Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 20.4417  2461241.9417  13.95  00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0
124.85019 -63.16024 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.8" and 6.1 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
384 Burdigala                1      0       1  14.2     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0:  16.07 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0:  16.09 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits  wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits -crosshair 5320.87402 4218.35791 image    wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits -crosshair 5315.92578 4221.92383 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.44168 00 54 54.11 -00 18 05.0          13.9 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.44138 00 54 54.08 -00 18 05.8          14.0 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.44198 00 54 54.14 -00 18 04.2          13.9 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 07 20.4417*  00 54 54.11 +00 18 05.0  13.9 U             Cet       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461241.9417,13.95,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260720.4417 13.95CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 20.4417  2461241.9417  14.29  00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9
120.07480 -66.82839 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 6.0 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
893 Leopoldina              -1     -1       2  14.4     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9:  16.08 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9:  15.96 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits  wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits -crosshair 4101.28516 2003.85547 image    wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits -crosshair 4096.37012 2007.22900 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.44168 00 46 55.90 -03 58 53.9          14.3 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.44138 00 46 55.87 -03 58 54.2          14.3 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.44198 00 46 55.92 -03 58 53.6          14.2 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 07 20.4417*  00 46 55.90 -03 58 53.9  14.3 U             Cet       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461241.9417,14.29,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260720.4417 14.29CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461032.63968008 23.12.2025 03:20:58.359   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
First image: 2461032.63968008 23.12.2025 03:20:58.359   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Last  image: 2461241.94198397 20.07.2026 10:36:17.415   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.66
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: 5 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):  4849
Objects passed selection criteria:  4837
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 3707.25
Average stars matched: 3455.5 (93.2093 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   114032 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Jul 19 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-159-g2d8c46ea
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-19)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Mon Jul 20 09:51:38 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461032.63968008 23.12.2025 03:20:58.359   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
First image: 2461032.63968008 23.12.2025 03:20:58.359   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Last  image: 2461241.94198397 20.07.2026 10:36:17.415   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 7
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.40
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: 13 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):  26394
Objects passed selection criteria:  26310
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.0    3.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.0    3.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 20614.5
Average stars matched: 19120.2 (92.7515 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   132008 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Jul 19 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-159-g2d8c46ea
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-19)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Mon Jul 20 09:53:56 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################

######## 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
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
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: 
Cet-02-Q2b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Cet-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Cet-02-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1451557 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1451557 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits_preview.png'

Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits


renamed 'Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits_preview.png'

Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 751.0647
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 488.9416
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1296.1758
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 439.4153
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1313.5798
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 439.8138
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.72578
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.001
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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=                  4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     21.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits :)

Spent 0.877420 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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     21.2399997711182 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits :)

Spent 0.958338 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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits



fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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 --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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: 2461241.94137635
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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits'
wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits'
wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits'
wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.0'  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: 00:51:18.849 -02:02:07.96 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.3'  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: 00:51:25.983 -02:00:08.48 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:51:18.849 -02:02:07.96
Second-epoch image center 00:51:25.983 -02:00:08.48
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0445 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.3'  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: 00:51:28.020 -02:00:27.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:51:18.849 -02:02:07.96
Second-epoch image center 00:51:28.020 -02:00:27.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0472 deg.
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# 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  00:51:25.983 -02:00:08.48
Second-epoch second image center 00:51:28.020 -02:00:27.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01006 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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nnNpD9oe4y
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RiKxOAs3cB
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ymElyg7UeL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xbQBmHHWYk
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5943 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9342 to 20.7407 deg, Dec -7.3328 to +3.2889 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
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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 4.9342 to 20.7407 deg, Dec -7.3328 to 3.2889 deg
Loaded 3951 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): 3257 out of 3398 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3398 out of 5943 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.922000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.922000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.66
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.26

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.26

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5943 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9342 to 20.7407 deg, Dec -7.3328 to +3.2889 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
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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 4.9342 to 20.7407 deg, Dec -7.3328 to 3.2889 deg
Loaded 3951 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): 3257 out of 3398 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3398 out of 5943 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 5460 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9696 to 20.8081 deg, Dec -7.2934 to +3.3230 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
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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 4.9696 to 20.8081 deg, Dec -7.2934 to 3.3230 deg
Loaded 3972 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): 3214 out of 3365 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3365 out of 5460 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ 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:
 2.0 pix  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
 2.0 pix  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
 2.0 pix  wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
 2.0 pix  wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.3 mag.  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
 15.2 mag.  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
 14.4 mag.  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
 14.4 mag.  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.4 (SNR )  11.7 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.nnNpD9oe4y (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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=398, bad_region=1409, passed=5943
Got 5943 stars (including 4223 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5943 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 982 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 

