NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw

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

Processing fields Cnc-05-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 05 26.15421    2461186.65421    11.33    08:53:10.51 +16:11:08.9   4917 1870   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    11.40    08:53:10.44 +16:11:08.8   4911 1864   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 05 26.1545  2461186.6545  11.37  08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8
211.11517  34.05987 galactic  Cnc  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 8.6 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
39 Laetitia                -4      1       4  11.9     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8:  16.21 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8:  16.16 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 1

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.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/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-12.fit
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
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= 3.5
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: 
Cnc-05-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Cnc-05-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1298703 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1298703 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.png' -> 'transient_report/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits_preview.png'
Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits

renamed 'Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.png' -> 'transient_report/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits_preview.png'
Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits


Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 568.8202 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 587.5817 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4775.2498 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1076.2845 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4663.2280 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1035.5600 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 8.39501 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.039 ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-12.fit EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 22.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-05-25T22:41:53.9337904' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-05-26T03:41:53.9337904' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61186.1540964469 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-05-26T03:42:03.8355015' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61186.1542110532 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 133.331197454908 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 13.9994914556673 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 29.4658333333333 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 267.383611111111 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.02681860095554 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cnc-05' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '08 53 20' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+14 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 = 29478 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29478 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 14.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 60.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 898.61 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 22.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 334.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 27.702216 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 24.50196 / [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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-05-13.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-05-13.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/d_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits :) Spent 0.472722 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-05-13.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/d_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-12.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 38180.487059 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24939.0, right_median=28319.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-12.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 22.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-05-25T22:42:41.0064452' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-05-26T03:42:41.0064452' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61186.154641273 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 133.331197494178 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 13.9994914475476 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 29.2994444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 267.498888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.0372134406663 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cnc-05' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '08 53 20' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+14 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 = 29478 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29478 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 14.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 60.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 898.61 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 22.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 334.