NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO

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Processing fields Com-02-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Reference image   2026 05 11.21240    2461171.71240    13.93    11:53:10.26 +23:16:53.4   5736 2416   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Discovery image 1   2026 05 11.21291    2461171.71291    14.06    11:53:10.23 +23:16:52.6   5742 2418   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 06 02.15891    2461193.65891    12.78    11:53:10.21 +23:16:53.1   5747 2478   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits
Discovery image 3   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    12.73    11:53:10.23 +23:16:53.1   5743 2477   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 06 02.1591  2461193.6591  12.76  11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1
225.99961  76.28026 galactic  Leo  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 4.0 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 0"  BP Leo                        
Type: RRAB
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
    12.946   V            14.237   V         2438112.36800          0.462143100000                                
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1:  13.95 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1:  14.09 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  14.01 +/- 0.04
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?)   Com-02-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
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: 
Com-02-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Com-02-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Com-02-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 570499 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 570499 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits_preview.png'
Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits

renamed 'Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits_preview.png'
Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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= 424.7680 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 445.7878 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1896.8208 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 390.3257 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1842.4990 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 385.3034 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 4.46555 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.013 ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 26.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.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= '2026-06-01T22:48:40.0730223' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-06-02T03:48:40.0730223' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61193.1587971412 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-06-02T03:48:49.9730548' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61193.1589117246 / 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 = 179.998996515323 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 21.9998304891972 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 64.5336111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 248.792777777778 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.10729719765234 / 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 = 'Com-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '12 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+22 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29467 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29467 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 8.2 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 31.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 900.91 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 26.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 12.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 11.200896 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 6.100488 / [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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/d_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits :) Spent 0.735647 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/d_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 31267.409145 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21677.0, right_median=21704.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 26.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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= '2026-06-01T22:49:17.0886757' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-06-02T03:49:17.0886757' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61193.1592255556 / 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 = 179.998996524328 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 21.9998304829792 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 64.4172222222222 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 248.970555555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.10836932889298 / 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 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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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/d_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits :) Spent 0.638221 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/d_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 31267.409145 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21677.0, right_median=21704.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits


fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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: 2461193.65891288 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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits' wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits' wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits' wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Image size: 937.1'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:00:00.280 +22:00:19.60 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Image size: 941.0'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:45.862 +22:00:10.47 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:00.280 +22:00:19.60 Second-epoch image center 11:59:45.862 +22:00:10.47 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0558 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Image size: 941.0'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:44.183 +22:00:05.24 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:00.280 +22:00:19.60 Second-epoch image center 11:59:44.183 +22:00:05.24 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0623 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 11:59:45.862 +22:00:10.47 Second-epoch second image center 11:59:44.183 +22:00:05.24 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00665 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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lDZJvQBVqD Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZZF1kVhBNn Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gHdKO0JScg Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PUtwHClUhJ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits and wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits and wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat Found non-empty wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits and wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat The reference image (wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat) found 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5418 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.2675 to 188.7264 deg, Dec +16.6038 to +27.2632 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 171.2675 to 188.7264 deg, Dec 16.6038 to 27.2632 deg Loaded 3721 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): 2919 out of 3012 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3012 out of 5418 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.748900 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.748900 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.44 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.31 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.31
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5418 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.2675 to 188.7264 deg, Dec +16.6038 to +27.2632 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 171.2675 to 188.7264 deg, Dec 16.6038 to 27.2632 deg Loaded 3721 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): 2919 out of 3012 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3012 out of 5418 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits (aperture=6.5) Read 5409 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.2676 to 188.7264 deg, Dec +16.6037 to +27.2633 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 171.2676 to 188.7264 deg, Dec 16.6037 to 27.2633 deg Loaded 3722 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): 2921 out of 3009 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3009 out of 5409 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits (aperture=6.4) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 2.3 pix Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits 2.5 pix fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 2.4 pix fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 15.3 mag. Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits 13.2 mag. fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 13.4 mag. fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.2 (SNR ) 10.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.lDZJvQBVqD (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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=354, passed=5418 Got 5418 stars (including 5061 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5418 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5371 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5371 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5371 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.486 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.447 n_q1=250 n_q2=268 n_q3=210 n_q4=248 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.188 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.ZZF1kVhBNn (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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_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=350, passed=5409 Got 5409 stars (including 5055 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5409 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5364 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5360 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5360 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.463 n_q1=256 n_q2=267 n_q3=209 n_q4=244 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.145 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_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.gHdKO0JScg (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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=103, passed=1507 Got 1507 stars (including 1401 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1507 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 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 531 to 589 (Dec 16.3 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 961 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1490 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 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 531 to 589 (Dec 16.3 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1491 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1491 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.287 n_q1=215 n_q2=215 n_q3=222 n_q4=320 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.201 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.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.PUtwHClUhJ (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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=112, passed=1651 Got 1651 stars (including 1539 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1651 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 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 531 to 589 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1627 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 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 531 to 589 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) 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(), 1628 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1628 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" 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=fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.281 n_q1=209 n_q2=216 n_q3=232 n_q4=313 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.191 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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=Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits sigma_overall=0.409 worst_q_ratio=1.188 ref2=Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits sigma_overall=0.405 worst_q_ratio=1.145 new1=fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits sigma_overall=0.314 worst_q_ratio=1.201 new2=fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits sigma_overall=0.292 worst_q_ratio=1.191 reference average sigma_overall=0.407 worst_q_ratio=1.1665 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072_astrometric_residuals.png (972 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073_astrometric_residuals.png (970 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 04377_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 04377_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    11.05    12:04:15.25 +18:46:55.5   4025 5090   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:04:15.20 +18:46:55.