NMW transient search results

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Processing fields Ari-02-Q1b1x1

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Total number of candidates identified: 0

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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: 
Ari-02-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Ari-02-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Ari-02-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 486146 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 486146 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits_preview.png'
Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits

renamed 'Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits_preview.png'
Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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= 560.8400 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 572.4447 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3682.6555 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 797.4610 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3718.2006 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 739.4905 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 6.56632 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.078 ---------------------------------------------- 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 = 27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 25.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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= '2026-06-28T04:26:35.5033609' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-06-28T09:26:35.5033609' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61219.3934664698 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-06-28T09:26:45.4060358' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61219.3935810882 / 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 = 27.6918063430383 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 22.0001764071073 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 26.7438888888889 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 80.1738888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.21378404046908 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / 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 = 'Ari-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '01 50 46' / [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 = 29475 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29475 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 15.6 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 54.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 895.4 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 25.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 58.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 34.902792 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 22.00176 / [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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits :) Spent 0.648605 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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 25.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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= '2026-06-28T04:27:19.8078165' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-06-28T09:27:19.8078165' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61219.3939792477 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-06-28T09:27:29.7078523' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61219.3940938311 / 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 = 27.6918062600857 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 22.0001763827448 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 26.8947222222222 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 80.2630555555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.20239810255919 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / 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 = 'Ari-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '01 50 46' / [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 = 29475 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29475 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 15.6 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 54.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 895.4 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 25.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 58.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 34.902792 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 22.00176 / [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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits :) Spent 0.708064 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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

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fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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: 2461219.89358221 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits' wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Image size: 941.9'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:54.328 +22:02:04.94 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 Second-epoch image center 01:50:54.328 +22:02:04.94 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0448 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Image size: 941.8'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:51.954 +22:02:09.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 Second-epoch image center 01:50:51.954 +22:02:09.72 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0411 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 01:50:54.328 +22:02:04.94 Second-epoch second image center 01:50:51.954 +22:02:09.72 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00927 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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lVsdmOMtzS Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jmP6b1Wg6v Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SRdXLXEiuB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vwbBYW2ZEt Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec +16.5005 to +27.2914 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 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec 16.5005 to 27.2914 deg Loaded 5653 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): 4400 out of 4720 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4720 out of 8757 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.928150 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.928150 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.52 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec +16.5005 to +27.2914 