NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN

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Processing fields CVn-03-Q2b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits
Field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits
Field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits
Field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits

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= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
CVn-03-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting CVn-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing CVn-03-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 747213 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 747213 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.png' -> 'transient_report/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits_preview.png'
CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits

renamed 'CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.png' -> 'transient_report/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits_preview.png'
CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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= 441.6545 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 449.7903 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1010.2784 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 430.7736 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1011.0002 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 429.4585 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.28749 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.003 ---------------------------------------------- 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 = 21.4599990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 22.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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" 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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 = 209.998639233992 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 29.9995285114247 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 37.6794444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 283.938055555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.63338612955102 / 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 = 'CVn-03' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '14 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 = 20465 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20465 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] 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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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/d_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits :) Spent 0.913168 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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/d_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 21.5 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 22.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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= '2026-07-15T00:26:43.3607867' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-15T05:26:43.3607867' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61236.2268907409 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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[degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 320.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 11.200896 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 9.00072 / [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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/d_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits :) Spent 0.856446 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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/d_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits


fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.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/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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: 2461236.72634819 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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits' wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits' wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits' wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:59:54.041 +29:59:36.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Image size: 937.2'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: 14:00:20.159 +29:59:00.86 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:59:54.041 +29:59:36.81 Second-epoch image center 14:00:20.159 +29:59:00.86 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0948 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Image size: 937.2'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: 14:00:22.819 +29:59:46.09 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:59:54.041 +29:59:36.81 Second-epoch image center 14:00:22.819 +29:59:46.09 Angular distance between the image centers 0.1039 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 14:00:20.159 +29:59:00.86 Second-epoch second image center 14:00:22.819 +29:59:46.09 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01581 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/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kE8uQPIBWz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3FxRooByp9 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits &> /tmp/tmp.WHxZZxnuym Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.X0MgRUYqVH Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits and wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits and wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits and wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits) and catalog (wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5741 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.7878 to 219.7278 deg, Dec +24.1050 to +35.4406 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 200.7878 to 219.7278 deg, Dec 24.1050 to 35.4406 deg Loaded 4627 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): 3339 out of 3475 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3475 out of 5741 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.826300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.826300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.43 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5741 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.7878 to 219.7278 deg, Dec +24.1050 to +35.4406 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 200.7878 to 219.7278 deg, Dec 24.1050 to 35.4406 deg Loaded 4627 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): 3339 out of 3475 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3475 out of 5741 