08 AT 2026ifz 2026-03-30.81 20.51 15:50:43.720 +47:30:42.19 AT 2026ify 2026-03-30.81 21.34 17:38:02.570 +25:54:11.91 AT 2026ifx 2026-03-27.88 20.89 16:42:02.490 +40:59:30.50 AT 2026ifw 2026-03-27.86 21.32 16:24:14.050 +39:37:35.59 AT 2026ifv 2026-03-27.86 20.81 16:16:45.660 +38:01:36.33 AT 2026ifu 2026-03-27.86 21.15 16:28:23.190 +36:11:26.67 AT 2026ift 2026-03-27.86 21.53 16:16:10.610 +36:40:26.87 AT 2026ifs 2026-03-27.86 20.03 16:42:08.700 +33:28:34.26 AT 2026ifr 2026-03-27.86 21.24 16:45:41.760 +34:10:06.31 AT 2026ifq 2026-03-27.86 21.64 16:50:17.550 +33:04:52.33 AT 2026ifp 2026-03-27.86 19.99 16:52:21.140 +31:25:32.03 AT 2026ifo 2026-03-27.86 19.73 16:06:48.970 +28:22:45.47 AT 2026ifn 2026-03-27.85 21.37 16:26:20.250 +28:06:35.30 AT 2026ifm 2026-03-27.85 20.13 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 30K Apr 9 05:58 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 2 2026 04 09.45583 2461139.95583 14.99 17:18:04.80 +28:11:29.0 2386 4279 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_055657_TTUQ2b1x1_23617_JcUdzvIC/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_05-56-13_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0437.fits
