NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q

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

Processing fields Com-01-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 10.20615    2461231.70615    14.46    13:10:28.78 +32:20:43.3   3467 1770   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 10.20679    2461231.70679    14.47    13:10:28.73 +32:20:44.2   3472 1765   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 10.2065  2461231.7065  14.46  13:10:28.75 +32:20:43.7
 85.69990  83.34576 galactic  CVn  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 6.3 pix   This object is listed in neverexclude_list.txt    1.1"  AU CVn = 1308+326 - blazar
The object was found in VSX
 1"  AU CVn                        
Type: BLLAC
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
    13.000   V            19.900   V                                                 cont                         
The object was not found in astcheck.
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Com-01-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 1

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-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: 
Com-01-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Com-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Com-01-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 669251 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 669251 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits_preview.png'
Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits

renamed 'Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits_preview.png'
Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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= 451.6442 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 407.5335 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1113.2448 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 385.2075 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1111.5258 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 384.8331 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.46487 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.001 ---------------------------------------------- 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= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 28.6200008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 29.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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= '2026-07-09T23:56:41.6150935' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-10T04:56:41.6150935' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61231.2060372108 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-07-10T04:56:51.5178054' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61231.206151817 / 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= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-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 = 194.996089279947 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 29.9994619077361 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 35.4458333333333 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 285.0325 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.72108993029116 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / 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 = 'Com-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '13 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+30 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 = 20474 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20474 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 28.6200008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 28.6200008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 10.3 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 31.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 899.59 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 29.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 33.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 25.602048 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 20.50164 / [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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits :) Spent 0.652833 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 28.6700000762939 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 29.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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= '2026-07-09T23:57:36.5906877' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-10T04:57:36.5906877' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61231.2066734955 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Com-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '13 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+30 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 = 20474 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20474 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 28.6700000762939 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 28.6700000762939 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 10.3 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 31.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 899.59 / [hPa] Air pressure" 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status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits :) Spent 0.647507 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits


fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images The reference JD(UT) for computing planet and comet positions: 2461231.70615295 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Image size: 937.0'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:00:13.935 +29:59:46.30 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 Second-epoch image center 13:00:13.935 +29:59:46.30 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0588 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:00:15.927 +29:59:18.71 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 Second-epoch image center 13:00:15.927 +29:59:18.71 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0686 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 13:00:13.935 +29:59:46.30 Second-epoch second image center 13:00:15.927 +29:59:18.71 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01051 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/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits &> /tmp/tmp.awsfnp2wwq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits &> /tmp/tmp.temNr5O1GB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits &> /tmp/tmp.EfmJ3hjpS0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.j2FDFehSeO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5200 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 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 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg Loaded 4112 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): 3075 out of 3168 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3168 out of 5200 