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 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec 16.5005 to 27.2914 deg Loaded 5653 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): 4400 out of 4720 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4720 out of 8757 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=5.9) Read 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9762 to 36.4989 deg, Dec +16.4680 to +27.2695 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 18.9762 to 36.4989 deg, Dec 16.4680 to 27.2695 deg Loaded 5653 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): 4398 out of 4723 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4723 out of 8769 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=5.9) ____ 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: 2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 3.2 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 3.2 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits 2.0 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 2.0 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 15.4 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 11.7 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 11.6 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 11.6 (SNR ) 9.9 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.lVsdmOMtzS (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=701, bad_region=0, passed=8757 Got 8757 stars (including 8041 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8671 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8668 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8668 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=229 n_q2=242 n_q3=218 n_q4=275 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.jmP6b1Wg6v (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=689, bad_region=0, passed=8769 Got 8769 stars (including 8071 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8679 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8680 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8679 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=226 n_q2=248 n_q3=219 n_q4=271 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.085 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.SRdXLXEiuB (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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=67, bad_region=0, passed=1195 Got 1195 stars (including 1128 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1195 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013082 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010466 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 947 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 929 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 947 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1167 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 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 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 947 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1165 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 947 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1165 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 947 stars left (next iteration limit 1041) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits N_match=947 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.328 n_q1=240 n_q2=166 n_q3=331 n_q4=210 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.vwbBYW2ZEt (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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=54, bad_region=0, passed=1138 Got 1138 stars (including 1084 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1138 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 589 (Dec 16.7 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 944 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 943 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 927 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 943 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1118 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 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 589 (Dec 16.7 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 944 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 942 stars left (next iteration limit 1037) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits N_match=942 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.323 n_q1=252 n_q2=168 n_q3=304 n_q4=218 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.347 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.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=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits sigma_overall=0.366 worst_q_ratio=1.154 ref2=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.346 worst_q_ratio=1.085 new1=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits sigma_overall=0.329 worst_q_ratio=1.082 new2=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits sigma_overall=0.317 worst_q_ratio=1.347 reference average sigma_overall=0.356 worst_q_ratio=1.1195 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107_astrometric_residuals.png (964 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (964 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305_astrometric_residuals.png (947 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306_astrometric_residuals.png (942 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20512_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 20512_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    8.19    01:57:57.51 +23:36:09.9   5711 4200   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:57:57.52 +23:36:10.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 0s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Image size: 941.9'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:54.328 +22:02:04.94 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 Second-epoch image center 01:50:54.328 +22:02:04.94 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0448 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Image size: 941.8'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:51.954 +22:02:09.