NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi

The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.

Processing fields Vir-03-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Reference image   2026 04 16.26361    2461146.76361    11.13    12:51:05.76 +05:33:12.3   4846 3474   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits
Discovery image 1   2026 04 16.29722    2461146.79722    11.23    12:51:05.64 +05:33:10.4   4843 3460   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23843    2461185.73843    10.24    12:51:05.72 +05:33:11.9   4843 3466   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Discovery image 3   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    10.28    12:51:05.74 +05:33:12.1   4845 3465   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 05 25.2387  2461185.7387  10.26  12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0
302.70021  68.42493 galactic  Vir  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 2.6 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 0"  U Vir                         
Type: M
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
     7.400   V            13.500   V         2453009.00000        205.500000000000   M2e-M8e:                     
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits at 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0:  11.13 +/- 0.00  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits at 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0:  12.90 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.20 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Vir-03-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 1

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## 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_OR_FILE= /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_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-11.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= 8000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 4000
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
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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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: 
Vir-03-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Vir-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Vir-03-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1003925 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1003925 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits_preview.png'
Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits

renamed 'Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits_preview.png'
Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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= 533.7014 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 492.2030 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4814.2300 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1622.6630 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4563.9374 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1433.6645 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 9.02046 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.132 ERROR: passing clouds (SD ratio=0.132 soft threshold=0.12) ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-11.fit EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 17.2000007629395 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 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= '2026-05-25T00:43:10.6972121' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-05-25T05:43:10.6972121' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61185.2383182524 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-05-25T05:43:20.6006750' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61185.2384328702 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 192.855825101955 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 6.00017903716868 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 48.2427777777778 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 235.656111111111 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.33945865157907 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Vir-03' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '12 51 26' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+06 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20434 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20434 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 17.2000007629395 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 17.2000007629395 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 13.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 71.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.29 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 117.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 5.400432 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 4.700376 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.fit CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/d_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits :) Spent 0.893759 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/d_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-11.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 27778.751589 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=18343.5, right_median=21629.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-11.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 17.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 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= '2026-05-25T00:43:48.3879706' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-05-25T05:43:48.3879706' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61185.2387544792 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 192.855825124364 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 6.00017902271994 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 48.1391666666667 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 235.818333333333 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.34161981898641 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Vir-03' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '12 51 26' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+06 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20434 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20434 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 17.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 17.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 13.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 71.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.29 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 117.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 5.400432 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 4.700376 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.fit CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/d_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits :) Spent 0.907088 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-13.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/d_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-11.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 27778.751589 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=18343.5, right_median=21629.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-11.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits


fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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: 2461185.73843399 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_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits' wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits' wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:26.634 +06:00:59.74 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:26.753 +06:00:09.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:26.634 +06:00:59.74 Second-epoch image center 12:51:26.753 +06:00:09.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0140 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:27.619 +06:00:00.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:26.634 +06:00:59.74 Second-epoch image center 12:51:27.619 +06:00:00.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0169 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 12:51:26.753 +06:00:09.31 Second-epoch second image center 12:51:27.619 +06:00:00.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00429 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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits &> /tmp/tmp.EgSsY0asMi Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TE5KRqxOfH Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PLZoOqzmJe Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.i6NEJN2RcC Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.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_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits and wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) 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_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits and wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat Found non-empty wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits and wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat The reference image (wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat) found 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5828 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.8413 to 200.7535 deg, Dec +0.6684 to +11.3112 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 184.8413 to 200.7535 deg, Dec 0.6684 to 11.3112 deg Loaded 3689 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): 3029 out of 3129 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3129 out of 5828 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.836500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.836500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.30 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.30
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5828 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.8413 to 200.7535 deg, Dec +0.6684 to +11.3112 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 184.8413 to 200.7535 deg, Dec 0.6684 to 11.3112 deg Loaded 3689 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): 3029 out of 3129 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3129 out of 5828 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits (aperture=6.3) Read 5560 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.0347 to 201.1957 deg, Dec +0.1686 to +11.7896 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 185.0347 to 201.1957 deg, Dec 0.1686 to 11.7896 deg Loaded 4084 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): 582 out of 614 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 614 out of 5560 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 2.2 pix Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits 2.3 pix fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 2.4 pix fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 15.3 mag. Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits 13.9 mag. fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 14.0 mag. fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.9 (SNR ) 10.9 (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.EgSsY0asMi (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... 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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 565.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=353, passed=5828 Got 5828 stars (including 5473 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5828 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 975 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5768 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5769 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5769 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.431 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.471 n_q1=249 n_q2=242 n_q3=229 n_q4=260 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.230 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits -region wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.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.TE5KRqxOfH (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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits 567.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=408, passed=5560 Got 5560 stars (including 5144 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5560 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 916.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 916.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.012726 (45.8 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010181 (36.7 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 450 to 510 (Dec 0.2 to 11.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 523 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 519 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 502 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 2.14" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 519 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2983 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 2.33" 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 450 to 510 (Dec 0.2 to 11.