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.703600 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.703600 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.42 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5200 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 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 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg Loaded 4112 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): 3075 out of 3168 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3168 out of 5200 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4359 deg, Dec +24.5246 to +35.2554 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 185.5043 to 204.4359 deg, Dec 24.5246 to 35.2554 deg Loaded 4111 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): 3084 out of 3158 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3158 out of 5113 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ 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 Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 2.3 pix Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 2.4 pix fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 2.4 pix fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 2.3 pix wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 15.2 mag. Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.awsfnp2wwq (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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=299, bad_region=1180, passed=5200 Got 5200 stars (including 3780 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5200 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4074 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4074 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4074 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.330 n_q1=311 n_q2=194 n_q3=297 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.132 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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.temNr5O1GB (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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=263, bad_region=1168, passed=5113 Got 5113 stars (including 3736 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4004 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4004 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4004 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.344 n_q1=313 n_q2=196 n_q3=297 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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.EfmJ3hjpS0 (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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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=195, bad_region=761, passed=3310 Got 3310 stars (including 2387 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3310 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2595 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2594 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2594 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.347 n_q1=314 n_q2=188 n_q3=299 n_q4=176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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.j2FDFehSeO (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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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=185, bad_region=772, passed=3334 Got 3334 stars (including 2406 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3334 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 973 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2611 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2609 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2608 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.355 n_q1=306 n_q2=190 n_q3=303 n_q4=178 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.100 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits sigma_overall=0.309 worst_q_ratio=1.132 ref2=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits sigma_overall=0.310 worst_q_ratio=1.107 new1=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits sigma_overall=0.366 worst_q_ratio=1.107 new2=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits sigma_overall=0.375 worst_q_ratio=1.100 reference average sigma_overall=0.3095 worst_q_ratio=1.1195 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076_astrometric_residuals.png (974 matched stars from wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-01-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/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Image size: 937.0'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:00:13.935 +29:59:46.30 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 Second-epoch image center 13:00:13.935 +29:59:46.30 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0588 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:00:15.927 +29:59:18.71 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 Second-epoch image center 13:00:15.927 +29:59:18.71 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0686 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 13:00:13.935 +29:59:46.30 Second-epoch second image center 13:00:15.927 +29:59:18.71 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01051 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/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Kf5te60AZ0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hg6NPfD3jN Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits &> /tmp/tmp.h7SxE0NEO4 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.REUKfhx3N2 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 25241 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 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 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg Loaded 4127 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): 3037 out of 3219 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3219 out of 25241 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.598800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.598800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.19 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 25241 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 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 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg Loaded 4127 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): 3037 out of 3219 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3219 out of 25241 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (aperture=5.0) Read 24985 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4886 deg, Dec +24.5144 to +35.2554 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 185.5043 to 204.4886 deg, Dec 24.5144 to 35.2554 deg Loaded 4137 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): 3044 out of 3218 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3218 out of 24985 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 2.2 pix Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 2.2 pix fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 2.2 pix fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 2.2 pix wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 15.4 mag. Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 14.3 (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.Kf5te60AZ0 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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=7, blended=1000, bad_region=4107, passed=25234 Got 25234 stars (including 20460 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25234 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21359 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21359 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21359 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.355 n_q1=305 n_q2=198 n_q3=293 n_q4=177 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.086 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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.hg6NPfD3jN (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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=966, bad_region=4138, passed=24981 Got 24981 stars (including 20191 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24981 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21064 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21064 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=309 n_q2=193 n_q3=293 n_q4=179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.129 The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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.h7SxE0NEO4 (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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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=7, blended=586, bad_region=3139, passed=18515 Got 18515 stars (including 14959 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18515 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15596 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15594 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15594 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=308 n_q2=191 n_q3=292 n_q4=182 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.064 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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.REUKfhx3N2 (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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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=8, blended=615, bad_region=3090, passed=18637 Got 18637 stars (including 15065 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18637 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15782 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15782 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15782 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=305 n_q2=192 n_q3=295 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.056 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.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_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 13:15:11.31 +29:38:21.8: 14.25 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits at 13:15:11.31 +29:38:21.8: 14.30 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.27 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:15:11.31 +29:38:21.8: ref_mag=14.27 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4824 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 4s 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 31355_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 The candidate 31355_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 10.20615    2461231.70615    14.54    13:15:11.34 +29:38:21.8   2825 3396   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-56-41_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 10.20679    2461231.70679    14.44    13:15:11.29 +29:38:21.9   2829 3392   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31403_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 The candidate 31403_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 10.20679    2461231.70679    13.22    12:42:43.48 +28:22:31.4   7133 4107   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits **** FOUND 12:42:43.46 +28:22:31.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31423_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 The candidate 31423_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 10.20679    2461231.70679    13.70    13:11:26.63 +28:51:08.6   3315 3877   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits **** FOUND 13:11:26.64 +28:51:08.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31469_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 Preparing report for the candidate 31469_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 18229_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 The candidate 18229_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 07 10.20679    2461231.70679    13.59    13:27:18.42 +28:41:53.0   1196 3906   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_000431_TTUQ2b1x1_1592672_GuZDX00Q/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_23-57-36_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0137.fits **** FOUND 13:27:18.42 +28:41:52.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 5s Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Com-01-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 #### 13:10:28.75 +32:20:43.7 ################################################################################### 13:10:28.75 +32:20:43.7 -- listed in neverexclude_list.txt (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461231.70615295 -observatory V36 07:32:38.96 +17:08:24.3 Mercury (5.1mag) 10:11:02.11 +12:44:48.3 Venus (-4.1mag) 04:23:44.45 +21:24:06.3 Mars (1.3mag) 08:16:32.63 +20:11:53.9 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:55:49.94 +03:20:25.4 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:07:12.34 +20:44:58.9 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:17:01.52 +00:20:41.9 Neptune (7.8mag) 20:30:55.74 -23:17:56.7 Pluto (14.4mag) 03:01:26.32 +21:30:56.1 Moon (-9.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Jul 10 00:53 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461231.70615295: 08:16:36.95 +20:11:39.9 Io (6.1mag) 08:16:32.92 +20:11:54.6 Europa (6.3mag) 08:16:49.09 +20:10:55.0 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:17:01.14 +20:10:08.9 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:15:04.52 +19:55:59.9 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:16:31.00 +20:12:01.0 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:14:25.90 +20:00:31.5 Elara (17.6mag) 08:20:04.57 +20:06:08.6 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 08:21:30.97 +20:16:57.7 Carme (19.0mag) 00:55:39.47 +03:20:17.9 Titan (8.5mag) 00:55:44.81 +03:20:30.8 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:55:19.43 +03:19:36.0 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:55:59.70 +03:20:43.4 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:55:50.87 +03:17:40.4 Phoebe (16.