Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 20.4572  2461241.9572  12.42  22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4
 59.99533 -43.44822 galactic  Aqr  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 10.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
476 Hedwig                   0      1       1  12.5     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4:  15.80 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4:  15.77 +/- 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.

Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits


fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits


fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits  wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits -crosshair 5776.88379 2624.28442 image    wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits -crosshair 5771.57129 2632.97070 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL

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 20.45724 22 10 17.22 -01 07 24.4          12.4 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.45686 22 10 17.25 -01 07 24.6          12.4 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 07 20.45761 22 10 17.20 -01 07 24.2          12.4 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 20.4572*  22 10 17.22 -01 07 24.4  12.4 U             Aqr       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,2461241.9572,12.42,0.05,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 20260720.4572 12.42CV 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 Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461208.87615755 17.06.2026 09:01:30.012   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
First image: 2461208.87615755 17.06.2026 09:01:30.012   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Last  image: 2461241.95761096 20.07.2026 10:58:47.587   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.78
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):  5731
Objects passed selection criteria:  5695
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.5    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.5    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 3783.25
Average stars matched: 3551.75 (93.8809 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   115004 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 06:10:12 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: 2461208.87615755 17.06.2026 09:01:30.012   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
First image: 2461208.87615755 17.06.2026 09:01:30.012   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Last  image: 2461241.95761096 20.07.2026 10:58:47.587   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 9
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.48
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: 25 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):  35195
Objects passed selection criteria:  35074
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.6    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.6    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 24342.8
Average stars matched: 22684 (93.1859 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   140288 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 06:12:43 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: 
Aqr-02-Q2b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Aqr-02-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1047050 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1047014 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits_preview.png'

Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits


renamed 'Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits_preview.png'

Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
----------------------------------------------
INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 825.7411
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 489.5164
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 6133.6368
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1225.4615
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7148.7085
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1415.9895
----------------------------------------------
INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 7.42804
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.135
ERROR: passing clouds (SD ratio=0.135 soft threshold=0.12)
----------------------------------------------
Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     20.7000007629395 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
Record 0: "" status=0
Record 1: "SIMPLE  =                    T / C# FITS" status=0
Record 2: "BITPIX  =                   16" status=0
Record 3: "NAXIS   =                    2 / Dimensionality" status=0
Record 4: "NAXIS1  =                 9576" status=0
Record 5: "NAXIS2  =                 6388" status=0
Record 6: "BZERO   =                32768" status=0
Record 7: "EXTEND  =                    T / Extensions are permitted" status=0
Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT'              / Type of exposure" status=0
Record 9: "EXPOSURE=                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0
Record 10: "EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0
Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-07-20T05:57:42.5883210' / Time of observation (local)" status=0
Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-20T10:57:42.5883210' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0
Record 13: "MJD-OBS =     61241.4567429167 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0
Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-07-20T10:57:52.4899794' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0
Record 15: "MJD-AVG =     61241.4568575118 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0
Record 16: "XBINNING=                    1 / X axis binning factor" status=0
Record 17: "YBINNING=                    1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0
Record 18: "GAIN    =                   30 / Sensor gain" status=0
Record 19: "OFFSET  =                   30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0
Record 20: "XPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0
Record 21: "YPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0
Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M'            / Imaging instrument name" status=0
Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0
Record 24: "SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0
Record 25: "CCD-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0'             / Sensor readout mode" status=0
Record 27: "USBLIMIT=                   50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0
Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2'       / Name of telescope" status=0
Record 29: "FOCALLEN=                135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0
Record 30: "FOCRATIO=                  2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0
Record 31: "RA      =     334.284345176629 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0
Record 32: "DEC     =    -1.99974865740721 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0
Record 33: "CENTALT =     46.7038888888889 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0
Record 34: "CENTAZ  =             219.9875 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0
Record 35: "AIRMASS =     1.37275733490633 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0
Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East'               / Telescope pointing state" status=0
Record 37: "SITEELEV=               1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0
Record 38: "SITELAT =           33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0
Record 39: "SITELONG=          -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0
Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky'         / Observer name" status=0
Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview'        / Observatory name" status=0
Record 42: "SITENAME= ''                   / Observatory site name" status=0
Record 43: "FWHEEL  = 'Simulator'          / Filter Wheel name" status=0
Record 44: "FILTER  = 'CV'                 / Active filter name" status=0
Record 45: "OBJECT  = 'Aqr-02'             / Name of the object of interest" status=0
Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '22 17 09'           / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0
Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-02 00 00'          / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits :)

