This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 3
Ref. image: 2461082.77180627 11.02.2026 06:31:14.062 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits
First image: 2461082.77180627 11.02.2026 06:31:14.062 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Last image: 2461235.84266061 14.07.2026 08:13:15.877 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.63
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: 4 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): 10862
Objects passed selection criteria: 10781
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 3
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 3
Average stars detected per image: 8517.33
Average stars matched: 7858 (92.2589 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 120644 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Jul 13 18:59:08 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-151-g9f3411f7
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-13)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 14 03:17:36 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
***** IMAGE PROCESSING ERROR (less than 4 images processed) *****
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 3
Ref. image: 2461082.77180627 11.02.2026 06:31:14.062 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits
First image: 2461082.77180627 11.02.2026 06:31:14.062 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Last image: 2461235.84266061 14.07.2026 08:13:15.877 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.25
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: 14 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): 81404
Objects passed selection criteria: 81058
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 3
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 3
Average stars detected per image: 66394.3
Average stars matched: 60661.3 (91.3652 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 2070832 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Jul 13 18:59:08 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-151-g9f3411f7
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-13)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 14 03:18:39 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
***** IMAGE PROCESSING ERROR (less than 4 images processed) *****
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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 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-14-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0291.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.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/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-14-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0291.fits
Last image: 2461235.84266061 14.07.2026 08:13:15.877 UTC
ERROR running VaST on the field Cam-06-Q2b1x1 (less than 4 images processed)
exp_start= 11.02.2026 06:31:14.062 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.77180627 ap= 6.1 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 11554 *matched= 11554 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits
exp_start= 11.02.2026 06:31:59.041 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.77232686 ap= 6.1 rotation= 0.010 *detected= 11624 *matched= 10860 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits
exp_start= 14.07.2026 08:13:15.877 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461235.84266061 ap= 6.4 rotation= -168.326 *detected= 2374 *matched= 1160 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits
exp_start= 14.07.2026 08:14:05.657 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461235.84323677 ap= 6.4 rotation= -168.339 *detected= 2027 *matched= 1769 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-14-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0291.fits
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 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-14-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0291.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-14-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0291.fits
Last image: 2461235.84266061 14.07.2026 08:13:15.877 UTC
ERROR running VaST on the field Cam-06-Q2b1x1 (less than 4 images processed)
exp_start= 11.02.2026 06:31:14.062 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.77180627 ap= 4.5 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 89070 *matched= 89070 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0257.fits
exp_start= 11.02.2026 06:31:59.041 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.77232686 ap= 4.5 rotation= 0.010 *detected= 89421 *matched= 81339 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_00-31-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0258.fits
exp_start= 14.07.2026 08:13:15.877 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461235.84266061 ap= 4.6 rotation= -168.326 *detected= 20692 *matched= 11575 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-13-15_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0290.fits
exp_start= 14.07.2026 08:14:05.657 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461235.84323677 ap= 4.7 rotation= -168.339 *detected= 17312 *matched= 15347 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_031436_TTUQ2b1x1_1097011_G2b910Lk/fd_Cam-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_03-14-05_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0291.fits
########### Completed Cam-06-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 ####
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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).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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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
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ls: cannot access 'planets.txt': No such file or directory
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT):
ls: cannot access 'moons.txt': No such file or directory
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT):
ls: cannot access 'spacecraft.txt': No such file or directory
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ls: cannot access 'comets.txt': No such file or directory
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
ls: cannot access 'asassn_transients_list.txt': No such file or directory
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
ls: cannot access 'tocp_transients_list.txt': No such file or directory