## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461120.95310076 21.03.2026 10:52:17.906   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
First image: 2461120.95310076 21.03.2026 10:52:17.906   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Last  image: 2461185.86545295 25.05.2026 08:46:05.135   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.52
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  9410
Objects passed selection criteria:  9374
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 6678
Average stars matched: 6095.5 (91.2773 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   114644 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun May 24 19:55:43 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-81-g313b1a97
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-05-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Mon May 25 05:11:46 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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ERROR running VaST on the field Her-06-Q2b1x1 (wrong field? clouds? very bad focus?)

######## 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: 
Her-06-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Her-06-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Her-06-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 979763 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 979763 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits_preview.png'

Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits


renamed 'Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits_preview.png'

Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 484.6426
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 557.8444
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1092.9464
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 416.1045
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1101.0958
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 421.3189
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.25516
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.012
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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 =     16.6100006103516 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 17.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
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Record 18: "GAIN    =                   30 / Sensor gain" status=0
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Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0'             / Sensor readout mode" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits :)

Spent 0.730576 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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     16.5599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 17.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
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Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+22 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  =                20411 / [step] Focuser position" status=0
Record 51: "FOCUSPOS=                20411 / [step] Focuser position" status=0
Record 52: "FOCUSSZ =                  0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0
Record 53: "FOCTEMP =     16.5599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
Record 54: "FOCUSTEM=     16.5599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
Record 55: "DEWPOINT=                 13.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0
Record 56: "HUMIDITY=                 79.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0
Record 57: "PRESSURE=               900.91 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0
Record 58: "AMBTEMP =                 17.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0
Record 59: "WINDDIR =                349.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0
Record 60: "WINDGUST=            14.801184 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0
Record 61: "WINDSPD =            12.601008 / [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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits :)

Spent 0.735598 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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits



fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits




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

  ./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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: 2461185.86495133
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits'
wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits'
wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits'
wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits'
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.3'  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: 16:36:55.027 +22:00:10.24 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"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  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: 16:36:56.047 +21:59:20.94 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 16:36:55.027 +22:00:10.24
Second-epoch image center 16:36:56.047 +21:59:20.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0143 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  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: 16:36:57.768 +21:59:01.91 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 16:36:55.027 +22:00:10.24
Second-epoch image center 16:36:57.768 +21:59:01.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0217 deg.
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  16:36:56.047 +21:59:20.94
Second-epoch second image center 16:36:57.768 +21:59:01.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00849 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GaVsZdHBX6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GVqeQTm1Oo
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MFnc7FCgIy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UoDYpo2bzJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 11822 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.5445 to 258.0720 deg, Dec +16.4998 to +27.2657 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 240.5445 to 258.0720 deg, Dec 16.4998 to 27.2657 deg
Loaded 7400 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): 5744 out of 6027 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6027 out of 11822 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.951400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.951400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.52
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.43

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.43

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 11822 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.5445 to 258.0720 deg, Dec +16.4998 to +27.2657 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 240.5445 to 258.0720 deg, Dec 16.4998 to 27.2657 deg
Loaded 7400 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): 5744 out of 6027 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6027 out of 11822 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits (aperture=6.4)
Read 11703 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.5446 to 258.0716 deg, Dec +16.4999 to +27.2682 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 240.5446 to 258.0716 deg, Dec 16.4999 to 27.2682 deg
Loaded 7400 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): 5741 out of 6025 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6025 out of 11703 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits (aperture=6.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.3 pix  Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
 2.3 pix  Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
 2.3 pix  wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
 2.3 pix  wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.4 mag.  Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
 15.4 mag.  Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
 14.4 mag.  fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
 14.5 mag.  fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.4 (SNR )  11.7 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.GaVsZdHBX6 (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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits 566.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh: line 136: echo: write error: Broken pipe
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=710, passed=11822
Got 11822 stars (including 11097 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11822 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 976 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11731 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50" 

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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11730 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11730 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" 
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.431 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.626 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.480 n_q1=207 n_q2=308 n_q3=210 n_q4=259 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.259
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits -region wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.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.GVqeQTm1Oo (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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits 566.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=694, passed=11703
Got 11703 stars (including 10999 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11703 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11617 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" 