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-02-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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Image size: 937.1'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:00:00.280 +22:00:19.60 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Image size: 941.0'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:45.862 +22:00:10.47 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:00.280 +22:00:19.60 Second-epoch image center 11:59:45.862 +22:00:10.47 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0558 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Image size: 941.0'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:44.183 +22:00:05.24 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:00.280 +22:00:19.60 Second-epoch image center 11:59:44.183 +22:00:05.24 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0623 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 11:59:45.862 +22:00:10.47 Second-epoch second image center 11:59:44.183 +22:00:05.24 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00665 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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6PitznizJ6 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.60seupLeAt Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits &> /tmp/tmp.OeaDDZdE2v Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits &> /tmp/tmp.a3QtSuwLWL Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits and wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits and wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat Found non-empty wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits and wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat The reference image (wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat) found 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 26510 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.2561 to 188.7266 deg, Dec +16.6039 to +27.2632 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 171.2561 to 188.7266 deg, Dec 16.6039 to 27.2632 deg Loaded 3722 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): 2850 out of 3039 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3039 out of 26510 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.642500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.642500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.18 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.46 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.46
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 26510 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.2561 to 188.7266 deg, Dec +16.6039 to +27.2632 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 171.2561 to 188.7266 deg, Dec 16.6039 to 27.2632 deg Loaded 3722 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): 2850 out of 3039 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3039 out of 26510 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits (aperture=5.1) Read 26583 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.2555 to 188.7315 deg, Dec +16.6038 to +27.2633 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 171.2555 to 188.7315 deg, Dec 16.6038 to 27.2633 deg Loaded 3724 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): 2858 out of 3038 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3038 out of 26583 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits (aperture=5.1) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 9 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 2.2 pix Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits 2.4 pix fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 2.4 pix fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.5 mag. Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 15.5 mag. Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 13.7 mag. fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.6PitznizJ6 (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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=17, blended=1068, passed=26493 Got 26493 stars (including 25388 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26493 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26248 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26248 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26248 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.414 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.499 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.452 n_q1=254 n_q2=261 n_q3=208 n_q4=251 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.207 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.60seupLeAt (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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_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/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=19, blended=1064, passed=26564 Got 26564 stars (including 25457 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26564 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 964 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26328 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26327 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26327 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.457 n_q1=252 n_q2=264 n_q3=210 n_q4=248 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.115 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_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.OeaDDZdE2v (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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=177, passed=9704 Got 9704 stars (including 9507 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9704 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.1 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9587 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.1 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9587 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9587 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.269 n_q1=217 n_q2=217 n_q3=220 n_q4=319 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.197 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.