This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-13_CI_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_051051_TTUQ1b1x1_1225347_bILo10ig
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 13.4235 2461234.9235 11.93 05:31:03.30 +33:30:27.1
174.47304 -0.18610 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 1.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.89 Julia -1 0 1 11.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits at 05:31:03.30 +33:30:27.1: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_20-50-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0054.fits at 05:31:03.30 +33:30:27.1: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461234.9235,11.93,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260713.4235 11.93CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 13.4235 2461234.9235 13.47 05:18:41.36 +33:22:19.1
173.13621 -2.39668 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 1.3 pix
The object was found in VSX18" Gaia DR3 181205911467562752
Type: RS
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
16.160 G 16.310 G K
The object was found in astcheck.702 Alauda -2 -1 3 13.7 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits at 05:18:41.36 +33:22:19.1: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_20-50-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0054.fits at 05:18:41.36 +33:22:19.1: 16.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 181205911467562752,2461234.9235,13.47,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 181205911467562752 20260713.4235 13.47CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 13.4235 2461234.9235 13.73 05:33:02.71 +33:03:59.3
175.06977 -0.07920 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 8.3" and 0.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 05:33:02.71 +33:03:59.3 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits at 05:33:02.71 +33:03:59.3: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_20-50-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0054.fits at 05:33:02.71 +33:03:59.3: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461234.9235,13.73,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260713.4235 13.73CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 13.4235 2461234.9235 14.21 04:56:21.69 +36:24:04.5
167.96214 -4.25300 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 8.6" and 0.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 04:56:21.69 +36:24:04.5 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits at 04:56:21.69 +36:24:04.5: 16.02 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-02-21_20-50-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0054.fits at 04:56:21.69 +36:24:04.5: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461234.9235,14.21,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260713.4235 14.21CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461058.61200600 18.01.2026 02:41:07.318 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits
First image: 2461058.61200600 18.01.2026 02:41:07.318 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits
Last image: 2461234.92378560 13.07.2026 10:10:05.076 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-13_CI_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_051051_TTUQ1b1x1_1225347_bILo10ig/fd_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-13_05-10-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0206.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 173
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.70
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 22 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 24625
Objects passed selection criteria: 24527
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 18892.5
Average stars matched: 17982.8 (95.1846 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 132752 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sat Jul 11 21:08:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-146-gb95cfcf3
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-11)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Mon Jul 13 12:05:41 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461058.61200600 18.01.2026 02:41:07.318 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits
First image: 2461058.61200600 18.01.2026 02:41:07.318 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_20-41-07_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0049.fits
Last image: 2461234.92378560 13.07.2026 10:10:05.076 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-13_CI_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_051051_TTUQ1b1x1_1225347_bILo10ig/fd_Aur-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-13_05-10-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0206.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 7114
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.38
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 130 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 189979
Objects passed selection criteria: 189517
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 147468
Average stars matched: 136582 (92.6176 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 1941160 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sat Jul 11 21:08:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-146-gb95cfcf3
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-11)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Mon Jul 13 12:14:53 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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