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 Second-epoch image center 01:50:51.954 +22:02:09.72 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0411 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 01:50:54.328 +22:02:04.94 Second-epoch second image center 01:50:51.954 +22:02:09.72 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00927 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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cLsmhqV4Br Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6jEDvyAtOM Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lkyXdUSWGs Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7DmjwI5F0j Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec +16.4685 to +27.2977 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 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec 16.4685 to 27.2977 deg Loaded 5683 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): 4184 out of 4768 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4768 out of 51194 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.825200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.825200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec +16.4685 to +27.2977 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 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec 16.4685 to 27.2977 deg Loaded 5683 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): 4184 out of 4768 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4768 out of 51194 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 50826 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9699 to 36.5478 deg, Dec +16.4680 to +27.2894 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 18.9699 to 36.5478 deg, Dec 16.4680 to 27.2894 deg Loaded 5682 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): 4175 out of 4765 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4765 out of 50826 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 3.0 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 3.0 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits 1.9 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 1.9 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 15.5 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 12.7 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 12.5 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.5 (SNR ) 12.2 (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.cLsmhqV4Br (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=21, blended=2529, bad_region=6, passed=51173 Got 51173 stars (including 48532 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51173 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50825 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50824 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50824 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 965 stars left (next iteration limit 1061) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=965 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.321 n_q1=221 n_q2=242 n_q3=226 n_q4=276 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.182 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.6jEDvyAtOM (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=24, blended=2535, bad_region=4, passed=50802 Got 50802 stars (including 48164 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 50802 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50341 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50341 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50340 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.306 n_q1=221 n_q2=240 n_q3=230 n_q4=273 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.lkyXdUSWGs (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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=152, bad_region=0, passed=7315 Got 7315 stars (including 7153 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7315 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013082 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010466 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 946 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 928 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7154 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 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 946 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7152 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7152 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 945 stars left (next iteration limit 1039) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits N_match=945 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.310 n_q1=243 n_q2=159 n_q3=335 n_q4=208 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.149 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ############ /tmp/tmp.7DmjwI5F0j (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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=133, bad_region=2, passed=6961 Got 6961 stars (including 6816 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6961 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 945 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 944 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 930 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 944 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6863 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 945 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 944 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6864 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 944 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6864 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 944 stars left (next iteration limit 1038) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits N_match=944 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.257 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=251 n_q2=161 n_q3=315 n_q4=217 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.351 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits.wcscat.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.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_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:02.39 +27:06:14.3: 9.88 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:02.39 +27:06:14.3: 9.86 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 9.87 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:50:02.39 +27:06:14.3: ref_mag=9.87 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=9.9586 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90) 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 64572_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 64572_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 06 28.39358    2461219.89358    10.10    01:50:02.38 +27:06:15.6   4497 6245   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-26-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0305.fits Discovery image 2   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    9.87    01:50:02.40 +27:06:13.0   4502 6245   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64577_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 64577_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    7.97    01:57:57.52 +23:36:10.1   5711 4200   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:57:57.53 +23:36:10.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64653_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 64653_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    11.50    02:09:29.31 +25:57:39.8   7177 5753   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 02:09:29.29 +25:57:37.