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 27.702216 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 24.50196 / [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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-05-13.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-05-13.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/d_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits :) Spent 0.469704 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-05-13.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/d_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-12.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 38180.487059 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24939.0, right_median=28319.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-12.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits


fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_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 3.5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.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/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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: 2461186.65421219 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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits' wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 08:53:30.307 +13:58:31.77 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 Second-epoch image center 08:53:30.307 +13:58:31.77 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0592 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 08:53:27.497 +13:57:59.20 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 Second-epoch image center 08:53:27.497 +13:57:59.20 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0550 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 08:53:30.307 +13:58:31.77 Second-epoch second image center 08:53:27.497 +13:57:59.20 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01452 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/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zVkuZowTcg Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Hit4xxC51T Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nCFAOnZzUO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NGXebJE1Lz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat The reference image (wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat) found 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 10946 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec +8.4743 to +19.3358 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 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec 8.4743 to 19.3358 deg Loaded 7059 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): 5566 out of 5975 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5975 out of 10946 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.918000 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.918000 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.33 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.33
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 10946 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec +8.4743 to +19.3358 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 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec 8.4743 to 19.3358 deg Loaded 7059 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): 5566 out of 5975 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5975 out of 10946 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 11451 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.1823 to 141.6676 deg, Dec +8.6254 to +19.2763 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 125.1823 to 141.6676 deg, Dec 8.6254 to 19.2763 deg Loaded 6846 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): 5627 out of 5925 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5925 out of 11451 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (aperture=6.5) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 2.3 pix Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits 2.1 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 15.3 mag. Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 12.8 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 12.8 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.8 (SNR ) 10.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.zVkuZowTcg (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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=900, passed=10946 Got 10946 stars (including 10032 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10946 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 951 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10721 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.491 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.469 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=261 n_q2=206 n_q3=276 n_q4=227 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.195 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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.Hit4xxC51T (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=785, passed=11451 Got 11451 stars (including 10654 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11451 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 938 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11137 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11138 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11138 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 962 stars left (next iteration limit 1058) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits N_match=962 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.435 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.504 n_q1=205 n_q2=307 n_q3=185 n_q4=265 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.157 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.