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 564 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3005 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 2.08" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3200 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 1.20" Excluding outliers - 562 stars left (next iteration limit 570) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits N_match=562 sigma_overall_arcsec=4.041 sigma_q1_arcsec=3.680 sigma_q2_arcsec=13.939 sigma_q3_arcsec=3.813 sigma_q4_arcsec=11.688 n_q1=249 n_q2=27 n_q3=240 n_q4=46 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=3.449 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits -region wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.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.PLZoOqzmJe (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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=235, passed=2058 Got 2058 stars (including 1822 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2058 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 976 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2040 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2041 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2041 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits N_match=981 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.444 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.542 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.518 n_q1=257 n_q2=249 n_q3=204 n_q4=271 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.220 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.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.i6NEJN2RcC (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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=229, passed=2151 Got 2151 stars (including 1920 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2151 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 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(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2130 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2) 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(), 2130 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2130 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.511 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.515 n_q1=263 n_q2=245 n_q3=201 n_q4=268 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.135 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits sigma_overall=0.383 worst_q_ratio=1.230 ref2=Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits sigma_overall=4.041 worst_q_ratio=3.449 new1=fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits sigma_overall=0.444 worst_q_ratio=1.220 new2=fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits sigma_overall=0.454 worst_q_ratio=1.135 reference average sigma_overall=2.212 worst_q_ratio=2.3395 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226_astrometric_residuals.png (980 matched stars from wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219_astrometric_residuals.png (562 matched stars from wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184_astrometric_residuals.png (981 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20362_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 20362_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    10.93    13:17:36.26 +05:26:00.7   0835 3536   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits **** FOUND 13:17:36.26 +05:26:00.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-03-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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:26.634 +06:00:59.74 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:26.753 +06:00:09.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:26.634 +06:00:59.74 Second-epoch image center 12:51:26.753 +06:00:09.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0140 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:27.619 +06:00:00.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:26.634 +06:00:59.74 Second-epoch image center 12:51:27.619 +06:00:00.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0169 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 12:51:26.753 +06:00:09.31 Second-epoch second image center 12:51:27.619 +06:00:00.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00429 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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits &> /tmp/tmp.42Nza4cCIj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oTcPXzHOo3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rWvdsspN6B Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cEIQXsshus Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.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_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits and wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) 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_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits and wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat Found non-empty wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits and wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat The reference image (wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat) found 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 29468 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.8321 to 200.7627 deg, Dec +0.6380 to +11.3144 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 184.8321 to 200.7627 deg, Dec 0.6380 to 11.3144 deg Loaded 3701 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): 2940 out of 3152 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3152 out of 29468 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.717000 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.717000 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.44 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.44
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 29468 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.8321 to 200.7627 deg, Dec +0.6380 to +11.3144 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 184.8321 to 200.7627 deg, Dec 0.6380 to 11.3144 deg Loaded 3701 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): 2940 out of 3152 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3152 out of 29468 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits (aperture=4.9) Read 31436 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.0028 to 201.2172 deg, Dec +0.1686 to +11.8173 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 185.0028 to 201.2172 deg, Dec 0.1686 to 11.8173 deg Loaded 4110 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): 572 out of 626 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 626 out of 31436 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 7 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 2.1 pix Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits 2.2 pix fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 2.1 pix fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 2.1 pix wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 15.5 mag. Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits 14.1 mag. fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.1 (SNR ) 13.6 (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.42Nza4cCIj (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... 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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits 565.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1250, passed=29460 Got 29460 stars (including 28178 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29460 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29153 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29155 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29155 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.500 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.474 n_q1=255 n_q2=241 n_q3=231 n_q4=252 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.251 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits -region wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.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.oTcPXzHOo3 (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/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits 567.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=15, blended=1166, passed=31421 Got 31421 stars (including 30205 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31421 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 916.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 916.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.012726 (45.8 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010181 (36.7 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 450 to 511 (Dec 0.2 to 11.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 522 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 519 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 502 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 2.09" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 519 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16899 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 2.46" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 450 to 511 (Dec 0.2 to 11.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 565 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16925 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 2.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18276 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 1.22" Excluding outliers - 562 stars left (next iteration limit 570) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits N_match=562 sigma_overall_arcsec=3.899 sigma_q1_arcsec=3.606 sigma_q2_arcsec=17.885 sigma_q3_arcsec=3.605 sigma_q4_arcsec=11.286 n_q1=246 n_q2=28 n_q3=241 n_q4=47 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=4.587 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits -region wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.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.rWvdsspN6B (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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=449, passed=12520 Got 12520 stars (including 12052 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12520 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12385 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12387 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12387 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.505 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.499 n_q1=261 n_q2=249 n_q3=206 n_q4=262 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.164 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.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.cEIQXsshus (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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=448, passed=13018 Got 13018 stars (including 12555 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13018 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) 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(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12888 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) 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(), 12889 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12889 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.541 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.516 n_q1=268 n_q2=246 n_q3=202 n_q4=260 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.172 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/wcs_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits at 12:50:48.86 +03:38:28.9: 12.08 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits at 12:42:28.86 +04:43:17.9: 13.03 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_01-19-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0226.fits at 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0: 11.13 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits at 12:50:48.86 +03:38:28.9: 13.79 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits at 12:42:28.86 +04:43:17.9: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.16 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:50:48.86 +03:38:28.9: ref_mag=12.16 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2105 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:42:28.86 +04:43:17.9: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.0774 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_02-07-49_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0219.fits at 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0: 12.90 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.20 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0: ref_mag=11.20 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.2593 delta=0.94 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out15460.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33349_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 33349_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 05 25.23843    2461185.73843    12.25    12:50:48.87 +03:38:28.9   4891 4622   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    12.18    12:50:48.84 +03:38:29.0   4893 4620   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33351_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 33351_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    10.40    13:15:08.67 +03:05:33.4   1201 4964   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (16.1") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33355_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 33355_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    11.70    12:55:46.06 +03:21:55.1   4146 4791   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits **** FOUND 12:55:46.07 +03:21:55.