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 48094_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 48094_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    11.78    01:35:42.68 +20:00:17.4   2715 1873   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:35:42.70 +20:00:17.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 25720_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 25720_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    7.18    01:50:08.60 +22:16:28.1   4680 3333   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:50:08.58 +22:16:28.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32327_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 32327_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.91    01:54:38.49 +20:48:24.0   5361 2489   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:54:38.46 +20:48:24.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 19118_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 19118_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.97    01:57:55.41 +23:35:41.2   5706 4194   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:57:55.43 +23:35:41.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 49326_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 49326_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.92    01:42:29.40 +20:15:49.2   3669 2069   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:42:29.39 +20:15:49.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 44320_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 44320_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.80    01:53:31.87 +19:17:41.1   5262 1569   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 01:53:31.88 +19:17:40.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 18300_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 18300_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.81    02:07:10.50 +23:27:36.9   6988 4215   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 02:07:10.50 +23:27:36.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 48684_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 48684_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.76    02:18:07.45 +19:54:03.6   8729 2214   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 02:18:07.48 +19:54:03.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 46016_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 The candidate 46016_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 06 28.39409    2461219.89409    6.70    02:10:37.55 +19:30:00.3   7681 1873   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_042911_TTUQ1b1x1_3227907_KVy7gNQf/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-28_04-27-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0306.fits **** FOUND 02:10:37.55 +19:30:00.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Ari-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 #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461219.89358221 -observatory V36 07:49:46.90 +19:11:35.5 Mercury (1.8mag) 09:19:34.69 +17:32:34.4 Venus (-4.0mag) 03:48:47.66 +19:40:48.4 Mars (1.3mag) 08:05:54.69 +20:44:05.1 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:54:06.39 +03:13:04.1 Saturn (0.8mag) 04:04:48.17 +20:38:24.9 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:56.14 +00:20:47.9 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:31:57.34 -23:12:46.6 Pluto (14.5mag) 17:06:37.63 -28:24:08.6 Moon (-12.2mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jun 28 04:33 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461219.89358221: 08:05:59.64 +20:43:47.4 Io (6.1mag) 08:05:46.99 +20:44:31.7 Europa (6.3mag) 08:05:51.29 +20:44:13.0 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:05:38.72 +20:44:55.0 Callisto (6.9mag) 08:05:02.29 +20:24:01.6 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:05:59.07 +20:43:50.1 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:04:31.69 +20:31:44.8 Elara (17.6mag) 08:09:01.24 +20:44:44.1 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 08:11:31.61 +20:47:39.3 Carme (18.9mag) 00:54:13.37 +03:12:37.8 Titan (8.6mag) 00:54:09.66 +03:12:52.5 Rhea (9.9mag) 00:54:00.29 +03:14:30.2 Iapetus (11.3mag) 00:53:57.60 +03:12:44.2 Hyperion (14.6mag) 00:54:22.95 +03:12:03.4 Phoebe (16.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jun 28 04:33 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461219.89358221: 17:33:19.46 -34:53:01.5 JWST 18:38:24.23 +19:48:34.4 Chandra 03:56:02.74 +57:16:46.9 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jun 28 04:33 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461219.89358221 -observatory V36 02:18:44.53 +12:54:36.7 18.0mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:27:39.70 -33:54:08.0 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:13:39.03 -68:00:53.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 05:56:31.41 +32:15:15.5 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:06:57.52 +15:59:50.3 17.9mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 00:26:57.52 -18:08:59.9 15.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 23:05:48.69 +32:10:42.1 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 05:58:27.64 +26:59:55.4 16.6mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:45:22.95 +30:17:58.8 16.8mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:02:12.58 +04:42:26.9 17.8mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:14:50.16 +21:37:17.8 17.9mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:13:29.85 -11:10:01.7 17.7mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 22:01:52.16 +67:28:21.8 17.8mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:56:49.87 -08:48:08.9 13.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 13:21:25.03 +78:10:16.3 18.0mag C/2023 X2 (Lemmon) 07:40:43.19 +65:06:51.8 17.8mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:16:38.77 +29:20:03.4 14.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:22:58.07 +14:53:01.0 17.5mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:55:23.04 +36:42:57.4 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:58:18.39 +44:03:00.5 17.9mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 04:38:06.62 -14:26:28.0 15.8mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:24:18.84 +31:03:43.2 18.0mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:05:08.23 -11:58:03.1 15.7mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 09:42:58.63 +22:52:51.6 17.8mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:41:27.80 +04:21:43.2 17.1mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 17:26:54.57 +78:23:17.1 17.