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits (aperture=6.3) Read 5486 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.5276 to 219.4457 deg, Dec +24.5781 to +35.2411 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 200.5276 to 219.4457 deg, Dec 24.5781 to 35.2411 deg Loaded 4374 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): 3394 out of 3470 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3470 out of 5486 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits (aperture=6.3) ____ 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: 2.2 pix CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 2.3 pix CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits 2.3 pix fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 2.3 pix fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 2.2 pix wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 2.3 pix wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 15.2 mag. CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits 15.0 mag. fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 15.0 mag. fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 12.1 (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.kE8uQPIBWz (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 574.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits' -> 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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=365, bad_region=1180, passed=5741 Got 5741 stars (including 4280 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5741 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 964 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4658 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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4659 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4659 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1062) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.525 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.293 n_q1=322 n_q2=182 n_q3=302 n_q4=161 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.542 The image catalog is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits -region wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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.3FxRooByp9 (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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits' -> 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.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=1200, passed=5486 Got 5486 stars (including 4067 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5486 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 24.6 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4373 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4370 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4370 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 965 stars left (next iteration limit 1061) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits N_match=965 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.374 n_q1=329 n_q2=201 n_q3=269 n_q4=166 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.143 The image catalog is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits -region wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.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.WHxZZxnuym (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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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=4, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=233, bad_region=986, passed=4586 Got 4586 stars (including 3398 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4586 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3673 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 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3675 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3675 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1063) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.487 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.379 n_q1=335 n_q2=197 n_q3=275 n_q4=160 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.203 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits -region wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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.X0MgRUYqVH (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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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=223, bad_region=982, passed=4565 Got 4565 stars (including 3389 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4565 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 958 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3651 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 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3651 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3651 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 965 stars left (next iteration limit 1062) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits N_match=965 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.432 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.510 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=332 n_q2=198 n_q3=276 n_q4=159 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.172 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -region wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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=CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits sigma_overall=0.340 worst_q_ratio=1.542 ref2=CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits sigma_overall=0.359 worst_q_ratio=1.143 new1=fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits sigma_overall=0.405 worst_q_ratio=1.203 new2=fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits sigma_overall=0.436 worst_q_ratio=1.172 reference average sigma_overall=0.3495 worst_q_ratio=1.3425 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257_astrometric_residuals.png (967 matched stars from wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603_astrometric_residuals.png (965 matched stars from wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172_astrometric_residuals.png (967 matched stars from wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173_astrometric_residuals.png (965 matched stars from wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field CVn-03-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 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:59:54.041 +29:59:36.