Spent 0.722107 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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     20.6599998474121 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits :)

Spent 0.895113 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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits



fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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: 2461241.95685866
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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits'
wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits'
wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2'  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: 22:17:06.903 -01:59:51.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:16:50.293 -02:03:42.34 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 22:17:06.903 -01:59:51.95
Second-epoch image center 22:16:50.293 -02:03:42.34
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0942 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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:16:48.135 -02:02:50.02 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 22:17:06.903 -01:59:51.95
Second-epoch image center 22:16:48.135 -02:02:50.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0925 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  22:16:50.293 -02:03:42.34
Second-epoch second image center 22:16:48.135 -02:02:50.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01709 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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KO1GHhM1fB
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vUsMx382NK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits &> /tmp/tmp.E7gFMVH4GN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eO6ErUxD9H
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7007 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4126 to 342.1805 deg, Dec -7.2698 to +3.2782 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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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 326.4126 to 342.1805 deg, Dec -7.2698 to 3.2782 deg
Loaded 5167 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): 4366 out of 4485 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4485 out of 7007 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.686100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.686100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.78
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.91

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.91

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7007 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4126 to 342.1805 deg, Dec -7.2698 to +3.2782 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.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 326.4126 to 342.1805 deg, Dec -7.2698 to 3.2782 deg
Loaded 5167 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): 4366 out of 4485 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4485 out of 7007 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 7101 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4268 to 342.1824 deg, Dec -7.2525 to +3.2797 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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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
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 326.4268 to 342.1824 deg, Dec -7.2525 to 3.2797 deg
Loaded 5156 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): 4386 out of 4499 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4499 out of 7101 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.3 pix  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 2.3 pix  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
 2.3 pix  wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 2.3 pix  wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 14.9 mag.  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 14.9 mag.  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
 13.7 mag.  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
 13.6 mag.  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.6 (SNR )  10.9 (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.KO1GHhM1fB (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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=389, bad_region=1562, passed=7007
Got 7007 stars (including 5124 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7007 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 933 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5557 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 

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 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5557 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5557 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Excluding outliers - 936 stars left (next iteration limit 1029)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits N_match=936 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.458 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.409 n_q1=299 n_q2=158 n_q3=294 n_q4=185 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.191
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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.vUsMx382NK (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.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=399, bad_region=1567, passed=7101
Got 7101 stars (including 5212 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7101 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5647 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 

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 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5646 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5646 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Excluding outliers - 936 stars left (next iteration limit 1029)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits N_match=936 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.435 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.455 n_q1=296 n_q2=154 n_q3=297 n_q4=189 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.171
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.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.E7gFMVH4GN (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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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=246, bad_region=644, passed=2871
Got 2871 stars (including 2033 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2871 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2270 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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2270 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2270 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Excluding outliers - 918 stars left (next iteration limit 1009)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits N_match=918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.523 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.379 n_q1=294 n_q2=185 n_q3=272 n_q4=167 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.356
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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.eO6ErUxD9H (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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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=275, bad_region=622, passed=2634
Got 2634 stars (including 1809 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2634 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 922 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2055 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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 922 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2055 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2055 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Excluding outliers - 920 stars left (next iteration limit 1012)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits N_match=920 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.576 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.453 n_q1=294 n_q2=182 n_q3=276 n_q4=168 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.327
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits sigma_overall=0.384 worst_q_ratio=1.191
ref2=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits sigma_overall=0.389 worst_q_ratio=1.171
new1=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits sigma_overall=0.386 worst_q_ratio=1.356
new2=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits sigma_overall=0.434 worst_q_ratio=1.327
reference average sigma_overall=0.3865 worst_q_ratio=1.181
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398_astrometric_residuals.png (936 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372_astrometric_residuals.png (936 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522_astrometric_residuals.png (918 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523_astrometric_residuals.png (920 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2'  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: 22:17:06.903 -01:59:51.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:16:50.293 -02:03:42.34 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 22:17:06.903 -01:59:51.95
Second-epoch image center 22:16:50.293 -02:03:42.34
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0942 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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:16:48.135 -02:02:50.02 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 22:17:06.903 -01:59:51.95
Second-epoch image center 22:16:48.135 -02:02:50.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0925 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  22:16:50.293 -02:03:42.34
Second-epoch second image center 22:16:48.135 -02:02:50.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01709 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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3p9CfkDibJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits &> /tmp/tmp.x3qlU9HsuC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits &> /tmp/tmp.c66WL24cKW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jeiZxswToE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 40672 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4112 to 342.1842 deg, Dec -7.2727 to +3.2867 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.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 326.4112 to 342.1842 deg, Dec -7.2727 to 3.2867 deg
Loaded 5178 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): 4307 out of 4655 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4655 out of 40672 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.553500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.553500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.48
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.07