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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11618 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11618 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50" 
Excluding outliers - 983 stars left (next iteration limit 1081)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits N_match=983 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.513 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.646 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.480 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.523 n_q1=208 n_q2=304 n_q3=208 n_q4=263 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.258
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits -region wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.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.MFnc7FCgIy (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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=289, passed=5582
Got 5582 stars (including 5288 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5582 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 946 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5299 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5301 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5301 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 985 stars left (next iteration limit 1083)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits N_match=985 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.544 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.630 n_q1=333 n_q2=136 n_q3=358 n_q4=158 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.498
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.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.UoDYpo2bzJ (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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat 
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=292, passed=5577
Got 5577 stars (including 5282 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5577 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
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: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 940 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5253 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 

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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
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: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.443 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.695 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.591 n_q1=334 n_q2=124 n_q3=381 n_q4=139 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.571
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.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=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits sigma_overall=0.497 worst_q_ratio=1.259
ref2=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits sigma_overall=0.513 worst_q_ratio=1.258
new1=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits sigma_overall=0.421 worst_q_ratio=1.498
new2=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits sigma_overall=0.443 worst_q_ratio=1.571
reference average sigma_overall=0.505 worst_q_ratio=1.2585
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492_astrometric_residuals.png (984 matched stars from wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493_astrometric_residuals.png (983 matched stars from wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376_astrometric_residuals.png (985 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-06-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
  
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Considering the candidate 21096_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377
The candidate 21096_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 05 25.36545    2461185.86545    11.13    16:51:28.27 +22:04:34.8   2755 3115   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits

**** FOUND  16:51:28.27 +22:04:34.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 02611_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377
The candidate 02611_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 05 25.36545    2461185.86545    8.10    16:25:47.57 +18:53:35.4   6389 5053   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits

**** FOUND  16:25:47.60 +18:53:35.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.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 Her-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
  
Last  image: 2461185.86495133 25.05.2026 08:45:21.795 UTC
ERROR running VaST on the field Her-06-Q2b1x1 (wrong field? clouds? very bad focus? -- transient_factory_test31.txt)
____ VaST output ____

--==VaST 1.0rc90==--

Parsing command line arguments...
opt 'r': assuming no rotation larger than 15.0 degrees!
opt 'F': Will NOT create flag images for SExtractor
opt '5': 4.000000 pix is the new fixed star matching radius!
opt 'b': Using 500 reference stars for image matching!
opt '3': Will try to select best aperture for each source!
opt 'y': 0 SysRem iterations will be conducted!
opt 't 4': robust linear magnitude calibration (vary zero-point and slope)
opt 'x': 99 is the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag!
WARNING: disabling the mag-size filter in order not to reject blended stars.
opt 'u': Stick with UTC time system, no conversion to TT will be done!
opt 'f': Run ./find_candidates manually!
opt 'k': "JD" keyword in FITS image header will be ignored!
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: symlinks_to_images
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: converted_images
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: unpacked_images

Checking the list of input images specified on the command line ...

Looking for the list of input images with time corrections in vast_list_of_input_images_with_time_corrections.txt ... list not found.
This is OK if you specify the input images on the command line, not through this text file.
Checking write permissions for the current directory (/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ)...  OK
Found a system-wide installation of SExtractor
Cleaning old outNNNNN.dat files.
Done with cleaning!

 VaST was started with the following command line: 
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits 


Preparing to process 4 input FITS images...


######## Forcing special settings for the transient detection ########
transient search mode: disabling the mag-size filter as it should be switched off when running a transient search!
transient search mode: disabling the bad image filter as it will not help during the transient search!
transient search mode: will not try to gues image saturation limit
transient search mode: no UTC-to-TT time system conversion will be performed!!!
transient search mode: setting the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag to 3
transient search mode: disabling rejectin of images with elliptical stars
transient search mode: not discarding large sources
################
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  3279.0  5428.0  3281.0  5430.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 24 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Setting the fixed star match radius of 4.00 pix
We have 4 images to process.
SExtractor catalog cache: restored Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits catalog from cache
SExtractor catalog cache: restored Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits catalog from cache
The number of processor cores determined from /proc/cpuinfo is 24.
Running SExtractor in 4 parallel threads...
Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Using the catalog image00002.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-53-00_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0493.fits
The gain value (GAIN=0.830) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user
Parent process says: we are done fork()ing.
Waiting for thread 3 to finish...
autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  3279.0  5428.0  3281.0  5430.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 24 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
The gain value (GAIN=0.830) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user
autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size
sex -c default.sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00003.cat  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  3279.0  5428.0  3281.0  5430.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 24 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size
sex -c default.sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00004.cat  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run
sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 4.6,4.6,4.1,5.1,5.5,6.0 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00003.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run
sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 4.6,4.6,4.1,5.1,5.5,6.0 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00004.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
Waiting for thread 2 to finish...
Waiting for thread 1 to finish...
autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits


Done with SExtractor!