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Image size: 937.2'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: 14:00:20.159 +29:59:00.86 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:59:54.041 +29:59:36.81 Second-epoch image center 14:00:20.159 +29:59:00.86 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0948 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Image size: 937.2'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: 14:00:22.819 +29:59:46.09 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:59:54.041 +29:59:36.81 Second-epoch image center 14:00:22.819 +29:59:46.09 Angular distance between the image centers 0.1039 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 14:00:20.159 +29:59:00.86 Second-epoch second image center 14:00:22.819 +29:59:46.09 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01581 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/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KTJ1OXuJ88 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FhQkycoVGN Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pXxF2v5h4v Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GVeIR7yi4p Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits and wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits and wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits and wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits) and catalog (wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 32125 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.7878 to 219.7982 deg, Dec +24.0584 to +35.4473 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 200.7878 to 219.7982 deg, Dec 24.0584 to 35.4473 deg Loaded 4683 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): 3242 out of 3520 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3520 out of 32125 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.704050 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.704050 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.12 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 32125 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.7878 to 219.7982 deg, Dec +24.0584 to +35.4473 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 200.7878 to 219.7982 deg, Dec 24.0584 to 35.4473 deg Loaded 4683 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): 3242 out of 3520 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3520 out of 32125 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 28454 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.4711 to 219.4750 deg, Dec +24.5099 to +35.2604 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 200.4711 to 219.4750 deg, Dec 24.5099 to 35.2604 deg Loaded 4426 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): 3312 out of 3504 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3504 out of 28454 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 14 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 2.2 pix CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits 2.1 pix fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 2.1 pix fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 2.0 pix wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 2.2 pix wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 15.4 mag. CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits 15.2 mag. fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 15.2 mag. fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.2 (SNR ) 14.6 (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.KTJ1OXuJ88 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits 574.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits' -> 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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=29, blended=1187, bad_region=5833, passed=32096 Got 32096 stars (including 25274 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32096 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 964 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26703 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26702 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26702 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1063) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.495 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.283 n_q1=318 n_q2=194 n_q3=301 n_q4=154 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.544 The image catalog is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits -region wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.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.FhQkycoVGN (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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits' -> 'wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=1014, bad_region=4611, passed=28443 Got 28443 stars (including 23016 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28443 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24296 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24295 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24295 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 965 stars left (next iteration limit 1061) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits N_match=965 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.394 n_q1=323 n_q2=206 n_q3=267 n_q4=169 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.121 The image catalog is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits -region wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.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.pXxF2v5h4v (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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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=12, blended=903, bad_region=3824, passed=25254 Got 25254 stars (including 20741 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25254 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21788 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 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 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21789 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21789 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1063) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.394 n_q1=330 n_q2=200 n_q3=274 n_q4=163 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.108 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits -region wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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.GVeIR7yi4p (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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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=13, blended=906, bad_region=3828, passed=25363 Got 25363 stars (including 20833 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25363 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 968 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21904 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 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 968 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21904 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21904 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Excluding outliers - 968 stars left (next iteration limit 1064) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits N_match=968 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.480 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.437 n_q1=325 n_q2=204 n_q3=274 n_q4=165 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.134 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -region wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.