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:31:48.88 +44:39:43.5 16.5mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:18:41.53 +02:05:41.5 16.8mag A/2026 E1 20:59:18.68 -11:33:33.2 7.7mag 10P/Tempel 11:08:20.61 -01:26:27.5 16.1mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 03:42:33.20 +28:11:34.1 17.8mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 09:42:56.14 +17:45:35.5 17.0mag 63P/Wild 00:41:58.31 -05:22:15.8 15.6mag 65P/Gunn 07:48:58.32 +34:28:34.8 17.5mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 03:58:18.55 +19:21:33.9 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:01:28.52 +08:45:39.5 16.0mag 88P/Howell 05:58:57.80 +30:56:36.7 15.5mag 93P/Lovas 03:42:59.42 +30:16:07.0 17.1mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 07:39:26.27 +31:50:57.6 15.4mag 123P/West-Hartley 10:26:08.04 +06:06:35.7 16.7mag 124P/Mrkos 04:32:17.94 +20:22:23.6 16.3mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 05:13:19.73 +19:40:40.0 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 07:16:30.42 +15:31:50.4 17.1mag 141P/Machholz 07:15:51.74 +15:35:20.2 17.1mag 141P-A/Machholz 06:25:51.94 +19:21:28.3 14.0mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:10:46.14 -22:14:22.8 16.0mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 04:50:25.26 +30:52:31.1 15.1mag 162P/SidingSpring 19:25:22.86 +08:56:47.8 15.6mag 169P/NEAT 01:11:24.51 +06:00:13.9 17.7mag 220P/McNaught 16:39:31.07 -08:05:33.1 16.8mag 235P/LINEAR 08:19:36.16 +34:17:54.9 17.8mag 240P/NEAT 20:44:01.66 -46:35:40.5 17.9mag 259P/Garradd 01:26:18.14 +06:31:17.1 15.9mag 260P/McNaught 05:01:28.66 +35:36:05.2 17.4mag 295P/LINEAR 15:08:18.74 +07:00:54.5 17.5mag 391P/Kowalski 08:24:01.73 +20:07:44.0 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 07:32:44.58 +40:10:57.9 17.9mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.8K Jun 28 04:33 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 ASASSN-26dv 2026-06-23.03 14.62 13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70 ASASSN-26dw 2026-06-23.04 16.09 00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20 SN 2026mke 2026-06-22.39 17.13 11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50 SN 2026nmv 2026-06-22.06 16.56 21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50 AT2026oxh 2026-06-22.15 17.14 17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90 ASASSN-26dx 2026-06-22.02 14.72 14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10 AT2026pvk 2026-06-22.06 16.53 20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20 AT2026plb 2026-06-21.31 16.4 15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30 SN2026ore 2026-06-21.29 17.57 23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30 AT2026oxl 2026-06-21.52 17.64 17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20 AT2026ouj 2026-06-20.92 15.15 00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20 AT2026ntk 2026-06-18.09 17.34 20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20 ASASSN-26du 2026-06-15.39 15.93 23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00 SN2026oxc 2026-06-14.35 16.83 02:02:26.78 +32:04:21.30 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.59 15.39 21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05 17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62 13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24 00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22 14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32 12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69 12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02 10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75 13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58 00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58 01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15 21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24 06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02 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 19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60 ASASSN-26dp 2026-05-22.31 -3.28 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 10:53:55.47 -16:06:07.00 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.24 16.32 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 2026-06-23.03 14.62 13:45:02.03 +15:17:14.50 ASASSN-26cy 2026-04-21.27 15.78 13:20:52.22 -35:57:03.60 AT2026jcm 2026-04-19.01 16.65 13:36:15.66 -36:53:48.40 SN 2026iqy 2026-04-18.92 17.31 06:34:01.33 -40:07:34.00 ASASSN-26cx 2026-04-19.07 16.16 23:33:57.97 -45:12:11.90 SN 2026idu 2026-04-19.41 15.9 12:10:50.92 +66:55:31.20 SN 2026icv 2026-04-17.14 16.03 21:36:59.06 -60:43:35.90 ASASSN-26cv 2026-04-17.35 -1.18 08:13:26.26 -27:07:30.50 ASASSN-26cw 2026-04-17.07 -1.01 14:49:14.13 -27:29:20.60 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.06 14.03 17:21:59.44 -38:54:04.60 ASASSN-26ct 2026-04-14.4 15.15 15:25:54.99 +07:49:24.50 SN2026huo 2026-04-12.14 16.96 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 2026-06-23.03 14.62 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 -77:29:35.90 ASASSN-26co 2026-04-7.15 14.93 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K Jun 28 04:33 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:42:38.68 +41:15:58.2 PNV J00423868+4115582 2026-06-05.1224 19.97Umag 19:00:42.95 -48:31:01.7 PNV J19004295-4831017 2026-05-25.0752 14.2mag 09:55:21.28 +69:02:52.6 PNV J09552128+6902526 2026-06-13.933 18.9mag 19:51:21.42 +37:06:40.0 TCP J19512142+3706400 2026-06-17.2942 16.8mag 19:57:03.87 +37:41:46.4 TCP J19570387+3741464 2026-06-18.2638 17.5mag 00:42:32.04 +41:10:28.3 PNV J00423204+4110283 2026-06-26.059 16.6mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Jun 28 04:33 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:23:51.615 +20:37:56.01 AT 2026pwt 2026-06-17.15 19.44 18:45:18.386 +49:53:00.66 AT 2026pws 2026-06-21.37 20.2999 17:05:40.855 +18:06:05.81 AT 2026pwr 2026-06-21.35 21.22 11:40:29.011 +55:46:04.65 AT 2026pwq 2026-06-18.90 19.321 11:54:11.879 +44:04:32.53 AT 2026pwp 2026-06-21.90 19.972 11:51:13.242 +46:13:17.21 AT 2026pwo 2026-06-15.28 19.447 17:21:30.031 +58:03:12.13 AT 2026pwn 2026-06-21.48 18.862 11:47:04.003 +73:27:42.99 AT 2026pwm 2026-06-21.90 19.015 13:30:13.578 +62:30:34.06 SN 2026pwl 2026-06-21.97 19.359 17:43:17.310 +64:32:16.40 AT 2026pwk 2026-06-09.43 20.8004 17:29:11.285 +73:29:30.02 AT 2026pwj 2026-06-14.20 20.4641 11:43:37.251 -11:20:23.59 AT 2026pwi 2026-06-13.89 19.358 20:53:50.297 +14:31:52.13 AT 2026pwh 2026-06-21.09 19.201 18:33:16.188 +62:56:34.08 AT 2026pwg 2026-06-21.51 19.203 19:50:18.283 -16:34:54.78 AT 2026pwf 2026-06-14.40 20.7828 14:04:46.460 +33:05:14.33 AT 2026pwe 2026-06-16.20 20.0234 09:09:55.625 +23:29:33.75 AT 2026pwd 2026-06-16.17 19.333 13:11:20.569 +79:19:36.02 AT 2026pwc 2026-06-06.30 20.2375 14:25:15.992 +45:05:38.69 AT 2026pwb 2026-06-11.20 20.9128 13:20:25.454 +58:33:31.90 AT 2026pwa 2026-06-18.30 20.0089 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 30K Jun 28 04:33 tns_transients_list.txt

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