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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4651 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4651 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" 
Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits N_match=982 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.249 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.190 n_q1=315 n_q2=196 n_q3=280 n_q4=191 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.292
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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.RiKxOAs3cB (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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=414, bad_region=1257, passed=5460
Got 5460 stars (including 3880 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5460 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 978 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4310 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4310 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits N_match=981 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.422 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.225 n_q1=320 n_q2=190 n_q3=279 n_q4=192 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.288
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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.ymElyg7UeL (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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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=265, bad_region=893, passed=4025
Got 4025 stars (including 2928 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4025 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 975 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3203 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.363 n_q1=303 n_q2=164 n_q3=307 n_q4=203 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.152
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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.xbQBmHHWYk (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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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=273, bad_region=889, passed=3946
Got 3946 stars (including 2844 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3946 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3145 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.378 n_q1=302 n_q2=167 n_q3=306 n_q4=202 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.087
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits sigma_overall=0.267 worst_q_ratio=1.292
ref2=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits sigma_overall=0.328 worst_q_ratio=1.288
new1=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits sigma_overall=0.367 worst_q_ratio=1.152
new2=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits sigma_overall=0.391 worst_q_ratio=1.087
reference average sigma_overall=0.2975 worst_q_ratio=1.29
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102_astrometric_residuals.png (982 matched stars from wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062_astrometric_residuals.png (981 matched stars from wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-02-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 --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.0'  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: 00:51:18.849 -02:02:07.96 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.3'  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: 00:51:25.983 -02:00:08.48 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:51:18.849 -02:02:07.96
Second-epoch image center 00:51:25.983 -02:00:08.48
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0445 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.3'  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: 00:51:28.020 -02:00:27.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:51:18.849 -02:02:07.96
Second-epoch image center 00:51:28.020 -02:00:27.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0472 deg.
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# 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  00:51:25.983 -02:00:08.48
Second-epoch second image center 00:51:28.020 -02:00:27.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01006 deg.
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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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZYEolNPqfM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pOQ8F6AT05
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oLmhESkZJs
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zmEz4WpNzi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 30681 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9219 to 20.7700 deg, Dec -7.3402 to +3.2888 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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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 4.9219 to 20.7700 deg, Dec -7.3402 to 3.2888 deg
Loaded 3967 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): 3189 out of 3438 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3438 out of 30681 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.828400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.828400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.40
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.43

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.43

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 30681 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9219 to 20.7700 deg, Dec -7.3402 to +3.2888 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
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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 4.9219 to 20.7700 deg, Dec -7.3402 to 3.2888 deg
Loaded 3967 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): 3189 out of 3438 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3438 out of 30681 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits (aperture=4.8)
Read 30077 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9697 to 20.8132 deg, Dec -7.2934 to +3.3257 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
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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
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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
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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 4.9697 to 20.8132 deg, Dec -7.2934 to 3.3257 deg
Loaded 3973 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): 3184 out of 3444 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3444 out of 30077 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.0 pix  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
 1.9 pix  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
 2.0 pix  wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
 1.9 pix  wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.4 mag.  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
 15.4 mag.  Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
 14.7 mag.  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
 14.7 mag.  fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.7 (SNR )  14.2 (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.ZYEolNPqfM (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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=5, blended=1140, bad_region=5890, passed=30676
Got 30676 stars (including 23846 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30676 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 980 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25292 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 

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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25293 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25293 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" 
Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits N_match=981 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.226 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.182 n_q1=314 n_q2=185 n_q3=289 n_q4=193 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.293
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.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.pOQ8F6AT05 (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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=1115, bad_region=5717, passed=30066
Got 30066 stars (including 23434 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30066 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 979 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24876 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24875 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24875 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.233 n_q1=313 n_q2=183 n_q3=288 n_q4=196 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.282
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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.oLmhESkZJs (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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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=732, bad_region=4845, passed=21771
Got 21771 stars (including 16345 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21771 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17422 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17422 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17422 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.359 n_q1=306 n_q2=172 n_q3=292 n_q4=205 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.125
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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.zmEz4WpNzi (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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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=19, blended=743, bad_region=4851, passed=21762
Got 21762 stars (including 16298 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21762 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17440 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 

