NMW transient search results

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Processing fields Cet-11-Q2b1x1

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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 4
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Cet-11-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Cet-11-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Cet-11-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1185011 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1185011 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits_preview.png'
Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits

renamed 'Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits_preview.png'
Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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= 1651.6539 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 511.6605 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4099.2906 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 832.3558 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4102.2071 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 830.6370 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.48193 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 20.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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= '2026-07-07T05:17:35.3029689' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-07T10:17:35.3029689' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61228.4288808103 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-07-07T10:17:45.2070380' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61228.4289954514 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 26.663892560033 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9998902102839 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 20.3763888888889 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 129.92 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.85164471838524 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cet-11' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '01 46 40' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-18 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 = 20439 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20439 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 20.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 20.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 15.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 70.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.69 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 23.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 1.800144 / [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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.800000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/d_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits :) Spent 0.669734 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/d_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 20659.746399 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=14784.5, right_median=14894.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 20.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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= '2026-07-07T05:18:14.5966191' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-07T10:18:14.5966191' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61228.4293356016 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-07-07T10:18:24.5005775' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61228.4294502316 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 26.6638925106162 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9998902310405 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 20.4827777777778 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 130.046111111111 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.83769944573471 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cet-11' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '01 46 40' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-18 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 = 20439 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20439 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 20.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 20.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 15.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 70.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.69 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 23.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 1.800144 / [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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.800000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/d_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits :) Spent 0.783099 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/d_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 20659.746399 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=14784.5, right_median=14894.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits


fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.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/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Checking 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: 2461228.92899655 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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits' wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits' wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Image size: 941.4'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:46:37.287 -17:59:24.61 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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Image size: 938.4'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:46:40.280 -18:00:12.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:46:37.287 -17:59:24.61 Second-epoch image center 01:46:40.280 -18:00:12.72 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0179 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Image size: 938.4'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:46:39.955 -18:00:36.29 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:46:37.287 -17:59:24.61 Second-epoch image center 01:46:39.955 -18:00:36.29 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0225 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 01:46:40.280 -18:00:12.72 Second-epoch second image center 01:46:39.955 -18:00:36.29 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00667 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IMcdgat9eE Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jbD2Mt4XgZ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FpgSCwiz73 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4sE7ZSeiiW Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits and wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits and wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits and wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 3802 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.1192 to 35.1104 deg, Dec -23.2731 to -12.6122 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 18.1192 to 35.1104 deg, Dec -23.2731 to -12.6122 deg Loaded 4107 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): 2804 out of 2908 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2908 out of 3802 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.862300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.862300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.16 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.70 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.70