TIMING SExtractor: 10 seconds


Matching stars between images!

No manually selected comparison stars file manually_selected_comparison_stars.lst which is fine.
Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-03-21T10:52:17.9062167
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-03-21T10:52:17.9062167

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-03-21T10:52:17.906
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_05-52-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0492.fits
Exposure 20 sec, 21.03.2026 10:52:17.906 UTC = JD(UTC) 2461120.95310076 mid. exp.
The reference image star  8511.325    55.191 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  9494.691    26.323 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8053.673    24.345 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8592.701    22.834 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8364.815    14.463 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8311.358    12.831 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8478.443    13.885 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8225.881    11.251 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8169.504    13.425 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  9529.161    10.732 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more reference image stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 52394, (52393 good for image matching)
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 21
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 16435
 * rejected close to frame edge: 207
 * rejected as being too small (<1.2 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>4.8 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 137
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.

Please note: the CCD position-dependent magnitude correction will be applied.
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.18
Detection limit from the magnitude-SNR relation= -7.2  (5.0 sigma detection)
The simple faintest star detection limit= -6.5
80 percent brightest stars detection limit= -7.7
Selected detection limit= -7.7
Final detection limit= -7.7 (after subtracting MAG_TRANSIENT_ABOVE_THE_REFERENCE_FRAME_LIMIT=0.0)

Parameter box for transient search:    10.04.8 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 119
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
    52589 * detected, using  501/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003080, number_of_ambiguous_matches=162 
refining the coordinate transformation... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003080, number_of_ambiguous_matches=162 
48150 * matched, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003080, number_of_ambiguous_matches=162 
48150 * matched (2nd iteration). fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003080, number_of_ambiguous_matches=162 
48150 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] =  -0.000
    52589 stars detected, 48150 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 45087, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 45087 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 45086 stars for magnitude calibration.
Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction:
 delta_m = 0.00000*X_pix -0.00000*Y_pix -0.00166
Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)...
Computing robust linear magnitude calibration.
Used 42734 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.18
    56833 objects stored in memory (400000 max.)
Magnitude calibration is performed successfully!
Saving observations to the cache... OK
memory:  140764 kB used, 154712 kB peak, 65263856 kB available RAM
processed 2 of 4 images ( 50.0%)



Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-05-25T08:45:21.7955042
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-05-25T08:45:21.7955042

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-05-25T08:45:21.795
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-45-21_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0376.fits
The star  8946.872    19.267 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9148.283    16.829 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9253.991    13.930 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9315.169     2.726 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  7981.773     1.738 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9502.411    20.661 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8392.935    17.913 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8008.476    32.960 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8992.931    12.277 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9250.726    24.005 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 36226
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 4
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 2258
 * rejected close to frame edge: 150
 * rejected as being too small (<1.1 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>4.6 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 33
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
    36226 * detected, using  345/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000475, number_of_ambiguous_matches=27 
refining the coordinate transformation... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000475, number_of_ambiguous_matches=27 
25941 * matched, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000475, number_of_ambiguous_matches=27 
25941 * matched (2nd iteration). fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000475, number_of_ambiguous_matches=27 
25941 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] = -179.187
    36226 stars detected, 25941 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 23807, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 23807 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 22962 stars for magnitude calibration.
Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction:
 delta_m = 0.00018*X_pix -0.00001*Y_pix -0.66437
ERROR in magnitude calibration: fabs(lin_mag_A * X_im_size + lin_mag_C) > MAX_LIN_CORR_MAG
Used 22962 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.23
 ERROR!!! Magnitude calibration failure. Dropping image. 
    56833 objects stored in memory (400000 max.)
The transient candidate (new frame position  3529.276  2855.567 ; ref frame position:  6045.902  3544.023) is rejected as at the reference frame it would land at a bad region listed in bad_region.lst
memory:  147528 kB used, 154712 kB peak, 65263856 kB available RAM
processed 3 of 4 images ( 75.0%)



Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-05-25T08:46:05.1355089
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-05-25T08:46:05.1355089

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-05-25T08:46:05.135
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00004.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_034957_TTUQ2b1x1_241248_kpujF8nJ/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-05-25_03-46-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0377.fits
The star  8012.342    29.438 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8039.706    22.317 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9506.209    17.179 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8950.761    15.511 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8083.633    15.604 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8396.838    14.536 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8468.454    14.204 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8309.753    12.968 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8263.304    13.877 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8262.015    13.884 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 35607
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 4
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 2761
 * rejected close to frame edge: 154
 * rejected as being too small (<1.1 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>4.6 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 60
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
    35607 * detected, using  339/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000334, number_of_ambiguous_matches=19 
refining the coordinate transformation... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000264, number_of_ambiguous_matches=15 
22900 * matched, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000264, number_of_ambiguous_matches=15 
22900 * matched (2nd iteration). fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000264, number_of_ambiguous_matches=15 
22900 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] = -179.175
    35607 stars detected, 22900 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 20919, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 20919 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 19526 stars for magnitude calibration.
Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction:
 delta_m = 0.00021*X_pix -0.00003*Y_pix -0.71000
ERROR in magnitude calibration: fabs(lin_mag_A * X_im_size + lin_mag_C) > MAX_LIN_CORR_MAG
ERROR in magnitude calibration: fabs(lin_mag_A * X_im_size + lin_mag_B * Y_im_size + lin_mag_C) > MAX_LIN_CORR_MAG
Used 19526 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.24
 ERROR!!! Magnitude calibration failure. Dropping image. 
    56833 objects stored in memory (400000 max.)
memory:  147528 kB used, 154712 kB peak, 65263856 kB available RAM
processed 4 of 4 images (100.0%)
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 2 seconds
Done with measurements! =)

Total number of measurements 104983 (104983 measurements stored in RAM)
Freeing up some memory...  Sorting the measurements cached in memory...
Writing lightcurve (outNNNNN.dat) files...
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
The lightcurve files have been written, freeing up more memory...
Creating vast_image_details.log ... 

Writing summary file: vast_summary.log ...  OK
Selecting the best aperture for each source
Aperture with index 0 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.00*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for  7737 stars
Aperture with index 1 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.00*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for     0 stars
Aperture with index 2 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER -0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 13560 stars
Aperture with index 3 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for  7266 stars
Aperture with index 4 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.20*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for  8882 stars
Aperture with index 5 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.30*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 10705 stars

done!  =)
TIMING select_aperture: 3 seconds
Computing lightcurve statistics...  Will not compute variability indexes for objects having <1 points in lightcurve
You may disable this by commenting out the line '#define DROP_LIGHTCURVES_WITH_SMALL_NUMBER_OF_POINTS_FROM_ALL_PLOTS' in src/vast_limits.h an re-compiling VaST with 'make'

Computing, please wait a bit
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vast_lightcurve_statistics.log: 47885 objects, the longest string is 384 bytes.
Allocating memory for resorting the file.
Variability index idx00_STD  is enabled
Variability index idx01_wSTD is enabled
Variability index idx08_Npts is enabled
Variability index idx09_MAD  is enabled
Variability index idx11_RoMS is enabled
Variability index idx12_rCh2 is enabled
Variability index idx17_Jtim is enabled
Variability index idx18_Ltim is enabled
Variability index idx21_eta  is enabled
Variability index idx23_S_B  is enabled
Variability index idx25_IQR  is enabled
Computing the expected values of variability indexes and their scatter as a function of magnitude
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Wriring the list of candidate variables to vast_autocandidates.log ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................



----***** VaST processing WARNING *****----
You asked VaST to process 4 images, but only 1 were actually matched to the reference one.
Please investigate this!



**************************************************************
This error might be a bug, but it is far more likely that it is caused by 
inappropriate input data. A few simple things to check in the diagnostic
messages printed above (or the vast*.log files):
 * How many of the input images are matched?
 * Does the number of detected stars on each image look reasonable?
 * Do images have a sufficient overlap of at least about 20 percent?