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_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:03:12.51 +28:40:45.1: 13.98 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 13:39:26.42 +31:46:34.7: 13.90 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:00:15.37 +30:57:38.7: 14.65 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:18:30.02 +26:23:42.4: 15.45 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:05:33.53 +28:32:14.2: 14.71 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:16:31.41 +26:11:06.7: 14.46 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 13:53:55.90 +31:56:11.7: 14.53 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:19:21.12 +28:56:14.3: 14.76 +/- 0.10 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 13:58:46.76 +34:07:18.3: 15.43 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 14:25:39.46 +25:58:54.5: 15.04 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 13:39:26.42 +31:46:34.7: 13.94 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.92 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:00:15.37 +30:57:38.7: 14.98 +/- 0.13 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:03:12.51 +28:40:45.1: 14.09 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:39:26.42 +31:46:34.7: ref_mag=13.92 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.9884 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.02 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.75 +/- 0.07 Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:19:21.12 +28:56:14.3: 14.88 +/- 0.13 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:16:31.41 +26:11:06.7: 14.69 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:18:30.02 +26:23:42.4: 15.15 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:00:15.37 +30:57:38.7: ref_mag=14.75 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.6928 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 13:53:55.90 +31:56:11.7: 14.69 +/- 0.10 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:03:12.51 +28:40:45.1: ref_mag=14.02 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4339 delta=-0.41 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.81 +/- 0.08 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.53 +/- 0.07 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.27 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:19:21.12 +28:56:14.3: ref_mag=14.81 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.9545 delta=-0.14 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.58 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:16:31.41 +26:11:06.7: ref_mag=14.53 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.7956 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:18:30.02 +26:23:42.4: ref_mag=15.27 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=14.8570 delta=0.41 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:53:55.90 +31:56:11.7: ref_mag=14.58 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.6683 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:05:33.53 +28:32:14.2: 14.72 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.71 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:05:33.53 +28:32:14.2: ref_mag=14.71 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.9068 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 13:58:46.76 +34:07:18.3: 15.28 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 14:25:39.46 +25:58:54.5: 15.46 +/- 0.26 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.35 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:58:46.76 +34:07:18.3: ref_mag=15.35 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=15.0092 delta=0.34 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.15 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:25:39.46 +25:58:54.5: ref_mag=15.15 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.9828 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-26-08_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0257.fits at 13:42:44.98 +28:33:48.3: 16.22 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-23-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1603.fits at 13:42:44.98 +28:33:48.3: 15.27 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.27 +/- 0.17 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:42:44.98 +28:33:48.3: ref_mag=15.27 +/- 0.17 new_mean_mag=15.0004 delta=0.27 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s 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 51547_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51547_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.88    14:05:33.50 +28:32:14.1   4102 4070   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.94    14:05:33.55 +28:32:14.3   4108 4078   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51548_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51548_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.82    14:16:31.48 +26:11:07.2   2602 5478   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.78    14:16:31.33 +26:11:06.1   2608 5486   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51549_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51549_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.68    13:53:55.93 +31:56:11.9   5602 2002   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.66    13:53:55.87 +31:56:11.6   5608 2009   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51554_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51554_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.26    14:05:26.67 +28:30:55.8   4123 4091   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits **** FOUND 14:05:26.84 +28:30:57.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51555_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51555_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.16    14:01:41.85 +33:49:20.2   4607 0879   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits **** FOUND 14:01:41.99 +33:49:21.