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.a3QtSuwLWL (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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=182, passed=10520 Got 10520 stars (including 10322 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10520 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 961 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10377 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10374 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10374 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.284 n_q1=209 n_q2=221 n_q3=232 n_q4=310 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.190 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits.cat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-48-40_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0072.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.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_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/wcs_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-05-41_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1: 13.95 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-06-25_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1: 14.09 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.01 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1: ref_mag=14.01 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.7533 delta=1.26 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out09798.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32251_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 32251_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    12.85    11:32:57.23 +18:48:58.4   8510 5280   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 11:32:57.26 +18:48:57.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32274_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 32274_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    12.16    12:29:48.26 +20:52:48.3   0505 3506   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:29:48.24 +20:52:48.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32324_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 32324_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    12.89    12:00:10.89 +19:23:44.0   4628 4758   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:00:10.86 +19:23:43.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32341_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 32341_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    12.66    12:11:54.68 +25:50:55.1   3283 0757   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (9.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 09798_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 Preparing report for the candidate 09798_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 22266_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 22266_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    11.39    12:04:15.26 +18:46:56.4   4025 5089   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:04:15.19 +18:46:56.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02261_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 02261_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    6.42    12:24:18.38 +26:05:54.0   1609 0438   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:24:18.40 +26:05:54.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02558_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 02558_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    6.43    12:28:54.61 +25:54:45.7   0967 0477   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:28:54.61 +25:54:45.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02802_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 The candidate 02802_fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 02.15934    2461193.65934    6.32    12:22:30.11 +25:50:44.6   1841 0618   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-01_CI_Com-02-Q1b1x1_225319_TTUQ1b1x1_4150107_6wNdWlrO/fd_Com-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-01_22-49-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0073.fits **** FOUND 12:22:30.12 +25:50:44.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1 ########### Completed Com-02-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 #### 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1 ################################################################################### 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1 -- a known variable star Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 1 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Adding the following to the exclusion list #### 11:53:10.22 +23:16:53.1 #################################################### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461193.65891288 -observatory V36 06:03:16.63 +25:35:55.4 Mercury (-0.4mag) 07:12:08.17 +24:21:32.0 Venus (-4.0mag) 02:32:08.07 +14:18:19.0 Mars (1.3mag) 07:43:29.63 +21:43:35.0 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:47:34.44 +02:38:44.4 Saturn (0.9mag) 03:58:45.63 +20:21:16.6 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:15:45.32 +00:14:37.2 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:33:39.67 -23:02:22.1 Pluto (14.5mag) 18:07:04.67 -28:24:59.1 Moon (-12.2mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Jun 1 22:57 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461193.65891288: 07:43:26.93 +21:43:41.2 Io (6.0mag) 07:43:41.18 +21:43:01.1 Europa (6.1mag) 07:43:20.04 +21:44:07.1 Ganymede (5.6mag) 07:43:39.80 +21:43:13.3 Callisto (6.8mag) 07:44:09.02 +21:19:40.0 Himalia (15.6mag) 07:43:34.12 +21:43:21.1 Thebe (16.5mag) 07:44:18.04 +21:37:48.8 Elara (17.5mag) 07:45:21.02 +21:58:33.8 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 07:50:20.10 +21:44:51.6 Carme (18.8mag) 00:47:38.70 +02:39:09.6 Titan (8.7mag) 00:47:39.74 +02:38:47.1 Rhea (10.0mag) 00:48:06.15 +02:40:05.4 Iapetus (11.4mag) 00:47:25.84 +02:39:10.2 Hyperion (14.7mag) 00:48:23.97 +02:41:32.7 Phoebe (16.7mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 569 Jun 1 22:57 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461193.65891288: 17:23:21.05 -34:32:38.5 JWST 19:31:44.68 +08:26:37.0 Chandra 18:21:29.36 -29:58:59.5 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jun 1 22:57 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461193.65891288 -observatory V36 18:47:21.57 -32:12:04.5 13.6mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 05:47:34.44 -68:08:31.5 17.4mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 05:46:51.17 +31:53:29.7 17.5mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:17:08.62 +15:00:58.2 17.8mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 20:21:28.89 -51:19:20.7 17.4mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 23:13:45.13 +31:21:00.2 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 05:26:37.19 +26:55:51.8 16.4mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:25:30.85 +31:17:02.6 16.6mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 08:47:24.38 +03:37:22.7 17.6mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:32:05.42 +21:27:13.4 17.7mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:21:38.25 -11:00:38.5 17.5mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 22:15:51.39 +66:08:29.8 17.7mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 18:01:02.49 -06:07:26.3 13.