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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17440 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17440 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.362 n_q1=311 n_q2=175 n_q3=285 n_q4=204 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.077
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.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_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 00:38:43.20 +01:17:28.8:  13.40 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0:  16.07 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 00:38:43.39 -04:46:37.8:  15.39 +/- 0.21  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 01:07:14.37 +00:16:29.3:  14.11 +/- 0.06  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0:  16.09 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:38:43.20 +01:17:28.8:  13.45 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.43 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:38:43.20 +01:17:28.8: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.6050 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:38:43.39 -04:46:37.8:  15.39 +/- 0.21  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  15.39 +/- 0.15
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:38:43.39 -04:46:37.8: ref_mag=15.39 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=14.3897 delta=1.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-20-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0102.fits at 00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9:  16.08 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:07:14.37 +00:16:29.3:  14.16 +/- 0.07  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  14.13 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:07:14.37 +00:16:29.3: ref_mag=14.13 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.0879 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9:  15.96 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out55284.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out54844.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out55268.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 10s
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: 3s
  
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Considering the candidate 51559_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
The candidate 51559_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.44138    2461241.94138    13.61    00:38:43.27 +01:17:29.6   2879 5204   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.44198    2461241.94198    13.60    00:38:43.13 +01:17:28.0   2874 5207   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 54844_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
Preparing report for the candidate 54844_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
  
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Considering the candidate 54856_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
The candidate 54856_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.44138    2461241.94138    14.09    01:07:14.39 +00:16:28.4   7194 4554   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-35-24_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0498.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.44198    2461241.94198    14.09    01:07:14.35 +00:16:30.1   7188 4558   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 55268_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
Preparing report for the candidate 55268_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
  
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Considering the candidate 55284_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499
The candidate 55284_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.44198    2461241.94198    14.42    00:38:43.27 -04:46:37.7   2853 1530   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_055001_TTUQ2b1x1_389435_Ls1fRDtg/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-36-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0499.fits