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 3802 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.1192 to 35.1104 deg, Dec -23.2731 to -12.6122 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 18.1192 to 35.1104 deg, Dec -23.2731 to -12.6122 deg Loaded 4107 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): 2804 out of 2908 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2908 out of 3802 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits (aperture=6.3) Read 4329 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.3277 to 35.1793 deg, Dec -23.3270 to -12.4428 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 18.3277 to 35.1793 deg, Dec -23.3270 to -12.4428 deg Loaded 4180 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): 3038 out of 3129 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3129 out of 4329 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits (aperture=5.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 2.1 pix Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 2.1 pix wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.7 mag. Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 15.0 mag. Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 10.8 (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 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.IMcdgat9eE (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=358, bad_region=899, passed=3802 Got 3802 stars (including 2638 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3802 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 976 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2995 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2995 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2995 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.311 n_q1=279 n_q2=194 n_q3=314 n_q4=193 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.125 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits -region wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.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.jbD2Mt4XgZ (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=326, bad_region=1019, passed=4329 Got 4329 stars (including 3046 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4329 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 980 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3379 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3379 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3379 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits N_match=981 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.205 n_q1=327 n_q2=170 n_q3=312 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits -region wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.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.FpgSCwiz73 (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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=176, bad_region=412, passed=1742 Got 1742 stars (including 1190 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1742 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013033 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010427 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 979 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1372 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1372 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1372 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.328 n_q1=291 n_q2=185 n_q3=318 n_q4=186 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.200 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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.4sE7ZSeiiW (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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=169, bad_region=421, passed=1758 Got 1758 stars (including 1201 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1758 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013033 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010427 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 979 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1381 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1380 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1380 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.330 n_q1=291 n_q2=183 n_q3=323 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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=Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits sigma_overall=0.359 worst_q_ratio=1.125 ref2=Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits sigma_overall=0.287 worst_q_ratio=1.232 new1=fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits sigma_overall=0.372 worst_q_ratio=1.200 new2=fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits sigma_overall=0.351 worst_q_ratio=1.084 reference average sigma_overall=0.323 worst_q_ratio=1.1785 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029_astrometric_residuals.png (980 matched stars from wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086_astrometric_residuals.png (981 matched stars from wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472_astrometric_residuals.png (980 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473_astrometric_residuals.png (980 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-11-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-11-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking 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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Image size: 941.4'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:46:37.287 -17:59:24.61 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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Image size: 938.4'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:46:40.280 -18:00:12.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:46:37.287 -17:59:24.61 Second-epoch image center 01:46:40.280 -18:00:12.72 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0179 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Image size: 938.4'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:46:39.955 -18:00:36.29 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:46:37.287 -17:59:24.61 Second-epoch image center 01:46:39.955 -18:00:36.29 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0225 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 01:46:40.280 -18:00:12.72 Second-epoch second image center 01:46:39.955 -18:00:36.29 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00667 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vguNpGuCZk Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dKhzckDSk3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kHIBdbPEOm Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0AnvjoCtCV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits and wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits and wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits and wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 21000 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.1137 to 35.1286 deg, Dec -23.2825 to -12.5533 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 18.1137 to 35.1286 deg, Dec -23.2825 to -12.5533 deg Loaded 4148 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): 3201 out of 3403 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3403 out of 21000 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.727700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.727700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.85 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.88 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.88