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.nCFAOnZzUO (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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=159, passed=1836 Got 1836 stars (including 1676 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1836 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 921 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1748 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1748 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1748 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 954 stars left (next iteration limit 1049) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits N_match=954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.435 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.341 n_q1=158 n_q2=278 n_q3=127 n_q4=391 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.175 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.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.NGXebJE1Lz (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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=153, passed=1932 Got 1932 stars (including 1779 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1932 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 919 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1830 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1830 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1830 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 952 stars left (next iteration limit 1047) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits N_match=952 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.469 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.364 n_q1=162 n_q2=271 n_q3=141 n_q4=378 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.186 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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=Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits sigma_overall=0.411 worst_q_ratio=1.195 ref2=Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits sigma_overall=0.435 worst_q_ratio=1.157 new1=fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits sigma_overall=0.385 worst_q_ratio=1.175 new2=fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits sigma_overall=0.396 worst_q_ratio=1.186 reference average sigma_overall=0.423 worst_q_ratio=1.176 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186_astrometric_residuals.png (970 matched stars from wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173_astrometric_residuals.png (962 matched stars from wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050_astrometric_residuals.png (954 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051_astrometric_residuals.png (952 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 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 3.5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 08:53:30.307 +13:58:31.77 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 Second-epoch image center 08:53:30.307 +13:58:31.77 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0592 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 08:53:27.497 +13:57:59.20 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 Second-epoch image center 08:53:27.497 +13:57:59.20 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0550 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 08:53:30.307 +13:58:31.77 Second-epoch second image center 08:53:27.497 +13:57:59.20 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01452 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/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.R5QRgON91x Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SHP2MMQDQs Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H3kjUzbrlp Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QX7TRppgfE Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat The reference image (wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat) found 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 65663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec +8.4585 to +19.3406 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 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec 8.4585 to 19.3406 deg Loaded 7095 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): 5107 out of 6037 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6037 out of 65663 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.801200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.801200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.50 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.50
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 65663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec +8.4585 to +19.3406 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 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec 8.4585 to 19.3406 deg Loaded 7095 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): 5107 out of 6037 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6037 out of 65663 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 60940 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.1657 to 141.6817 deg, Dec +8.6107 to +19.2787 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 125.1657 to 141.6817 deg, Dec 8.6107 to 19.2787 deg Loaded 6873 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): 5184 out of 5969 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5969 out of 60940 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (aperture=5.1) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 2.2 pix Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 2.0 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 2.0 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits 1.9 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.5 mag. Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 15.4 mag. Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 13.1 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 13.2 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.1 (SNR ) 12.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.R5QRgON91x (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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=26, blended=4187, passed=65637 Got 65637 stars (including 61324 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 65637 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 943 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64599 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64599 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64599 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.451 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.344 n_q1=256 n_q2=220 n_q3=263 n_q4=225 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.145 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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.SHP2MMQDQs (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=21, blended=3758, passed=60919 Got 60919 stars (including 57067 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 60919 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 936 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 59481 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 59482 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 59482 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 960 stars left (next iteration limit 1056) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits N_match=960 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.478 n_q1=205 n_q2=301 n_q3=186 n_q4=268 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.097 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.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.H3kjUzbrlp (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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=397, passed=15605 Got 15605 stars (including 15169 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15605 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 921 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14992 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14993 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14993 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 954 stars left (next iteration limit 1049) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits N_match=954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.340 n_q1=164 n_q2=292 n_q3=122 n_q4=376 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.150 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.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.QX7TRppgfE (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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.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_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=360, passed=16267 Got 16267 stars (including 15872 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16267 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 919 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15635 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15632 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15632 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 953 stars left (next iteration limit 1048) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits N_match=953 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.360 n_q1=171 n_q2=278 n_q3=138 n_q4=366 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.163 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 09:11:47.73 +16:41:16.6: 11.01 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8: 16.21 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 08:51:18.69 +11:47:02.0: 12.24 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 08:51:18.69 +11:47:02.0: 12.12 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 09:11:47.73 +16:41:16.6: 10.96 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.17 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 08:51:18.69 +11:47:02.0: ref_mag=12.17 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.4569 delta=-0.29 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.99 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 09:11:47.73 +16:41:16.6: ref_mag=10.99 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.9316 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out79614.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79486_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79486_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 05 26.15421    2461186.65421    12.46    08:51:18.71 +11:47:01.7   5032 4531   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    12.46    08:51:18.68 +11:47:02.3   5025 4525   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79488_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79488_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    11.73    08:39:10.66 +18:55:50.1   7013 0303   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 08:39:10.63 +18:55:49.