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51717_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51717_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.09    13:39:26.47 +31:46:34.7   7472 2025   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    13.91    13:39:26.37 +31:46:34.8   7478 2033   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51778_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51778_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.42    14:03:12.45 +28:40:46.1   4414 3985   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.45    14:03:12.57 +28:40:44.1   4420 3993   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51847_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51847_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.80    14:18:30.09 +26:23:42.8   2336 5344   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.93    14:18:29.95 +26:23:42.1   2342 5352   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51871_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51871_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.85    14:19:21.23 +28:56:13.1   2274 3796   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    15.15    14:19:21.01 +28:56:15.5   2280 3804   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51876_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51876_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.87    14:00:15.41 +30:57:39.7   4795 2604   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.59    14:00:15.33 +30:57:37.7   4801 2612   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51878_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51878_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.92    14:25:39.47 +25:58:55.9   1344 5564   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    15.10    14:25:39.46 +25:58:53.2   1350 5573   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51913_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51913_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    14.96    13:58:46.66 +34:07:17.8   4967 0686   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    15.07    13:58:46.86 +34:07:18.8   4972 0694   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51916_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 51916_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 15.22635    2461236.72635    15.05    13:42:44.87 +28:33:49.0   7133 3993   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    14.96    13:42:45.08 +28:33:47.6   7138 4001   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 05232_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 The candidate 05232_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 07 15.22701    2461236.72701    12.92    13:48:44.85 +33:43:32.6   6239 0904   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits **** FOUND 13:48:44.83 +33:43:32.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 3s Prepared the HTML report for the field CVn-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-07-15_CI_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_004513_TTUQ2b1x1_2271685_iqAR6PkN/monitoring_positions.txt Read 25266 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.5969 to 219.5575 deg, Dec +24.4737 to +35.2487 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 200.5969 to 219.5575 deg, Dec 24.4737 to 35.2487 deg Loaded 4421 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): 3322 out of 3503 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3503 out of 25266 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits via Tycho-2 util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461236.72635 (FITS header) Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords) Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 210.08494 deg Dec= +29.98440 deg Frame center: alt= +37.582 deg az= 281.828 deg airmass= 1.6357 Header cross-check: CENTALT= 37.679 deg (difference -0.098 deg) Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.6334 (we compute 1.6357) Airmass zero-point fit: OK k= +0.3929 +/- 0.0209 mag/airmass N= 2783 airmass span 1.3736-2.0842 scatter 0.1806 mag Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits: OK +0.636116 -0.392907 1.6357 +0.3929 2783 0.7106 0.1806 1.3736 2.0842 Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits list=monitoring_pixlist2383143.tmp aperture=4.8 Image size: 9576 x 6388 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). Saturation level: 57000.0 Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 22.442250 Forced photometry: center=(1939.17, 1688.07) aperture=4.8 Annulus: inner=9.60 outer=24.00 Background annulus: 1516 pixels Iterative clipping converged after 1 iterations, 1513/1516 pixels remain SExtractor background: mode=494.16 median=493.00 mean=492.23 sigma=37.91 -> bg=494.16 (1513 pixels) Aperture sum=14593.65 N_eff=18.0956 Net flux=5651.54 noise=161.27 SNR=35.04 Instrumental magnitude: -9.3804 Calibrated magnitude: 13.0618 Source monitoring: airmass zero-point term applied to the measurements on wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-25-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0172.fits (aperture 4.8 pix) Read 25376 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 200.5957 to 219.5836 deg, Dec +24.4939 to +35.2560 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 200.5957 to 219.5836 deg, Dec 24.4939 to 35.2560 deg Loaded 4417 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): 3327 out of 3506 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3506 out of 25376 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits via Tycho-2 util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461236.72701 (FITS header) Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords) Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 210.09603 deg Dec= +29.99697 deg Frame center: alt= +37.403 deg az= 281.918 deg airmass= 1.6423 Header cross-check: CENTALT= 37.484 deg (difference -0.080 deg) Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.6406 (we compute 1.6423) Airmass zero-point fit: OK k= +0.3935 +/- 0.0206 mag/airmass N= 2803 airmass span 1.3779-2.0971 scatter 0.1807 mag Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits: OK +0.638673 -0.393519 1.6423 +0.3935 2803 0.7192 0.1807 1.3779 2.0971 Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits list=monitoring_pixlist2383143.tmp aperture=4.8 Image size: 9576 x 6388 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). Saturation level: 57000.0 Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 22.443500 Forced photometry: center=(1944.92, 1696.10) aperture=4.8 Annulus: inner=9.60 outer=24.00 Background annulus: 1513 pixels Iterative clipping converged after 2 iterations, 1506/1513 pixels remain SExtractor background: mode=486.28 median=489.00 mean=490.81 sigma=36.80 -> bg=486.28 (1506 pixels) Aperture sum=14128.75 N_eff=18.0956 Net flux=5329.20 noise=156.56 SNR=34.04 Instrumental magnitude: -9.3167 Calibrated magnitude: 13.1268 Source monitoring: airmass zero-point term applied to the measurements on wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_CVn-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-15_00-26-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (aperture 4.8 pix) ########### Completed CVn-03-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461236.72634819 -observatory V36 07:19:16.75 +17:12:37.6 Mercury (5.2mag) 10:31:47.94 +10:29:59.9 Venus (-4.1mag) 04:38:37.53 +21:59:26.7 Mars (1.3mag) 08:21:06.73 +19:57:17.8 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:18.73 +03:21:54.7 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:08:08.54 +20:47:30.0 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:58.76 +00:20:06.8 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:30:27.71 -23:20:09.3 Pluto (14.4mag) 08:24:51.16 +20:44:50.3 Moon (-8.