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.07

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 40672 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4112 to 342.1842 deg, Dec -7.2727 to +3.2867 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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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 326.4112 to 342.1842 deg, Dec -7.2727 to 3.2867 deg
Loaded 5178 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): 4307 out of 4655 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4655 out of 40672 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits (aperture=4.9)
Read 40698 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4233 to 342.1907 deg, Dec -7.2684 to +3.2887 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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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 326.4233 to 342.1907 deg, Dec -7.2684 to 3.2887 deg
Loaded 5177 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): 4303 out of 4647 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4647 out of 40698 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits (aperture=4.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 2.2 pix  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
 2.2 pix  wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 2.2 pix  wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.1 mag.  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
 15.1 mag.  Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.8 (SNR )  13.3 (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.3p9CfkDibJ (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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=8, blended=1712, bad_region=5953, passed=40664
Got 40664 stars (including 33284 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40664 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 920 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35053 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 925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35052 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35050 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 925 stars left (next iteration limit 1017)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits N_match=925 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.389 n_q1=303 n_q2=155 n_q3=283 n_q4=184 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.246
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.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.x3qlU9HsuC (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.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=5, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=1743, bad_region=5949, passed=40680
Got 40680 stars (including 33307 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40680 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 929 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 924 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35100 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 929 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35099 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35099 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 929 stars left (next iteration limit 1021)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits N_match=929 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=302 n_q2=152 n_q3=283 n_q4=192 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.151
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.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.c66WL24cKW (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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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=1, blended=768, bad_region=2783, passed=17403
Got 17403 stars (including 14177 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17403 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 914 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14844 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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 914 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14845 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14845 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 914 stars left (next iteration limit 1005)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits N_match=914 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.389 n_q1=301 n_q2=181 n_q3=274 n_q4=158 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.257
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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.jeiZxswToE (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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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=1, blended=828, bad_region=2738, passed=16725
Got 16725 stars (including 13597 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16725 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 915 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 914 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14220 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 3.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 915 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Excluding outliers - 915 stars left (next iteration limit 1006)
Stop iterations.


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

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits N_match=915 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.531 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.488 n_q1=301 n_q2=178 n_q3=274 n_q4=162 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.213
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:33:07.50 -01:09:37.9:  13.03 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:25:54.03 -03:35:49.6:  11.85 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:32:38.80 -05:11:13.9:  13.34 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:26:06.83 -05:09:38.2:  12.85 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4:  15.80 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:26:02.92 -05:10:21.6:  12.82 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:22:23.66 -03:42:21.9:  13.23 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-01-30_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0398.fits at 22:31:50.88 -03:46:12.4:  12.52 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:25:54.03 -03:35:49.6:  11.82 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.83 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:25:54.03 -03:35:49.6: ref_mag=11.83 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0731 delta=-0.24 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:33:07.50 -01:09:37.9:  12.99 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:32:38.80 -05:11:13.9:  13.25 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.01 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.29 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:33:07.50 -01:09:37.9: ref_mag=13.01 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2152 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:32:38.80 -05:11:13.9: ref_mag=13.29 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.1311 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:26:06.83 -05:09:38.2:  12.82 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.84 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:26:06.83 -05:09:38.2: ref_mag=12.84 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.8101 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:22:23.66 -03:42:21.9:  13.06 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4:  15.77 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.13 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:22:23.66 -03:42:21.9: ref_mag=13.13 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2817 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:31:50.88 -03:46:12.4:  12.49 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-08-47_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0372.fits at 22:26:02.92 -05:10:21.6:  12.76 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.51 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.79 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:31:50.88 -03:46:12.4: ref_mag=12.51 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.8648 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:26:02.92 -05:10:21.6: ref_mag=12.79 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.7951 delta=-0.00 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out54262.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: 2s
  