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79489_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79489_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 05 26.15421    2461186.65421    10.93    09:11:47.72 +16:41:16.3   2249 1374   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0050.fits Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    10.93    09:11:47.74 +16:41:16.9   2243 1368   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79490_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79490_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    10.70    09:19:04.99 +18:19:36.2   1268 0278   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 09:19:05.00 +18:19:36.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79614_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 Preparing report for the candidate 79614_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79666_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79666_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    11.55    09:09:41.75 +11:33:34.1   2306 4482   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 09:09:41.71 +11:33:34.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79695_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79695_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    12.25    08:26:41.87 +12:41:06.9   8688 4152   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 08:26:41.85 +12:41:06.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79841_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79841_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    12.27    09:08:21.10 +13:11:22.6   2581 3514   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 09:08:21.11 +13:11:22.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79888_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79888_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    12.37    08:57:14.54 +17:08:07.6   4361 1255   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 08:57:14.57 +17:08:07.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79921_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 79921_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    12.72    09:01:46.01 +17:06:05.4   3709 1231   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 09:01:45.97 +17:06:05.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 58623_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 The candidate 58623_fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 05 26.15476    2461186.65476    12.92    08:26:50.15 +16:22:55.7   8741 1909   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-25_CI_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_224314_TTUQ1b1x1_1147679_uEwVPIkw/fd_Cnc-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-25_22-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0051.fits **** FOUND 08:26:50.14 +16:22:55.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8 ########### Completed Cnc-05-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8 ################################################################################### 08:53:10.47 +16:11:08.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### 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 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461186.65421219 -observatory V36 05:06:57.25 +24:42:45.1 Mercury (-1.1mag) 06:35:45.04 +24:59:05.6 Venus (-3.9mag) 02:11:58.08 +12:33:25.0 Mars (1.3mag) 07:37:57.79 +21:56:28.9 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:45:17.42 +02:25:49.5 Saturn (0.9mag) 03:57:03.71 +20:16:17.6 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:15:13.57 +00:11:32.8 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:33:56.32 -23:00:03.2 Pluto (14.5mag) 12:19:01.78 -05:36:37.5 Moon (-11.2mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 May 25 22:44 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461186.65421219: 07:37:53.47 +21:56:39.4 Io (5.9mag) 07:38:08.67 +21:55:58.1 Europa (6.1mag) 07:37:50.20 +21:56:54.9 Ganymede (5.5mag) 07:37:36.30 +21:57:21.4 Callisto (6.7mag) 07:39:03.01 +21:32:49.6 Himalia (15.5mag) 07:37:57.01 +21:56:32.7 Thebe (16.5mag) 07:39:21.40 +21:54:05.9 Elara (17.5mag) 07:39:25.47 +22:15:15.1 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 07:45:04.97 +21:57:18.4 Carme (18.8mag) 00:45:19.42 +02:25:29.9 Titan (8.7mag) 00:45:13.39 +02:25:57.9 Rhea (10.0mag) 00:45:40.04 +02:25:56.0 Iapetus (11.4mag) 00:45:32.21 +02:25:52.1 Hyperion (14.7mag) 00:46:15.10 +02:29:36.7 Phoebe (16.7mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 569 May 25 22:45 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461186.65421219: 17:17:28.35 -33:18:57.1 JWST 15:57:57.95 +52:40:36.8 Chandra 08:11:16.15 -42:48:16.2 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 May 25 22:44 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461186.65421219 -observatory V36 13:20:48.49 -27:03:47.8 14.4mag D/1884 O1 (Barnard) 06:37:19.28 +30:40:22.3 15.7mag D/1886 K1 (Brooks) 15:26:19.33 +01:20:53.6 14.6mag D/1895 Q1 (Swift) 05:28:07.95 +24:38:51.1 17.2mag D/1918 W1 (Schorr) 09:31:10.33 +14:34:22.4 17.9mag P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) 18:51:01.85 -31:39:17.5 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 05:40:51.40 -68:16:04.8 17.4mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 05:44:20.73 +31:48:28.9 17.4mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:19:52.34 +14:32:49.0 17.7mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 23:14:32.97 +31:02:44.7 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 05:17:58.45 +26:51:27.4 16.4mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:20:56.74 +31:29:39.2 16.5mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 08:44:00.31 +03:13:00.2 17.6mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:36:22.72 +21:12:12.4 17.7mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:24:27.71 -11:02:16.9 17.5mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 22:16:12.28 +65:39:38.1 17.7mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 18:17:09.88 -05:32:01.4 13.