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33360_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 33360_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    12.82    12:47:44.49 +03:33:44.5   5357 4666   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits **** FOUND 12:47:44.50 +03:33:43.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33362_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 33362_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    13.05    12:37:04.17 +08:46:34.0   6937 1495   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits **** FOUND 12:37:04.19 +08:46:33.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33363_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 The candidate 33363_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 05 25.23843    2461185.73843    13.07    12:42:28.86 +04:43:17.8   6143 3961   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits Discovery image 2   2026 05 25.23887    2461185.73887    13.09    12:42:28.87 +04:43:18.0   6145 3959   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_005604_TTUQ2b1x1_2023500_jBgyx7Vi/fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 15460_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 Preparing report for the candidate 15460_fd_Vir-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_00-43-48_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0185 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0 ########### Completed Vir-03-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 #### 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0 ################################################################################### 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0 -- a known variable star Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 1 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Adding the following to the exclusion list #### 12:51:05.73 +05:33:12.0 #################################################### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461185.73843399 -observatory V36 04:59:01.14 +24:26:39.9 Mercury (-1.2mag) 06:30:57.20 +25:01:27.6 Venus (-3.9mag) 02:09:20.54 +12:19:12.0 Mars (1.3mag) 07:37:15.50 +21:58:04.2 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:44:58.67 +02:24:02.0 Saturn (0.9mag) 03:56:50.34 +20:15:37.9 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:15:09.06 +00:11:06.2 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:33:58.13 -22:59:46.2 Pluto (14.5mag) 11:36:17.49 -00:08:19.3 Moon (-10.9mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 May 25 00:58 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461185.73843399: 07:37:21.22 +21:57:50.5 Io (5.9mag) 07:37:20.97 +21:57:51.4 Europa (6.1mag) 07:36:59.36 +21:58:49.7 Ganymede (5.5mag) 07:37:02.51 +21:58:32.2 Callisto (6.7mag) 07:38:24.11 +21:34:29.4 Himalia (15.5mag) 07:37:15.17 +21:58:04.5 Thebe (16.4mag) 07:38:43.54 +21:56:09.4 Elara (17.5mag) 07:38:40.00 +22:17:20.0 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 07:44:24.79 +21:58:50.3 Carme (18.8mag) 00:44:56.59 +02:23:46.2 Titan (8.7mag) 00:44:58.01 +02:24:17.1 Rhea (10.0mag) 00:45:19.54 +02:23:58.3 Iapetus (11.4mag) 00:45:14.04 +02:23:57.5 Hyperion (14.7mag) 00:45:57.38 +02:27:56.8 Phoebe (16.7mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 569 May 25 00:58 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461185.73843399: 17:16:19.39 -33:09:43.1 JWST 19:34:07.86 +07:49:45.1 Chandra 18:51:16.62 -16:37:51.2 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 May 25 00:58 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461185.73843399 -observatory V36 13:21:35.22 -27:09:27.3 14.4mag D/1884 O1 (Barnard) 06:35:43.17 +30:41:46.4 15.7mag D/1886 K1 (Brooks) 15:27:09.83 +01:18:34.0 14.6mag D/1895 Q1 (Swift) 05:26:39.70 +24:36:51.7 17.2mag D/1918 W1 (Schorr) 09:24:42.35 +15:24:06.3 17.9mag P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) 18:51:26.43 -31:34:58.2 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 05:39:59.43 -68:17:13.8 17.4mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 05:44:01.39 +31:47:50.7 17.4mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:20:13.16 +14:28:46.1 17.7mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 23:14:36.93 +31:00:16.7 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 05:16:50.62 +26:50:46.5 16.4mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:20:22.54 +31:31:10.5 16.5mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 08:43:34.86 +03:09:35.0 17.6mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:36:55.19 +21:09:53.8 17.7mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:24:50.57 -11:02:36.6 17.5mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 22:16:09.02 +65:35:45.8 17.7mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 18:19:10.83 -05:27:45.1 13.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 13:43:15.62 +85:59:20.2 17.9mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon) 06:52:17.37 +63:54:18.5 17.6mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 06:25:21.52 +26:22:02.5 13.1mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:48:40.29 +12:06:01.1 17.3mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 20:20:09.05 +26:52:59.3 14.1mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 04:04:02.40 -17:18:11.9 16.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 05:52:46.00 +36:59:19.8 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:46:52.16 +53:21:41.3 16.9mag C/2025 L1 (ATLAS) 06:23:00.33 -10:07:10.6 12.5mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 12:41:06.79 +04:36:07.1 17.2mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 01:34:25.36 +42:17:54.8 15.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:10:31.74 -09:25:19.4 16.2mag A/2026 E1 19:57:54.63 -08:07:19.9 9.5mag 10P/Tempel 14:19:11.37 -02:26:04.2 17.6mag 24P/Schaumasse 10:59:36.77 -00:51:50.8 15.9mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 10:50:41.93 -02:34:19.7 17.7mag 43P/Wolf-Harrington 02:49:59.12 +23:41:59.2 17.6mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 08:30:14.45 +27:37:12.6 16.9mag 63P/Wild 00:13:57.03 -07:23:59.9 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 05:58:39.29 +31:31:32.2 16.5mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 02:35:43.36 +15:14:45.9 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 00:48:54.41 +01:35:08.2 15.3mag 88P/Howell 04:09:45.22 +28:49:03.2 15.1mag 93P/Lovas 02:04:56.20 +25:10:34.1 18.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 06:17:49.22 +33:19:53.0 15.7mag 123P/West-Hartley 09:26:22.80 +20:40:54.9 16.4mag 124P/Mrkos 03:36:03.31 +18:12:46.6 16.4mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 04:05:40.96 +18:17:03.9 17.7mag 131P/Mueller 04:54:06.42 +19:40:11.3 12.9mag 141P/Machholz 04:56:48.30 +16:14:19.2 12.8mag 141P-A/Machholz 03:41:30.46 +13:29:26.7 10.6mag 141P-D/Machholz 02:47:29.58 -26:48:23.4 17.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 02:56:57.84 +17:48:13.5 14.