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 21000 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.1137 to 35.1286 deg, Dec -23.2825 to -12.5533 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 18.1137 to 35.1286 deg, Dec -23.2825 to -12.5533 deg Loaded 4148 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): 3201 out of 3403 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3403 out of 21000 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits (aperture=4.9) Read 23371 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.3069 to 35.3079 deg, Dec -23.3269 to -12.4109 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 18.3069 to 35.3079 deg, Dec -23.3269 to -12.4109 deg Loaded 4230 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): 3221 out of 3395 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3395 out of 23371 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 2.0 pix Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 2.1 pix wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 2.0 pix wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.9 mag. Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 15.1 mag. Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits 13.8 mag. fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 13.8 mag. fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 13.4 (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 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.vguNpGuCZk (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=10, blended=797, bad_region=4196, passed=20990 Got 20990 stars (including 16169 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20990 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17199 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17198 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17198 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.395 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.271 n_q1=277 n_q2=189 n_q3=327 n_q4=187 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.145 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits -region wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.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.dKhzckDSk3 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=11, blended=721, bad_region=4135, passed=23360 Got 23360 stars (including 18613 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23360 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 980 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19524 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19523 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19523 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits N_match=982 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.222 n_q1=322 n_q2=182 n_q3=305 n_q4=173 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.099 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits -region wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.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.kHIBdbPEOm (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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=2, blended=386, bad_region=1951, passed=11130 Got 11130 stars (including 8852 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11130 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013033 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010427 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 978 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9427 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9426 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9426 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.310 n_q1=293 n_q2=187 n_q3=311 n_q4=189 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.230 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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.0AnvjoCtCV (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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 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=4, blended=296, bad_region=1915, passed=10993 Got 10993 stars (including 8836 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10993 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013033 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010427 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 979 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9336 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9333 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9333 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits N_match=981 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.325 n_q1=297 n_q2=182 n_q3=314 n_q4=188 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.052 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/wcs_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-11-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits at 01:58:36.00 -20:33:17.7: 13.20 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2025-12-26_19-27-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0029.fits at 01:48:59.09 -20:39:08.0: 12.90 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits at 01:58:36.00 -20:33:17.7: 13.13 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.15 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-47-17_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0086.fits at 01:48:59.09 -20:39:08.0: 13.12 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:58:36.00 -20:33:17.7: ref_mag=13.15 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.9383 delta=0.21 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.01 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:48:59.09 -20:39:08.0: ref_mag=13.01 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.0537 delta=-0.04 (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: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37134_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37134_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 07.42900    2461228.92900    12.95    01:58:36.09 -20:33:16.4   6458 1620   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    12.93    01:58:35.91 -20:33:19.1   6459 1624   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37139_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37139_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    10.46    01:41:20.84 -19:39:38.6   4020 2204   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.8") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37141_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37141_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    10.90    01:27:50.68 -16:10:27.9   2065 4304   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37143_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37143_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    11.37    01:36:30.36 -18:28:14.6   3330 2923   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.9") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37149_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37149_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    11.87    01:22:03.51 -15:04:18.6   1201 4964   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37169_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37169_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    12.67    01:32:22.91 -22:00:16.3   2750 0776   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37212_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37212_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    12.68    01:21:20.65 -21:29:02.8   1179 1058   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (22.7") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37230_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37230_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    13.08    01:19:37.92 -21:56:13.9   0940 0773   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37231_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37231_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 07.42900    2461228.92900    13.04    01:48:59.07 -20:39:08.6   5096 1591   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-17-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    13.07    01:48:59.10 -20:39:07.3   5097 1595   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37236_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37236_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    13.29    01:58:20.60 -17:25:19.2   6476 3519   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37246_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 The candidate 37246_fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 07.42945    2461228.92945    13.59    01:46:34.27 -18:10:27.7   4774 3096   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_060719_TTUQ2b1x1_423153_FkaOQfQy/fd_Cet-11-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_05-18-14_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (22.6") between the two second-epoch detections make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-11-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Cet-11-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 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)2461228.92899655 -observatory V36 07:39:34.65 +17:21:25.3 Mercury (4.1mag) 09:59:16.85 +13:56:31.7 Venus (-4.1mag) 04:15:30.83 +21:02:21.1 Mars (1.3mag) 08:14:01.70 +20:19:44.6 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:55:30.04 +03:19:10.6 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:06:39.91 +20:43:31.0 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:17:01.77 +00:20:53.0 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:31:10.82 -23:16:43.4 Pluto (14.4mag) 00:33:59.99 +06:38:30.6 Moon (-10.