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 13:39:54.20 +85:48:22.5 17.9mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon) 06:53:23.99 +63:55:40.1 17.6mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 06:26:50.50 +26:28:41.8 13.1mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:47:54.41 +12:12:21.2 17.3mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 20:19:48.55 +27:09:55.5 14.1mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 04:04:57.26 -17:12:25.2 16.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 05:53:37.99 +36:49:12.8 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:45:43.71 +53:20:15.8 16.9mag C/2025 L1 (ATLAS) 06:24:51.98 -10:11:10.9 12.6mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 12:40:57.50 +04:36:57.6 17.2mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 01:36:15.61 +42:22:47.4 15.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:10:26.71 -09:00:01.4 16.3mag A/2026 E1 19:59:37.05 -08:07:24.5 9.5mag 10P/Tempel 14:18:46.30 -02:35:06.7 17.6mag 24P/Schaumasse 10:59:42.97 -00:51:54.9 15.9mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 10:51:18.10 -02:34:28.1 17.8mag 43P/Wolf-Harrington 02:51:24.98 +23:49:55.5 17.6mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 08:32:11.23 +27:22:33.1 16.9mag 63P/Wild 00:14:51.41 -07:19:28.3 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 06:01:33.28 +31:40:50.6 16.5mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 02:37:53.88 +15:23:10.0 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 00:51:05.15 +01:48:46.3 15.3mag 88P/Howell 04:12:40.94 +28:56:27.6 15.1mag 93P/Lovas 02:07:20.53 +25:20:53.3 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 06:19:55.78 +33:19:28.8 15.7mag 123P/West-Hartley 09:27:54.69 +20:16:53.2 16.4mag 124P/Mrkos 03:37:33.42 +18:17:13.8 16.4mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 04:07:30.95 +18:20:47.4 17.7mag 131P/Mueller 04:58:34.04 +19:38:45.6 13.0mag 141P/Machholz 05:01:12.85 +16:22:41.0 12.9mag 141P-A/Machholz 03:46:22.18 +13:42:42.0 10.6mag 141P-D/Machholz 02:48:10.57 -26:39:29.3 17.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 02:59:48.74 +18:13:12.2 14.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 19:34:44.39 -01:43:04.7 17.6mag 169P/NEAT 17:02:22.63 -09:21:40.9 16.2mag 235P/LINEAR 07:04:58.19 +35:51:54.6 17.3mag 240P/NEAT 23:58:28.85 -07:46:52.8 16.7mag 260P/McNaught 03:29:55.94 +29:55:01.1 17.7mag 295P/LINEAR 22:04:57.69 -27:32:29.7 17.7mag 320P/McNaught 15:21:45.69 +08:21:37.7 17.4mag 391P/Kowalski 07:57:11.96 +21:02:21.0 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS 06:38:42.76 +42:35:21.3 17.8mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.9K May 25 22:44 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86 00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34 15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44 11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55 13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96 02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37 17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7 01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8 16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8 09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63 21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9 14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21 14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89 12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5 13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23 09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.88 10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30 ASASSN-26df 2026-05-8.21 16.52 22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60 2026lda 2026-05-7.56 16.2 21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30 ASASSN-26de 2026-05-6.29 14.51 16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.15 15.93 14:26:40.22 -24:48:37.50 AT2026lig 2026-05-4.27 14.63 13:17:51.04 +30:25:13.50 SN2026kcp 2026-05-4.46 16.43 11:27:55.57 -13:38:56.90 SN2026kza 2026-05-1.08 15.59 22:28:27.10 +30:17:54.30 SN 2026fov 2026-04-29.6 14.36 21:00:10.71 -32:17:03.90 AT2026kis 2026-04-27.36 16.15 14:32:57.37 -58:13:26.40 ASASSN-26dc 2026-04-27.27 13.42 15:32:05.35 -43:54:34.60 ASASSN-26db 2026-04-27.37 16.06 16:34:34.94 -54:34:58.20 ASASSN-26da 2026-04-25.14 15.99 10:06:55.04 -01:13:49.70 SN2026jsg 2026-04-24.99 16.28 15:15:57.17 +56:18:32.80 SN2026kid 2026-04-24.52 -3.65 07:58:28.45 +57:03:42.40 AT2026kcf 2026-04-24.2 16.89 11:38:21.80 -50:43:06.50 SN2026jkb 2026-04-24.24 15.38 10:06:11.41 -39:41:04.20 AT2026dil 2026-04-24.2 16.85 14:21:40.08 +13:13:46.30 SN2026jlm 2026-04-22.16 15.12 10:53:55.42 -16:06:08.10 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.12 16.24 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 2026-05-19.34 15.86 13:45:02.03 +15:17:14.50 ASASSN-26cy 2026-04-21.27 15.78 13:20:52.22 -35:57:03.60 AT2026jcm 2026-04-19.01 16.65 13:36:15.66 -36:53:48.40 SN 2026iqy 2026-04-18.92 17.31 06:34:01.33 -40:07:34.00 ASASSN-26cx 2026-04-19.07 16.16 23:33:57.97 -45:12:11.90 SN 2026idu 2026-04-19.41 15.9 12:10:50.92 +66:55:31.20 SN 2026icv 2026-04-17.14 16.03 21:36:59.06 -60:43:35.90 ASASSN-26cv 2026-04-17.35 -1.18 08:13:26.26 -27:07:30.50 ASASSN-26cw 2026-04-17.07 -1.01 14:49:14.13 -27:29:20.60 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.06 14.03 17:21:59.44 -38:54:04.60 ASASSN-26ct 2026-04-14.4 15.15 15:25:54.99 +07:49:24.50 SN2026huo 2026-04-12.14 16.96 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 