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 19:34:25.25 -01:56:04.1 17.6mag 169P/NEAT 17:03:04.39 -09:26:26.4 16.2mag 235P/LINEAR 07:02:52.50 +35:52:41.5 17.3mag 240P/NEAT 23:56:07.67 -08:08:12.1 16.8mag 260P/McNaught 03:27:36.59 +29:43:25.8 17.7mag 295P/LINEAR 21:55:42.48 -28:41:10.4 17.7mag 320P/McNaught 15:22:15.39 +08:21:53.5 17.4mag 391P/Kowalski 07:56:32.22 +21:03:22.7 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS 06:37:13.46 +42:38:57.9 17.8mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.9K May 25 00:58 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86 00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34 15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44 11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55 13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96 02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37 17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7 01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8 16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8 09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63 21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9 14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21 14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89 12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5 13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23 09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.88 10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30 ASASSN-26df 2026-05-8.21 16.52 22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60 2026lda 2026-05-7.56 16.2 21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30 ASASSN-26de 2026-05-6.29 14.51 16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.15 15.93 14:26:40.22 -24:48:37.50 AT2026lig 2026-05-4.27 14.63 13:17:51.04 +30:25:13.50 SN2026kcp 2026-05-4.46 16.43 11:27:55.57 -13:38:56.90 SN2026kza 2026-05-1.08 15.59 22:28:27.10 +30:17:54.30 SN 2026fov 2026-04-29.6 14.36 21:00:10.71 -32:17:03.90 AT2026kis 2026-04-27.36 16.15 14:32:57.37 -58:13:26.40 ASASSN-26dc 2026-04-27.27 13.42 15:32:05.35 -43:54:34.60 ASASSN-26db 2026-04-27.37 16.06 16:34:34.94 -54:34:58.20 ASASSN-26da 2026-04-25.14 15.99 10:06:55.04 -01:13:49.70 SN2026jsg 2026-04-24.99 16.28 15:15:57.17 +56:18:32.80 SN2026kid 2026-04-24.52 -3.65 07:58:28.45 +57:03:42.40 AT2026kcf 2026-04-24.2 16.89 11:38:21.80 -50:43:06.50 SN2026jkb 2026-04-24.24 15.38 10:06:11.41 -39:41:04.20 AT2026dil 2026-04-24.2 16.85 14:21:40.08 +13:13:46.30 SN2026jlm 2026-04-22.16 15.12 10:53:55.42 -16:06:08.10 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.12 16.24 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 2026-05-19.34 15.86 13:45:02.03 +15:17:14.50 ASASSN-26cy 2026-04-21.27 15.78 13:20:52.22 -35:57:03.60 AT2026jcm 2026-04-19.01 16.65 13:36:15.66 -36:53:48.40 SN 2026iqy 2026-04-18.92 17.31 06:34:01.33 -40:07:34.00 ASASSN-26cx 2026-04-19.07 16.16 23:33:57.97 -45:12:11.90 SN 2026idu 2026-04-19.41 15.9 12:10:50.92 +66:55:31.20 SN 2026icv 2026-04-17.14 16.03 21:36:59.06 -60:43:35.90 ASASSN-26cv 2026-04-17.35 -1.18 08:13:26.26 -27:07:30.50 ASASSN-26cw 2026-04-17.07 -1.01 14:49:14.13 -27:29:20.60 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.06 14.03 17:21:59.44 -38:54:04.60 ASASSN-26ct 2026-04-14.4 15.15 15:25:54.99 +07:49:24.50 SN2026huo 2026-04-12.14 16.96 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 2026-05-19.34 15.86 12:23:20.40 +04:53:39.10 AT2026ixd 2026-04-12.14 17.65 17:46:09.76 -61:19:50.40 SN2026icy 2026-04-12.2 17.03 09:25:46.42 +02:13:46.30 SN2026gud 2026-04-11.98 16.49 16:52:15.46 -60:27:45.90 ASASSN-26cs 2026-04-12.4 15.5 04:20:55.37 -51:15:31.10 ASASSN-26cr 2026-04-12.01 15.37 22:25:39.35 +36:45:06.90 AT2026ihl 2026-04-10.48 14.21 19:40:44.94 +00:41:03.80 AT2026imw 2026-04-10.32 16.06 19:52:04.70 +05:53:33.50 ASASSN-26cq 2026-04-9.31 14.98 16:08:18.39 -64:11:08.80 ASASSN-26cp 2026-04-9.14 13.64 09:22:22.90 -61:02:43.70 SN2026idh 2026-04-7.97 16.34 05:06:54.12 -19:42:26.40 AT2026imr 2026-04-8 17.49 07:14:55.34 -36:03:21.40 AT2026hei 2026-04-8.12 16.7 21:35:33.14 -19:01:34.80 AT2026ihm 2026-04-8.36 16.7 04:28:24.08 -32:25:35.30 AT2026imo 2026-04-8.02 16.81 05:10:35.79 -39:38:40.80 SN 2026hnn 2026-04-7.04 17.07 09:54:32.04 -01:17:25.80 ASASSN-26cn 2026-04-7.01 15.58 07:46:24.43 -77:29:36.30 ASASSN-26co 2026-04-7.15 15.11 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 11:19:50.81 -27:51:50.40 SN2026gvk 2026-03-30 15.28 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 05:35:42.79 -63:44:05.60 ASASSN-26ch 2026-03-28.12 13.14 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K May 25 00:58 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:43:38.36 +41:15:32.4 PNV J00433836+4115324 2026-04-08.079 17.2mag 15:41:11.68 +59:18:26.8 TCP J15411168+5918268 2026-04-12.9625 19.2mag 00:43:35.02 +41:46:28.0 PNV J00433502+4146280 2026-04-23.056 15.9mag 00:42:55.64 +41:14:12.2 PNV J00425564+4114122 2026-04-24.042 16.2mag 21:14:03.38 +56:46:44.1 TCP J21140338+5646441 2026-05-05.3534 16.7mag 15:03:05.19 +22:02:04.1 TCP J15030519+2202041 2026-05-08.3260 13.9mag 07:15:18.25 +47:53:16.7 TCP J07151825+4753167 2026-05-09.1599 14.4mag 16:00:18.44 -22:30:10.6 TCP J16001844-2230106 2026-05-09.6135 13.3mag 00:42:47.45 +41:16:58.5 PNV J00424745+4116585 2026-05-10.030 16.8mag 09:55:02.89 +69:02:13.8 PNV J09550289+6902138 2026-05-18.925 20.7mag 00:43:01.82 +41:18:16.6 PNV J00430182+4118166 2026-05-21.8651 18.83Cmag 00:42:51.20 +41:16:59.4 PNV J00425120+4116594 2022-10-26.135 19.3mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 188K May 25 00:58 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 16:40:46.740 +26:54:33.05 AT 2026mwv 2026-04-12.76 21.07 13:03:52.940 +23:49:42.82 AT 2026mwu 2026-04-03.87 20.84 17:45:23.200 +33:15:24.68 AT 2026mwt 2026-03-30.83 20.98 13:11:30.630 +21:00:44.67 AT 2026mws 2026-03-23.71 21.69 12:21:33.740 +27:53:15.15 AT 2026mwr 2026-03-23.70 21 14:26:34.570 +01:19:55.58 AT 2026mwq 2026-05-11.69 22.6 13:16:20.230 +02:48:58.63 AT 2026mwp 2026-05-03.68 21.84 13:17:52.545 -50:04:09.72 AT 2026mwo 2026-04-12.49 19.69 11:28:16.230 +42:22:52.41 AT 2026mwn 2026-05-12.89 19.9 11:41:30.831 -38:28:36.99 AT 2026mwm 2026-05-15.38 19.89 12:21:50.967 -07:22:18.86 AT 2026mwl 2026-05-10.42 20.48 11:55:49.750 -03:35:44.72 AT 2026mwk 2026-05-09.42 20.09 13:09:13.990 -35:00:02.50 AT 2026mwj 2026-05-15.42 19.65 17:41:09.150 +24:53:03.12 AT 2026mwi 2026-05-12.11 19.87 18:34:26.573 +28:07:34.91 AT 2026mwh 2026-05-12.12 19.72 10:37:55.222 +30:29:37.47 AT 2026mwg 2026-05-03.89 20.03 10:59:50.926 +31:45:28.48 AT 2026mwf 2026-05-16.90 20.34 11:12:52.387 +28:00:11.25 AT 2026mwe 2026-05-09.87 19.66 11:49:24.325 +39:45:30.36 AT 2026mwd 2026-05-16.91 20 13:08:05.160 +28:42:33.28 AT 2026mwc 2026-05-16.91 19.94 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 30K May 25 00:58 tns_transients_list.txt

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