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 10 00:53 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461231.70615295: 17:46:39.36 -33:02:36.5 JWST 15:54:57.88 +52:30:24.7 Chandra 19:50:36.24 +16:40:46.0 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 10 00:53 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461231.70615295 -observatory V36 02:36:03.65 +14:24:38.4 17.9mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:18:03.33 -34:21:30.5 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:25:31.65 -68:08:15.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:00:45.28 +32:26:40.2 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 17:03:09.52 +16:02:57.2 18.0mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS) 01:46:57.22 +07:55:30.6 15.4mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:59:37.08 +32:17:07.8 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:12:13.90 +26:55:39.0 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:55:23.28 +29:47:14.9 16.8mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:09:38.45 +04:59:46.8 17.8mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:07:18.49 +21:17:57.4 17.9mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:11:36.19 -11:23:04.5 17.7mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:49:24.62 +67:37:18.2 17.8mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:31:10.65 -10:03:46.8 13.9mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:00:23.79 +65:42:02.7 17.9mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:32:37.25 +29:59:45.1 14.6mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:16:23.90 +15:19:27.8 17.5mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:41:29.77 +39:21:50.6 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:47:43.94 +45:58:51.4 17.8mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 04:49:30.01 -13:48:09.4 15.7mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:34:27.00 +29:05:38.8 18.0mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:14:13.97 -12:52:37.2 16.4mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 09:55:55.35 +22:26:35.2 17.6mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:44:34.16 +03:56:38.2 17.1mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:52:22.84 +79:07:01.6 17.4mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:46:07.01 +45:13:59.1 16.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:25:25.12 +04:31:04.2 16.9mag A/2026 E1 21:18:49.11 -15:01:29.2 7.3mag 10P/Tempel 11:13:23.21 -01:52:51.8 16.1mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 03:59:57.57 +29:32:13.4 17.8mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:07:46.16 +14:03:28.7 17.0mag 63P/Wild 00:48:17.83 -05:05:41.9 15.6mag 65P/Gunn 08:26:29.60 +34:13:32.4 17.9mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 04:27:02.52 +20:10:14.8 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:22:05.62 +10:35:19.9 16.2mag 88P/Howell 06:35:05.44 +30:32:34.7 15.7mag 93P/Lovas 04:20:31.39 +31:06:58.1 16.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:08:20.07 +30:43:10.5 15.3mag 123P/West-Hartley 10:47:51.45 +01:14:47.4 16.8mag 124P/Mrkos 04:51:29.47 +20:48:30.8 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 05:35:58.62 +19:42:53.8 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 00:01:30.27 +02:55:45.6 17.9mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 07:13:00.85 +17:03:07.3 15.5mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:16:47.01 -21:07:05.2 15.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 05:32:32.03 +33:54:58.6 15.3mag 162P/SidingSpring 19:04:51.00 +14:59:40.0 14.7mag 169P/NEAT 01:40:40.68 +07:34:53.9 17.7mag 220P/McNaught 16:35:59.69 -08:22:47.8 17.0mag 235P/LINEAR 08:44:58.46 +33:18:46.5 17.9mag 240P/NEAT 20:42:14.64 -49:32:14.0 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 01:58:53.78 +12:01:33.9 15.7mag 260P/McNaught 05:36:46.82 +36:49:50.4 17.4mag 295P/LINEAR 15:06:37.39 +06:04:11.3 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski 08:34:28.29 +19:40:57.7 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 07:51:32.08 +39:13:42.0 17.9mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.7K Jul 10 00:53 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 AT2026qqg 2026-07-5.01 16.82 19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30 AT2026qly 2026-07-5.02 17.31 17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10 ASASSN-26ea 2026-07-5.07 16.67 19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30 ASASSN-26eb 2026-07-4.97 15.52 18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20 SN 2026qqp 2026-07-5.03 -0.92 19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90 ASASSN-26dz 2026-07-5.14 15.91 19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90 AT 2026rdg 2026-07-3.43 11.81 04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40 AT 2026qpr 2026-06-30.4 15.96 13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80 SN 2026pub 2026-06-30.09 16.01 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 10:53:55.47 -16:06:07.00 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.24 16.32 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 2026-07-5.01 16.82 13:45:02.03 +15:17:14.50 ASASSN-26cy 2026-04-21.27 15.78 13:20:52.22 -35:57:03.60 AT2026jcm 2026-04-19.01 16.65 13:36:15.66 -36:53:48.40 SN 2026iqy 2026-04-18.92 17.31 06:34:01.33 -40:07:34.00 ASASSN-26cx 2026-04-19.07 16.16 23:33:57.97 -45:12:11.90 SN 2026idu 2026-04-19.41 15.9 12:10:50.92 +66:55:31.20 SN 2026icv 2026-04-17.14 16.03 21:36:59.06 -60:43:35.90 ASASSN-26cv 2026-04-17.35 -1.18 08:13:26.26 -27:07:30.50 ASASSN-26cw 2026-04-17.07 -1.01 14:49:14.13 -27:29:20.60 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.06 14.03 17:21:59.44 -38:54:04.60 ASASSN-26ct 2026-04-14.4 15.15 15:25:54.99 +07:49:24.50 SN2026huo 2026-04-12.14 16.96 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 2026-07-5.01 16.82 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K Jul 10 00:53 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 10 00:53 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 13:40:20.447 +40:38:15.61 AT 2026sqe 2026-07-03.20 20.3209 20:26:11.475 -21:05:59.62 AT 2026sqd 2026-07-07.33 20.2909 20:38:05.960 -15:39:19.94 AT 2026sqc 2026-07-07.33 22.2834 21:50:20.218 -14:25:11.02 AT 2026sqb 2026-07-07.39 21.5547 20:32:17.644 -16:37:51.49 AT 2026sqa 2026-07-07.33 21.6569 20:38:02.144 -16:39:15.94 AT 2026spz 2026-07-07.33 22.7762 20:36:24.191 -15:13:43.37 AT 2026spy 2026-07-07.33 22.1739 20:41:10.988 -25:49:45.49 AT 2026spx 2026-07-07.33 22.8645 21:17:15.336 -23:31:53.39 AT 2026spw 2026-07-07.32 21.9459 20:27:45.431 -19:59:58.81 AT 2026spv 2026-07-07.33 21.6485 21:55:34.604 -14:11:57.66 AT 2026spu 2026-07-07.39 23.0585 21:10:34.181 -22:59:24.76 AT 2026spt 2026-07-07.32 22.3526 21:05:55.405 -19:04:02.26 AT 2026sps 2026-07-07.32 21.4424 20:59:14.423 -27:33:25.12 AT 2026spr 2026-07-07.32 23.4151 20:31:34.503 -19:06:25.71 AT 2026spq 2026-07-07.33 22.7105 20:54:43.024 -26:43:41.99 AT 2026spp 2026-07-07.32 22.8017 21:07:49.748 -22:55:35.56 AT 2026spo 2026-07-07.32 22.494 20:57:55.962 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