You may run
 ./sextract_single_image /path/to/my/image/file.fit
to see how well VaST detects stars with the current SExtractor settings
(star detection settings can be changed in the default.sex configuration
file, see various examples in the VaST directory).

If you cannot identify the problem, please e-mail Kirill Sokolovsky 
Please try to describe the problem in details and, if possible, attach vast_summary.log
file and a few example images. If the images are too big to be sent by e-mail, please 
upload them through a web-form http://scan.sai.msu.ru/upload/
**************************************************************

Low percentage of matched images - we'll declare this an unsuccessful VaST run (exit code 1)
_____________________
########### Completed Her-06-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
###################################################################################
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461185.86495133 -observatory V36
05:00:07.64 +24:29:00.7 Mercury (-1.2mag)
06:31:37.27 +25:01:08.9 Venus (-3.9mag)
02:09:42.47 +12:21:10.5 Mars (1.3mag)
07:37:21.36 +21:57:50.8 Jupiter (-1.9mag)
00:45:01.31 +02:24:16.9 Saturn (0.9mag)
03:56:52.21 +20:15:43.4 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:15:09.71 +00:11:10.0 Neptune (7.8mag)
20:33:57.90 -22:59:48.7 Pluto (14.5mag)
11:41:14.37 -00:53:26.3 Moon (-11.0mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461185.86495133:
07:37:28.83 +21:57:31.7 Io (5.9mag)
07:37:28.96 +21:57:31.9 Europa (6.1mag)
07:37:05.85 +21:58:35.2 Ganymede (5.5mag)
07:37:07.08 +21:58:22.5 Callisto (6.7mag)
07:38:29.52 +21:34:15.4 Himalia (15.5mag)
07:37:18.71 +21:57:59.2 Thebe (16.5mag)
07:38:48.80 +21:55:52.1 Elara (17.5mag)
07:38:46.32 +22:17:02.5 Pasiphae (17.7mag)
07:44:30.37 +21:58:37.3 Carme (18.8mag)
00:44:59.77 +02:24:00.5 Titan (8.7mag)
00:44:59.86 +02:24:32.1 Rhea (10.0mag)
00:45:22.41 +02:24:14.7 Iapetus (11.4mag)
00:45:16.64 +02:24:13.4 Hyperion (14.7mag)
00:45:59.87 +02:28:10.7 Phoebe (16.7mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461185.86495133:
17:15:47.85 -33:12:17.2 JWST
20:01:30.49 -05:03:22.1 Chandra
20:37:40.96 +35:04:47.4 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461185.86495133 -observatory V36
13:21:28.35 -27:08:38.7 14.4mag D/1884 O1 (Barnard)
06:35:56.54 +30:41:34.5 15.7mag D/1886 K1 (Brooks)
15:27:02.62 +01:18:53.9 14.6mag D/1895 Q1 (Swift)
05:26:51.99 +24:37:08.2 17.2mag D/1918 W1 (Schorr)
09:25:36.34 +15:17:13.4 17.9mag P/2009 WX51 (Catalina)
18:51:22.96 -31:35:34.8 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
05:40:06.67 -68:17:04.0 17.4mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
05:44:04.09 +31:47:55.8 17.4mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
17:20:10.23 +14:29:20.0 17.7mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS)
23:14:36.43 +31:00:37.7 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
05:17:00.07 +26:50:52.1 16.4mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:20:27.26 +31:30:57.4 16.5mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
08:43:38.38 +03:10:03.5 17.6mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
18:36:50.67 +21:10:13.4 17.7mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
15:24:47.33 -11:02:33.8 17.5mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
22:16:09.56 +65:36:19.0 17.7mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
18:18:54.07 -05:28:20.4 13.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
13:42:45.57 +85:57:49.2 17.9mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon)
06:52:26.67 +63:54:29.0 17.6mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
06:25:33.97 +26:22:57.7 13.1mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:48:33.87 +12:06:53.9 17.3mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
20:20:06.22 +26:55:20.4 14.1mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
