This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 3
Ref. image: 2461202.82986274 11.06.2026 07:54:50.141 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits
First image: 2461202.82986274 11.06.2026 07:54:50.141 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits
Last image: 2461239.90852878 18.07.2026 09:48:06.887 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.60
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 41 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 9933
Objects passed selection criteria: 9891
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 3
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 3
Average stars detected per image: 8237
Average stars matched: 7924 (96.2001 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 120720 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Jul 17 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-157-gbf7d0e63
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-17)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Jul 18 04:58:15 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
***** IMAGE PROCESSING ERROR (less than 4 images processed) *****
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 3
Ref. image: 2461202.82986274 11.06.2026 07:54:50.141 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits
First image: 2461202.82986274 11.06.2026 07:54:50.141 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits
Last image: 2461239.90852878 18.07.2026 09:48:06.887 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.24
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 77 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 70074
Objects passed selection criteria: 69903
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 3
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 3
Average stars detected per image: 60917.7
Average stars matched: 58510 (96.0477 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 178992 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Jul 17 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-157-gbf7d0e63
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-17)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Jul 18 05:00:48 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
***** IMAGE PROCESSING ERROR (less than 4 images processed) *****
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-49-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0346.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.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/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-49-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0346.fits
Last image: 2461239.90852878 18.07.2026 09:48:06.887 UTC
ERROR running VaST on the field Cep-02-Q2b1x1 (less than 4 images processed)
exp_start= 11.06.2026 07:54:50.141 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461202.82986274 ap= 6.3 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 10846 *matched= 10846 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits
exp_start= 24.06.2026 09:57:56.354 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461215.91535132 ap= 6.2 rotation= -2.615 *detected= 10808 *matched= 9885 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits
exp_start= 18.07.2026 09:48:06.887 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461239.90852878 ap= 6.4 rotation= -3.304 *detected= 3057 *matched= 3041 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
exp_start= 18.07.2026 09:49:03.958 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461239.90918933 ap= 6.7 rotation= -3.299 *detected= 2147 *matched= 2144 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-49-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0346.fits
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-49-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0346.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-49-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0346.fits
Last image: 2461239.90852878 18.07.2026 09:48:06.887 UTC
ERROR running VaST on the field Cep-02-Q2b1x1 (less than 4 images processed)
exp_start= 11.06.2026 07:54:50.141 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461202.82986274 ap= 4.7 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 80524 *matched= 80524 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-54-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0220.fits
exp_start= 24.06.2026 09:57:56.354 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461215.91535132 ap= 4.8 rotation= -2.616 *detected= 76370 *matched= 69490 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-24_04-57-56_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0234.fits
exp_start= 18.07.2026 09:48:06.887 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461239.90852878 ap= 4.9 rotation= -3.313 *detected= 25859 *matched= 25516 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-48-06_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
exp_start= 18.07.2026 09:49:03.958 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461239.90918933 ap= 5.1 rotation= -3.302 *detected= 17610 *matched= 17322 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-18_CI_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_044934_TTUQ2b1x1_474040_QJ8FGtcZ/fd_Cep-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_04-49-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0346.fits
########### Completed Cep-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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ls: cannot access 'planets.txt': No such file or directory
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT):
ls: cannot access 'moons.txt': No such file or directory
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT):
ls: cannot access 'spacecraft.txt': No such file or directory
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ls: cannot access 'comets.txt': No such file or directory
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
ls: cannot access 'asassn_transients_list.txt': No such file or directory
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
ls: cannot access 'tocp_transients_list.txt': No such file or directory