**** FOUND  00:38:43.39 -04:46:37.8 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.39, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.37)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 3.872 2527411442778616704 009.68180005189 -04.77678311120 15.1066 14.6828 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#3.872#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 14s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0
00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9
########### Completed Cet-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 ####
00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0
00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9
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00:54:54.11 -00:18:05.0  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
00:46:55.90 -03:58:53.9  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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Adding identified Gaia sources from exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO   ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Adding the following to the exclusion list ####
00:38:43.39 -04:46:37.8
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The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461241.94137635 -observatory V36
07:09:12.63 +17:49:53.2 Mercury (3.2mag)
10:52:43.13 +08:04:20.6 Venus (-4.2mag)
04:54:04.65 +22:30:38.7 Mars (1.3mag)
08:25:52.38 +19:41:35.9 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:38.62 +03:22:24.2 Saturn (0.7mag)
04:09:03.21 +20:49:55.8 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:16:52.75 +00:19:10.3 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:29:57.80 -23:22:26.1 Pluto (14.4mag)
12:50:25.90 -09:56:03.1 Moon (-10.1mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 20 09:51 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461241.94137635:
08:25:48.79 +19:41:51.5 Io (6.0mag)
08:25:46.00 +19:42:02.5 Europa (6.3mag)
08:25:43.22 +19:42:10.0 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:25:39.20 +19:42:31.4 Callisto (6.8mag)
08:23:58.04 +19:30:23.4 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:25:51.00 +19:41:42.2 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:23:19.57 +19:32:40.3 Elara (17.7mag)
08:29:41.39 +19:30:25.3 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:30:14.74 +19:48:14.6 Carme (19.0mag)
00:56:40.66 +03:22:49.9 Titan (8.5mag)
00:56:37.80 +03:22:09.7 Rhea (9.8mag)
00:56:05.39 +03:20:00.5 Iapetus (11.2mag)
00:56:31.19 +03:21:54.9 Hyperion (14.5mag)
00:56:25.83 +03:18:10.3 Phoebe (16.5mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 20 09:51 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461241.94137635:
18:02:54.88 -30:23:34.0 JWST
13:33:19.03 +52:56:12.9 Chandra
06:10:53.35 +27:03:18.4 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461241.94137635 -observatory V36
02:50:16.03 +15:34:36.9 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:10:42.82 -34:34:34.6 13.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:35:43.24 -68:20:01.5 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:04:13.43 +32:37:27.5 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
02:37:40.37 +23:55:51.5 15.9mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:53:01.67 +32:11:14.9 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:23:44.33 +26:49:17.0 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:04:25.53 +29:19:30.4 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:16:19.32 +05:09:44.7 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:11:00.08 -11:38:45.7 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:36:23.10 +67:24:33.2 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
16:12:32.60 -11:06:59.2 14.0mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:18:33.67 +66:16:36.9 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
07:45:46.28 +30:29:49.1 14.9mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:11:57.88 +15:31:58.9 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:28:04.87 +41:09:05.9 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:36:17.21 +47:24:48.7 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
04:59:00.43 -13:23:35.3 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:42:43.23 +27:22:53.1 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:21:01.05 -13:51:32.3 17.0mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:08:10.51 +21:58:15.1 17.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:48:26.16 +03:27:52.6 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:26:05.97 +79:04:24.2 17.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:56:00.28 +45:38:49.5 16.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:32:17.98 +06:11:34.8 17.1mag A/2026 E1
21:34:17.55 -19:01:41.6 7.0mag 10P/Tempel
11:18:25.50 -02:21:02.7 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:14:29.36 +30:37:21.3 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
10:29:05.31 +10:46:15.8 17.1mag 63P/Wild
00:52:02.53 -05:03:11.8 15.5mag 65P/Gunn
04:51:40.82 +20:35:41.0 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
02:37:49.98 +11:54:12.7 16.4mag 88P/Howell
07:05:01.84 +29:47:49.8 15.8mag 93P/Lovas
04:54:04.51 +31:19:59.8 16.6mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
08:33:19.22 +29:29:08.0 15.2mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:07:08.10 -02:53:27.4 16.9mag 124P/Mrkos
05:07:48.86 +21:03:06.0 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
05:55:05.61 +19:34:08.3 17.8mag 131P/Mueller
07:49:01.70 +14:45:21.7 16.8mag 141P-D/Machholz
03:20:54.81 -20:36:25.5 15.0mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
06:09:28.96 +35:51:15.7 15.5mag 162P/SidingSpring
18:29:51.21 +22:16:15.0 13.8mag 169P/NEAT
02:04:29.18 +08:35:35.3 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:35:41.73 -08:51:36.7 17.3mag 235P/LINEAR
20:36:27.82 -51:29:48.2 17.8mag 259P/Garradd
02:27:47.81 +16:47:56.3 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
06:08:00.75 +37:29:44.0 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:06:41.58 +05:06:46.5 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski
08:43:43.63 +19:15:06.6 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
08:07:29.00 +38:22:02.7 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-26eg  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
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
11:44:32.95 -68:48:30.00  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24 8.41
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
16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60  ASASSN-26dd  2026-05-5.15 15.93
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
10:53:55.52 -16:06:06.00  ASASSN-26cz  2026-04-22.28 16.29
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80    2026-07-16.17 17.02
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
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
00:42:55.36 +41:17:27.0  PNV J00425536+4117270  2026-07-20.1813  17.7mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
21:35:30.590 -10:12:34.49  AT 2026szf  2026-06-27.33 22.3872
22:45:54.056 -04:54:45.99  AT 2026sze  2026-06-27.41 22.7035
21:17:47.712 -07:07:47.80  AT 2026szd  2026-06-27.34 22.1303
23:18:21.966 -15:02:08.57  AT 2026szc  2026-06-27.41 22.6861
21:34:51.755 -19:25:21.89  AT 2026szb  2026-06-27.33 22.9022
19:49:50.693 -14:43:38.22  AT 2026sza  2026-06-27.29 22.4248
21:11:38.789 -18:24:57.56  AT 2026syz  2026-06-27.37 21.39
20:02:57.375 -16:47:46.80  AT 2026syy  2026-06-27.29 22.8058
21:40:43.068 -08:30:59.99  AT 2026syx  2026-06-27.33 22.9217
21:15:27.639 -07:12:17.97  AT 2026syw  2026-06-27.34 22.2192
23:09:17.597 -06:32:08.20  AT 2026syv  2026-06-27.43 21.6017
20:21:39.909 -20:23:00.77  AT 2026syu  2026-06-27.32 22.372
23:06:03.653 -07:24:28.50  AT 2026syt  2026-06-27.43 22.1402
20:50:07.915 -10:48:58.91  AT 2026sys  2026-06-27.27 22.5799
21:19:50.215 -14:27:46.16  AT 2026syr  2026-06-27.34 22.1773
22:53:51.251 -11:21:33.08  AT 2026syq  2026-06-27.41 23.2367
23:14:22.224 -08:09:18.54  AT 2026syp  2026-06-27.43 22.6416
20:24:01.601 -11:52:50.82  AT 2026syo  2026-06-27.32 21.3589
21:39:57.862 -12:34:45.50  AT 2026syn  2026-06-27.33 22.2061
20:18:53.855 -11:01:07.67  AT 2026sym  2026-06-27.32 21.9202
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Mon Jul 20 09:51:05 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 3 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 6s (0.10 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 43s (0.72 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 67s (1.12 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 4s (0.07 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 125s (2.08 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 9 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 2 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 19s (0.32 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 96s (1.60 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 14s (0.23 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 132s (2.20 min)
FIELD_Cet-02-Q2b1x1: 277s (4.62 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 284s (4.73 min)
Finished: Mon Jul 20 09:55:49 CDT 2026