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 13:23:43.31 +84:20:12.3 17.9mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon) 07:02:16.22 +64:07:07.4 17.6mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 06:37:58.22 +27:15:15.7 13.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:42:07.27 +12:57:30.1 17.4mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 20:16:37.50 +29:18:52.8 14.1mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 04:11:58.20 -16:30:19.4 16.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:00:15.01 +35:33:13.4 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:38:44.22 +53:04:01.2 17.2mag C/2025 L1 (ATLAS) 06:36:49.48 -10:35:19.8 13.5mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 09:19:27.62 +23:23:57.4 18.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:40:03.41 +04:41:06.9 17.2mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 18:21:03.78 +73:44:00.9 18.0mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 01:49:46.96 +42:57:45.8 15.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:10:27.31 -06:00:15.8 16.4mag A/2026 E1 20:12:35.68 -08:15:15.2 9.1mag 10P/Tempel 11:00:45.42 -00:54:00.8 15.9mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 10:56:14.77 -02:38:39.6 17.9mag 43P/Wolf-Harrington 03:02:20.77 +24:49:21.4 17.6mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 08:47:06.21 +25:28:02.5 16.9mag 63P/Wild 00:21:32.61 -06:46:57.2 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 06:23:56.31 +32:43:36.6 16.7mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 02:54:38.36 +16:24:31.4 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 01:07:20.73 +03:29:28.5 15.4mag 88P/Howell 04:35:11.27 +29:45:55.0 15.2mag 93P/Lovas 02:26:09.40 +26:36:53.7 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 06:36:15.10 +33:12:56.5 15.7mag 123P/West-Hartley 09:39:46.13 +17:14:08.5 16.5mag 124P/Mrkos 03:49:04.78 +18:49:35.8 16.4mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 04:21:31.63 +18:46:37.0 17.7mag 131P/Mueller 05:31:33.74 +19:15:22.3 13.9mag 141P/Machholz 05:34:02.65 +17:13:46.0 13.8mag 141P-A/Machholz 04:23:11.10 +15:11:49.5 11.1mag 141P-D/Machholz 02:53:20.72 -25:34:12.8 17.1mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 03:21:57.42 +21:18:23.2 14.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 19:36:25.08 +00:02:35.3 17.2mag 169P/NEAT 00:01:58.89 +01:15:07.3 17.9mag 220P/McNaught 16:56:53.68 -08:49:36.7 16.3mag 235P/LINEAR 07:20:57.51 +35:42:24.4 17.4mag 240P/NEAT 00:16:35.55 -04:59:05.1 16.6mag 260P/McNaught 03:48:04.44 +31:20:22.5 17.6mag 295P/LINEAR 23:08:35.29 -17:55:16.6 17.6mag 320P/McNaught 15:18:06.63 +08:15:58.8 17.4mag 391P/Kowalski 08:02:25.49 +20:53:35.9 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 06:50:07.43 +42:07:04.5 17.8mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.8K Jun 1 22:57 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63 11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90 ASASSN-26no 2026-05-24.03 8.35 14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.59 11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46 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 15:03:05.18 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.94 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 16:34:34.97 -54:34:58.00 ASASSN-26da 2026-04-25.32 16.11 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 10:53:55.43 -16:06:06.50 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.06 16.26 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 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 14:49:14.01 -27:29:20.10 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.29 -2.7 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 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 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 19:32:43.68 -22:39:32.70 ASASSN-26cm 2026-04-4.27 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 05:35:42.80 -63:44:05.50 ASASSN-26ch 2026-03-27.86 13.02 11:23:19.04 +34:22:38.00 SN2026fwt 2026-03-27.3 16.56 19:03:49.79 +37:04:05.20 ASASSN-26ce 2026-03-26.56 16.3 20:26:56.07 -52:54:06.50 AT2026hiy 2026-03-26.35 16.95 05:25:54.76 -30:15:35.80 ASASSN-26cg 2026-03-25.07 16.88 06:57:16.49 -26:54:37.20 SN2026fzb 2026-03-25.14 15.8 14:37:38.23 -43:00:52.30 ASASSN-26cd 2026-03-24.24 12.52 17:34:53.03 +06:04:29.70 AT2026gzl 2026-03-23.27 15.82 08:30:02.60 -35:12:47.50 ASASSN-26cf 2026-03-23.2 14.82 16:54:25.33 +37:49:56.60 SN 2026evz 2026-03-21.32 17.54 17:06:19.20 -18:54:19.50 ASASSN-26bx 2026-03-21.25 16.39 19:01:16.28 -29:29:23.10 ASASSN-26bw 2026-03-21.33 15.81 08:46:05.75 +10:47:39.80 ASASSN-26ca 2026-03-21.13 14.27 12:14:58.16 +63:47:16.20 SN 2026fvx 2026-03-21.12 15.6 18:02:55.90 -75:23:02.60 ASASSN-26bz 2026-03-21.32 16.16 12:16:02.87 -53:16:33.70 ASASSN-26cc 2026-03-20.08 3.93 13:08:21.85 +29:13:44.20 SN 2026fmh 2026-03-20.16 -0.33 19:56:38.48 -34:45:21.50 ASASSN-26cb 2026-03-20.35 -3.26 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K Jun 1 22:57 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 12:24:25.10 +28:47:12.0 TCP J12242510+2847120 2026-05-31.6015 14.8mag 00:56:07.13 +43:01:40.6 TCP J00560713+4301406 2026-06-01.4135 12.2mag 00:42:41.64 +41:15:16.2 PNV J00424164+4115162 2026-06-02.029 17.4mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Jun 1 22:57 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 14:43:04.770 +44:26:44.68 AT 2026nhj 2026-05-12.86 21.31 14:48:12.840 +26:16:16.61 AT 2026nhi 2026-05-07.83 20.09 14:39:54.860 +26:23:14.77 AT 2026nhh 2026-05-07.83 21.13 14:29:41.070 +26:50:04.61 AT 2026nhg 2026-05-07.83 20.77 14:03:03.560 -00:52:45.67 AT 2026nhf 2026-05-19.65 21.75 13:27:33.220 -01:52:49.95 AT 2026nhe 2026-05-17.64 20.72 13:18:46.250 +02:28:16.38 AT 2026nhd 2026-05-09.67 22.71 20:47:45.529 -19:53:26.35 AT 2026nhc 2026-05-20.40 19.7848 19:13:38.097 -14:31:38.10 AT 2026nhb 2026-05-14.44 20.7774 15:35:51.801 +19:40:09.90 AT 2026nha 2026-05-07.31 20.0995 15:57:39.574 -25:29:17.95 AT 2026ngz 2026-04-18.41 19.9742 10:51:38.905 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