04:04:10.05 -17:17:23.8 16.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
05:52:53.29 +36:57:55.5 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
11:46:42.38 +53:21:28.1 16.9mag C/2025 L1 (ATLAS)
06:23:16.33 -10:07:44.4 12.5mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
12:41:05.43 +04:36:14.2 17.2mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
01:34:40.79 +42:18:36.4 15.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:10:30.93 -09:21:47.8 16.2mag A/2026 E1
19:58:08.49 -08:07:20.7 9.5mag 10P/Tempel
14:19:07.48 -02:27:19.0 17.6mag 24P/Schaumasse
10:59:37.58 -00:51:51.2 15.9mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
10:50:46.86 -02:34:20.4 17.7mag 43P/Wolf-Harrington
02:50:11.09 +23:43:05.4 17.6mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
08:30:30.67 +27:35:10.3 16.9mag 63P/Wild
00:14:04.62 -07:23:22.4 15.7mag 65P/Gunn
05:59:03.47 +31:32:49.7 16.5mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura
02:36:01.51 +15:15:56.1 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels
00:49:12.65 +01:37:01.7 15.3mag 88P/Howell
04:10:09.66 +28:50:05.4 15.1mag 93P/Lovas
02:05:16.23 +25:12:00.5 18.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
06:18:06.82 +33:19:49.5 15.7mag 123P/West-Hartley
09:26:35.53 +20:37:34.4 16.4mag 124P/Mrkos
03:36:15.86 +18:13:23.8 16.4mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
04:05:56.28 +18:17:35.1 17.7mag 131P/Mueller
04:54:43.73 +19:40:00.7 12.9mag 141P/Machholz
04:57:25.16 +16:15:29.8 12.8mag 141P-A/Machholz
03:42:11.02 +13:31:18.0 10.6mag 141P-D/Machholz
02:47:35.38 -26:47:09.6 17.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
02:57:21.60 +17:51:41.5 14.9mag 162P/SidingSpring
19:34:27.73 -01:54:17.2 17.6mag 169P/NEAT
17:02:58.33 -09:25:46.6 16.2mag 235P/LINEAR
07:03:09.99 +35:52:34.6 17.3mag 240P/NEAT
23:56:27.27 -08:05:16.3 16.8mag 260P/McNaught
03:27:55.95 +29:45:02.4 17.7mag 295P/LINEAR
21:56:59.68 -28:32:03.1 17.7mag 320P/McNaught
15:22:11.16 +08:21:51.6 17.4mag 391P/Kowalski
07:56:37.73 +21:03:14.0 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS
06:37:25.90 +42:38:27.5 17.8mag 493P/LONEOS
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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
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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
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
16:48:01.526 -06:28:12.25  AT 2026mxj  2026-05-12.44 20.712
15:26:54.440 -08:30:53.42  AT 2026mxi  2026-05-11.31 20.7559
18:52:51.594 -18:48:35.64  AT 2026mxh  2026-05-14.41 19.2802
12:23:56.695 +21:12:04.15  SN 2026mxg  2026-05-15.26 20.5476
16:26:51.090 +23:30:02.07  AT 2026mxf  2026-05-09.79 20.19
12:32:29.870 +24:17:28.39  AT 2026mxe  2026-05-07.78 20.84
18:52:28.230 +41:35:58.05  AT 2026mxd  2026-05-06.77 20.29
16:01:49.510 +16:19:54.29  AT 2026mxc  2026-05-03.86 20.43
13:07:34.620 +48:36:49.59  AT 2026mxb  2026-04-28.84 21.35
12:41:13.920 +28:45:38.69  AT 2026mxa  2026-04-28.86 20.83
17:59:59.500 +26:37:11.25  AT 2026mwz  2026-04-27.89 21.34
12:28:50.550 +41:12:21.53  AT 2026mwy  2026-04-24.82 20.86
14:02:54.920 +52:50:36.73  AT 2026mwx  2026-04-19.86 21.51
12:33:02.940 +24:34:37.91  AT 2026mww  2026-04-15.87 21.01
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
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Mon May 25 05:11:21 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 3 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 5s (0.08 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 33s (0.55 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 47s (0.78 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 1s (0.02 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 88s (1.47 min)
FIELD_Her-06-Q2b1x1: 141s (2.35 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 145s (2.42 min)
Finished: Mon May 25 05:13:46 CDT 2026