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Jul 15 00:52 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461236.72634819: 08:21:04.74 +19:57:27.2 Io (6.1mag) 08:21:14.22 +19:56:49.0 Europa (6.3mag) 08:20:57.84 +19:57:55.5 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:20:51.46 +19:58:11.8 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:19:25.13 +19:43:34.8 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:21:10.39 +19:57:04.2 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:18:45.84 +19:46:57.9 Elara (17.7mag) 08:24:47.65 +19:48:51.8 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 08:25:47.71 +20:03:06.0 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:28.56 +03:21:30.2 Titan (8.5mag) 00:56:13.97 +03:21:50.7 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:55:44.15 +03:20:11.2 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:56:07.73 +03:22:16.0 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:56:12.94 +03:18:25.9 Phoebe (16.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 15 00:52 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461236.72634819: 17:53:37.96 -31:53:38.3 JWST 14:10:39.99 +56:51:16.4 Chandra 09:05:39.73 -51:26:01.7 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 15 00:52 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461236.72634819 -observatory V36 02:43:08.16 +14:59:55.1 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:14:17.36 -34:29:06.8 13.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:30:32.76 -68:13:24.2 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:02:29.08 +32:31:51.2 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 02:13:49.44 +16:54:15.8 15.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:56:31.12 +32:15:42.6 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:17:55.89 +26:52:48.6 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:59:47.05 +29:33:43.4 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:12:53.73 +05:05:12.9 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 18:04:17.80 +21:05:40.2 18.0mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 15:11:11.03 -11:30:16.5 17.7mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:43:13.25 +67:33:42.0 17.8mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:21:34.97 -10:35:06.6 14.0mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:09:10.70 +65:58:31.1 17.9mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:39:09.17 +30:14:52.5 14.8mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:14:04.37 +15:26:41.1 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:35:01.48 +40:18:15.9 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:42:22.52 +46:43:00.6 17.8mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 04:54:12.80 -13:35:07.3 15.7mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:38:34.42 +28:15:22.0 18.0mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:17:40.96 -13:20:07.7 16.7mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:01:49.01 +22:13:18.4 17.6mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:46:19.98 +03:43:17.5 17.1mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:38:37.72 +79:10:01.2 17.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:51:16.22 +45:26:43.8 16.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:28:41.11 +05:22:55.5 17.0mag A/2026 E1 21:26:36.40 -16:53:22.0 7.1mag 10P/Tempel 11:15:47.18 -02:06:06.2 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:07:09.70 +30:04:41.5 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:18:14.92 +12:27:11.7 17.1mag 63P/Wild 00:50:20.90 -05:03:04.6 15.5mag 65P/Gunn 04:39:10.42 +20:24:40.8 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:30:04.63 +11:15:52.3 16.3mag 88P/Howell 06:49:57.14 +30:13:10.6 15.7mag 93P/Lovas 04:36:53.38 +31:17:11.8 16.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:20:36.37 +30:08:35.2 15.2mag 123P/West-Hartley 10:57:15.38 -00:47:31.5 16.8mag 124P/Mrkos 04:59:32.51 +20:56:35.7 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 05:45:25.23 +19:39:48.4 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 00:02:44.98 +03:06:47.0 17.9mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 07:31:12.27 +15:56:58.3 16.1mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:18:47.00 -20:42:44.1 15.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 05:50:38.67 +34:56:50.8 15.4mag 162P/SidingSpring 18:50:29.29 +18:15:27.0 14.3mag 169P/NEAT 01:52:33.91 +08:07:16.3 17.7mag 220P/McNaught 16:35:31.41 -08:35:34.7 17.1mag 235P/LINEAR 08:55:31.30 +32:50:28.0 18.0mag 240P/NEAT 20:39:48.90 -50:35:19.6 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 02:13:00.02 +14:22:27.6 15.6mag 260P/McNaught 05:52:03.13 +37:12:15.6 17.4mag 295P/LINEAR 15:06:28.64 +05:36:51.2 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski 08:38:59.59 +19:28:33.9 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 07:59:24.11 +38:48:33.7 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.6K Jul 15 00:52 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 15 00:52 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 02:19:17.36 +28:57:15.8 TCP J02191736+2857158 2026-07-12.3549 12.5mag 00:44:56.43 +41:57:41.6 PNV J00445643+4157416 2026-07-13.8026 17.98Cmag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Jul 15 00:52 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:17:51.308 -00:47:18.69 AT 2026ubz 2026-07-09.38 21.8767 22:50:38.435 -08:50:23.60 AT 2026uby 2026-07-09.34 22.2275 22:47:24.698 -06:06:23.35 AT 2026ubx 2026-07-09.34 23.256 22:56:00.968 -11:40:11.78 AT 2026ubw 2026-07-09.34 22.1585 23:24:42.862 +02:16:46.36 AT 2026ubv 2026-07-09.41 22.7993 22:45:14.951 -12:30:44.06 AT 2026ubu 2026-07-07.42 23.0269 21:48:25.112 -16:15:06.82 AT 2026ubt 2026-07-07.42 22.6297 22:49:23.723 -15:30:28.94 AT 2026ubs 2026-07-07.41 23.1172 22:47:25.707 -13:21:20.99 AT 2026ubr 2026-07-07.42 22.9851 22:48:27.713 -14:51:00.69 AT 2026ubq 2026-07-07.41 23.5158 22:55:15.603 -17:20:52.24 AT 2026ubp 2026-07-07.41 22.73 00:01:17.781 -03:06:59.77 AT 2026ubo 2026-06-30.36 21.0986 23:48:53.692 +00:34:05.28 AT 2026ubn 2026-06-30.37 21.2974 23:55:47.866 +01:29:21.94 AT 2026ubm 2026-06-30.37 22.7418 23:56:07.829 -00:07:55.59 AT 2026ubl 2026-06-30.36 22.5755 22:50:20.382 -04:24:01.18 AT 2026ubk 2026-06-30.33 21.8405 23:52:09.876 +01:40:51.93 AT 2026ubj 2026-06-30.37 22.5344 23:48:54.336 +01:46:33.67 AT 2026ubi 2026-06-30.37 22.1609 22:50:27.464 -01:58:53.77 AT 2026ubh 2026-06-30.33 21.7659 22:58:59.868 -08:03:37.23 AT 2026ubg 2026-06-30.38 21.6329 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 30K Jul 15 00:52 tns_transients_list.txt

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