2026-05-19.34 15.86 12:23:20.40 +04:53:39.10 AT2026ixd 2026-04-12.14 17.65 17:46:09.76 -61:19:50.40 SN2026icy 2026-04-12.2 17.03 09:25:46.42 +02:13:46.30 SN2026gud 2026-04-11.98 16.49 16:52:15.46 -60:27:45.90 ASASSN-26cs 2026-04-12.4 15.5 04:20:55.37 -51:15:31.10 ASASSN-26cr 2026-04-12.01 15.37 22:25:39.35 +36:45:06.90 AT2026ihl 2026-04-10.48 14.21 19:40:44.94 +00:41:03.80 AT2026imw 2026-04-10.32 16.06 19:52:04.70 +05:53:33.50 ASASSN-26cq 2026-04-9.31 14.98 16:08:18.39 -64:11:08.80 ASASSN-26cp 2026-04-9.14 13.64 09:22:22.90 -61:02:43.70 SN2026idh 2026-04-7.97 16.34 05:06:54.12 -19:42:26.40 AT2026imr 2026-04-8 17.49 07:14:55.34 -36:03:21.40 AT2026hei 2026-04-8.12 16.7 21:35:33.14 -19:01:34.80 AT2026ihm 2026-04-8.36 16.7 04:28:24.08 -32:25:35.30 AT2026imo 2026-04-8.02 16.81 05:10:35.79 -39:38:40.80 SN 2026hnn 2026-04-7.04 17.07 09:54:32.04 -01:17:25.80 ASASSN-26cn 2026-04-7.01 15.58 07:46:24.43 -77:29:36.30 ASASSN-26co 2026-04-7.15 15.11 05:00:45.52 -29:51:06.20 AT2026hvw 2026-04-6.03 16.51 19:49:33.10 -23:37:11.00 ASASSN-26cl 2026-04-5.29 14.98 19:32:43.55 -22:39:33.40 ASASSN-26cm 2026-04-4.3 13.88 18:08:57.38 +76:48:23.60 ASASSN-26ck 2026-04-2.37 15.38 16:16:36.10 +44:52:30.20 AT2026hyy 2026-04-2.58 13.81 21:55:23.31 -34:48:53.90 ASASSN-26cj 2026-03-30.4 -1.47 11:19:50.81 -27:51:50.40 SN2026gvk 2026-03-30 15.28 11:53:57.02 -23:09:46.20 SN2026gzx 2026-03-28.75 15.27 07:13:46.14 -33:10:15.70 ASASSN-26ci 2026-03-28.15 15.14 09:03:36.09 -67:58:13.00 SN2026hkg 2026-03-28.19 15.82 07:03:00.72 +39:14:43.00 SN2026fin 2026-03-28.27 15.82 05:35:42.79 -63:44:05.60 ASASSN-26ch 2026-03-28.12 13.14 11:23:19.04 +34:22:38.00 SN2026fwt 2026-03-27.3 16.56 19:03:49.79 +37:04:05.20 ASASSN-26ce 2026-03-26.56 16.3 20:26:56.07 -52:54:06.50 AT2026hiy 2026-03-26.35 16.95 05:25:54.76 -30:15:35.80 ASASSN-26cg 2026-03-25.07 16.88 06:57:16.49 -26:54:37.20 SN2026fzb 2026-03-25.14 15.8 14:37:38.23 -43:00:52.30 ASASSN-26cd 2026-03-24.24 12.52 17:34:53.03 +06:04:29.70 AT2026gzl 2026-03-23.27 15.82 08:30:02.60 -35:12:47.50 ASASSN-26cf 2026-03-23.2 14.82 16:54:25.33 +37:49:56.60 SN 2026evz 2026-03-21.32 17.54 17:06:19.20 -18:54:19.50 ASASSN-26bx 2026-03-21.25 16.39 19:01:16.28 -29:29:23.10 ASASSN-26bw 2026-03-21.33 15.81 08:46:05.75 +10:47:39.80 ASASSN-26ca 2026-03-21.13 14.27 12:14:58.16 +63:47:16.20 SN 2026fvx 2026-03-21.12 15.6 18:02:55.90 -75:23:02.60 ASASSN-26bz 2026-03-21.32 16.16 12:16:02.88 -53:16:33.80 ASASSN-26cc 2026-03-20.04 15.48 13:08:21.85 +29:13:44.20 SN 2026fmh 2026-03-20.16 -0.33 19:56:38.48 -34:45:21.50 ASASSN-26cb 2026-03-20.35 -3.26 14:32:41.15 -41:38:48.50 ASASSN-26by 2026-03-20.15 -1.31 13:00:42.99 +37:18:34.60 SN2026fjc 2026-03-19.5 15.97 06:02:44.21 -04:11:06.20 ASASSN-26bv 2026-03-19.19 15.67 12:20:27.96 -45:55:38.40 ASASSN-26bt 2026-03-18.8 16.32 07:49:57.30 -56:14:35.10 ASASSN-26bu 2026-03-19.19 15.74 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K May 25 22:44 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 07:03:25.76 -12:41:40.1 TCP J07032576-1241401 2026-03-10.4268 15.4mag 00:42:36.82 +41:16:05.8 PNV J00423682+4116058 2026-03-12.5744 17.24Cmag 07:26:45.79 -27:45:14.1 TCP J07264579-2745141 2026-03-17.4417 14.8mag 17:57:19.56 -28:08:14.7 TCP J17571956-2808147 2026-03-19.7972 14.5mag 08:46:05.73 +10:47:39.7 TCP J08460573+1047397 2026-03-21.1936 14.5mag 09:55:38.83 +69:05:21.7 PNV J09553883+6905217 2026-04-01.893 19.4mag 19:32:43.67 -22:39:30.7 TCP J19324367-2239307 2026-04-05.4395 13.6mag 16:16:36.03 +44:52:28.9 TCP J16163603+4452289 2026-04-05.6655 14.2mag 00:43:38.36 +41:15:32.4 PNV J00433836+4115324 2026-04-08.079 17.2mag 15:41:11.68 +59:18:26.8 TCP J15411168+5918268 2026-04-12.9625 19.2mag 00:43:35.02 +41:46:28.0 PNV J00433502+4146280 2026-04-23.056 15.9mag 00:42:55.64 +41:14:12.2 PNV J00425564+4114122 2026-04-24.042 16.2mag 21:14:03.38 +56:46:44.1 TCP J21140338+5646441 2026-05-05.3534 16.7mag 15:03:05.19 +22:02:04.1 TCP J15030519+2202041 2026-05-08.3260 13.9mag 07:15:18.25 +47:53:16.7 TCP J07151825+4753167 2026-05-09.1599 14.4mag 16:00:18.44 -22:30:10.6 TCP J16001844-2230106 2026-05-09.6135 13.3mag 00:42:47.45 +41:16:58.5 PNV J00424745+4116585 2026-05-10.030 16.8mag 09:55:02.89 +69:02:13.8 PNV J09550289+6902138 2026-05-18.925 20.7mag 00:43:01.82 +41:18:16.6 PNV J00430182+4118166 2026-05-21.8651 18.83Cmag 00:42:51.20 +41:16:59.4 PNV J00425120+4116594 2022-10-26.135 19.3mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 188K May 25 22:44 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 22:51:00.147 -40:59:30.34 AT 2026myv 2026-05-04.40 19.85 23:01:42.557 -37:41:28.08 AT 2026myu 2026-05-14.36 20.03 17:40:41.796 +55:46:35.59 AT 2026myt 2026-05-13.08 19.76 11:57:21.623 +08:17:50.60 AT 2026mys 2026-05-17.92 20.12 18:08:09.175 +24:46:16.68 AT 2026myr 2026-05-16.11 19.59 19:44:08.720 +05:58:44.85 AT 2026myq 2026-05-18.09 19.96 22:15:03.694 +37:18:03.97 SN 2026myp 2026-05-17.58 17.878 13:28:54.990 -05:49:13.50 AT 2026myo 2026-05-17.76 18.69 13:35:39.060 +60:25:07.59 AT 2026myn 2026-05-17.79 18.94 15:11:37.375 +27:04:22.10 AT 2026mym 2026-05-17.80 19.01 15:45:32.128 +08:10:41.12 AT 2026myl 2026-05-17.84 19.27 16:38:47.743 +40:50:56.52 AT 2026myk 2026-05-17.88 18.14 13:21:16.033 -33:01:10.62 AT 2026myj 2026-05-10.44 20.34 14:04:07.440 +19:21:36.43 AT 2026myi 2026-05-16.96 20.28 12:09:08.262 +13:15:11.92 AT 2026myh 2026-05-05.92 20.33 17:37:21.286 +36:24:32.57 AT 2026myg 2026-05-12.55 19.89 14:40:52.425 +10:22:25.10 AT 2026myf 2026-05-14.32 20.45 21:41:13.013 +64:08:54.76 AT 2026mye 2026-05-17.15 19.242 17:07:33.400 +35:38:40.42 AT 2026myd 2026-05-17.43 20.44 20:38:48.864 -58:53:21.28 AT 2026myc 2026-05-13.27 19.093 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 30K May 25 22:44 tns_transients_list.txt

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