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 7 06:15 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461228.92899655: 08:14:02.79 +20:19:39.8 Io (6.1mag) 08:14:12.75 +20:19:05.2 Europa (6.3mag) 08:13:47.77 +20:20:37.5 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:14:25.24 +20:18:24.2 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:12:41.53 +20:02:44.4 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:14:01.78 +20:19:45.2 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:12:03.96 +20:07:56.6 Elara (17.6mag) 08:17:28.20 +20:15:29.2 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 08:19:09.40 +20:24:25.5 Carme (19.0mag) 00:55:20.36 +03:19:33.0 Titan (8.5mag) 00:55:33.16 +03:18:57.5 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:55:03.73 +03:18:54.2 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:55:45.46 +03:19:03.8 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:55:34.66 +03:16:50.0 Phoebe (16.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 7 06:15 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461228.92899655: 17:42:23.13 -33:31:28.5 JWST 15:07:31.10 +52:11:23.7 Chandra 10:37:33.33 -58:37:37.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 7 06:15 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461228.92899655 -observatory V36 02:32:04.11 +14:04:21.4 17.9mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:20:14.43 -34:16:16.0 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:22:44.54 -68:05:55.6 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 05:59:46.69 +32:23:53.8 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:03:58.73 +16:03:24.9 18.0mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 01:29:59.21 +01:54:15.4 15.3mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 23:01:12.85 +32:16:47.7 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:09:02.30 +26:56:58.4 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:52:59.51 +29:54:37.2 16.8mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:07:51.85 +04:56:17.8 17.8mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:09:01.70 +21:23:44.7 17.9mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:11:56.11 -11:19:30.5 17.7mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:52:37.46 +67:37:17.0 17.8mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:36:50.44 -09:46:11.9 13.9mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 07:55:38.96 +65:33:19.8 17.9mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:28:56.64 +29:50:59.5 14.5mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:17:48.38 +15:14:29.0 17.5mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:44:56.82 +38:47:38.2 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:50:28.45 +45:32:59.8 17.9mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 04:46:51.50 -13:56:12.0 15.8mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:32:07.24 +29:33:24.3 18.0mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:12:13.59 -12:38:32.3 16.3mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 09:52:45.73 +22:33:23.7 17.7mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:43:42.39 +04:03:21.0 17.1mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 17:00:25.00 +79:01:28.4 17.4mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:43:01.53 +45:06:30.4 16.6mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:23:42.69 +04:00:01.3 16.9mag A/2026 E1 21:14:20.82 -14:05:24.2 7.4mag 10P/Tempel 11:12:07.44 -01:46:03.0 16.1mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 03:55:55.34 +29:13:49.4 17.8mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:01:57.37 +14:56:17.6 17.0mag 63P/Wild 00:46:59.54 -05:08:18.3 15.6mag 65P/Gunn 08:17:46.31 +34:20:12.0 17.8mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 04:20:18.41 +20:00:39.5 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:17:28.28 +10:11:21.8 16.2mag 88P/Howell 06:26:44.29 +30:41:03.3 15.6mag 93P/Lovas 04:11:34.03 +30:58:18.1 16.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:01:32.54 +31:00:50.2 15.3mag 123P/West-Hartley 10:42:42.35 +02:22:53.2 16.8mag 124P/Mrkos 04:47:00.51 +20:43:16.6 16.3mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 05:30:42.30 +19:43:35.3 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 00:00:39.64 +02:48:40.3 18.0mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 07:02:29.80 +17:38:09.4 15.2mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:15:31.20 -21:21:40.3 15.6mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 05:22:33.42 +33:16:44.1 15.3mag 162P/SidingSpring 19:11:04.43 +13:23:32.6 15.0mag 169P/NEAT 01:33:56.89 +07:14:55.0 17.7mag 220P/McNaught 16:36:31.13 -08:17:00.8 17.0mag 235P/LINEAR 08:39:04.87 +33:33:39.7 17.9mag 240P/NEAT 20:43:10.15 -48:53:42.1 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 01:51:09.44 +10:43:34.3 15.7mag 260P/McNaught 05:28:23.58 +36:35:07.4 17.4mag 295P/LINEAR 15:06:51.07 +06:18:32.2 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski 08:31:59.44 +19:47:33.9 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 07:47:09.16 +39:27:24.7 17.9mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.7K Jul 7 06:15 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 SN 2026pel 2026-06-26.38 16.07 10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30 ASASSN-26dy 2026-06-25.99 15.63 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 14:23:56.72 -58:37:47.60 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.64 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 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.80 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.34 13.72 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 16:21:48.82 -61:36:13.20 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.21 15.15 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 10:53:55.52 -16:06:06.00 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.28 16.29 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 2026-06-26.38 16.07 13:45:02.03 +15:17:14.50 ASASSN-26cy 2026-04-21.27 15.78 13:20:52.22 -35:57:03.60 AT2026jcm 2026-04-19.01 16.65 13:36:15.66 -36:53:48.40 SN 2026iqy 2026-04-18.92 17.31 06:34:01.33 -40:07:34.00 ASASSN-26cx 2026-04-19.07 16.16 23:33:57.97 -45:12:11.90 SN 2026idu 2026-04-19.41 15.9 12:10:50.92 +66:55:31.20 SN 2026icv 2026-04-17.14 16.03 21:36:59.06 -60:43:35.90 ASASSN-26cv 2026-04-17.35 -1.18 08:13:26.26 -27:07:30.50 ASASSN-26cw 2026-04-17.07 -1.01 14:49:14.01 -27:29:20.10 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.29 -2.7 17:21:59.44 -38:54:04.60 ASASSN-26ct 2026-04-14.4 15.15 15:25:54.99 +07:49:24.50 SN2026huo 2026-04-12.14 16.96 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 2026-06-26.38 16.07 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K Jul 7 06:15 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 Jul 7 06:15 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 18:02:51.696 +52:35:00.93 AT 2026rmi 2026-06-23.38 20.55 01:27:03.421 +19:57:04.39 AT 2026rmh 2026-06-21.59 21.32 21:02:42.813 +08:13:55.15 AT 2026rmg 2026-06-22.45 20.87 22:36:16.312 -33:07:23.31 AT 2026rmf 2026-06-22.58 20.67 20:43:31.883 -06:33:13.40 AT 2026rme 2026-06-22.44 21.69 09:40:14.549 -04:56:19.06 AT 2026rmd 2026-02-14.41 21.59 13:59:57.150 -09:03:11.62 AT 2026rmc 2026-02-17.61 20.73 12:25:30.012 -26:12:13.68 AT 2026rmb 2026-01-27.58 21.09 03:21:09.438 +39:25:53.03 AT 2026rma 2026-01-13.29 20.19 13:07:11.418 +13:39:38.85 AT 2026rlz 2026-02-25.47 20.51 03:01:07.569 -26:13:29.83 AT 2026rly 2026-01-09.24 20.54 17:01:46.968 -17:03:38.47 AT 2026rlx 2026-07-04.18 18.537 15:04:30.380 -39:18:48.60 AT 2026rlw 2026-07-04.31 18.9 21:26:04.454 -52:53:31.58 AT 2026rlv 2026-07-04.01 18.538 09:44:11.615 +04:40:29.15 AT 2026rlu 2026-04-19.27 20.88 12:57:25.723 -07:44:47.85 AT 2026rlt 2026-04-22.35 20.53 11:52:32.131 -13:45:09.94 AT 2026rls 2026-04-22.31 21.02 16:41:34.520 +44:47:03.76 AT 2026rlr 2026-04-23.49 21.03 11:22:02.700 -24:23:51.28 AT 2026rlq 2026-05-07.27 20.73 13:17:29.523 +09:10:51.61 AT 2026rlp 2026-05-21.26 20.85 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 29K Jul 7 06:15 tns_transients_list.txt

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