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Considering the candidate 52610_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 52610_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    13.50    22:22:23.78 -03:42:22.0   3955 4193   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    13.17    22:22:23.55 -03:42:21.9   3950 4202   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 52613_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 52613_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    13.16    22:33:07.53 -01:09:37.9   2321 2662   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    13.31    22:33:07.46 -01:09:38.0   2316 2671   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 52614_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 52614_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    12.97    22:31:50.93 -03:46:11.9   2525 4242   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    12.78    22:31:50.84 -03:46:12.8   2520 4252   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 52616_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 52616_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    12.16    22:25:54.00 -03:35:49.8   3425 4131   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    11.99    22:25:54.06 -03:35:49.4   3419 4139   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 54262_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
Preparing report for the candidate 54262_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
  
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Considering the candidate 54648_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 54648_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    12.80    22:26:06.79 -05:09:37.7   3398 5079   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    12.82    22:26:06.86 -05:09:38.8   3392 5088   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 54730_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 54730_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    12.84    22:26:02.90 -05:10:20.6   3407 5086   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    12.75    22:26:02.93 -05:10:22.5   3402 5095   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 55325_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523
The candidate 55325_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.45686    2461241.95686    13.21    22:32:38.85 -05:11:13.7   2409 5105   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-57-42_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0522.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.45761    2461241.95761    13.07    22:32:38.75 -05:11:14.0   2403 5114   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_060412_TTUQ2b1x1_1163342_OVuRz5jL/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-58-47_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0523.fits

make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 13s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4
########### Completed Aqr-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 ####
22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4
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22:10:17.22 -01:07:24.4  -- 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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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461241.95685866 -observatory V36
07:09:11.53 +17:50:02.4 Mercury (3.1mag)
10:52:46.85 +08:03:54.2 Venus (-4.2mag)
04:54:07.40 +22:30:43.8 Mars (1.3mag)
08:25:53.23 +19:41:33.1 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:38.66 +03:22:24.2 Saturn (0.7mag)
04:09:03.37 +20:49:56.3 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:16:52.73 +00:19:10.1 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:29:57.71 -23:22:26.5 Pluto (14.4mag)
12:51:25.70 -10:00:59.5 Moon (-10.1mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461241.95685866:
08:25:49.86 +19:41:47.9 Io (6.0mag)
08:25:47.03 +19:41:59.0 Europa (6.3mag)
08:25:43.91 +19:42:07.8 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:25:40.19 +19:42:28.0 Callisto (6.8mag)
08:23:58.86 +19:30:21.1 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:25:52.14 +19:41:38.2 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:23:20.39 +19:32:37.7 Elara (17.7mag)
08:29:42.26 +19:30:22.0 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:30:15.54 +19:48:12.0 Carme (19.0mag)
00:56:40.63 +03:22:50.0 Titan (8.5mag)
00:56:37.95 +03:22:09.6 Rhea (9.8mag)
00:56:05.44 +03:20:00.4 Iapetus (11.2mag)
00:56:31.29 +03:21:54.8 Hyperion (14.5mag)
00:56:25.85 +03:18:10.2 Phoebe (16.5mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461241.95685866:
18:02:56.49 -30:22:45.3 JWST
13:44:28.78 +52:54:42.3 Chandra
06:19:18.28 +23:22:21.6 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461241.95685866 -observatory V36
02:50:17.27 +15:34:42.9 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:10:42.22 -34:34:35.2 13.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:35:44.16 -68:20:02.9 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:04:13.73 +32:37:28.6 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
02:37:44.17 +23:56:56.8 15.9mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:53:01.02 +32:11:13.8 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:23:45.36 +26:49:16.4 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:04:26.37 +29:19:27.9 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:16:19.93 +05:09:45.4 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:11:00.08 -11:38:47.3 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:36:21.83 +67:24:31.0 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
16:12:31.08 -11:07:04.8 14.0mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:18:35.38 +66:16:40.3 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
07:45:47.45 +30:29:51.8 14.9mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:11:57.54 +15:31:59.6 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:28:03.62 +41:09:14.1 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:36:16.07 +47:24:55.7 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
04:59:01.27 -13:23:33.5 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:42:43.96 +27:22:43.8 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:21:01.63 -13:51:38.2 17.0mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:08:11.68 +21:58:12.3 17.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:48:26.56 +03:27:49.7 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:26:03.97 +79:04:22.2 17.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:56:01.05 +45:38:51.7 16.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:32:18.65 +06:11:43.1 17.1mag A/2026 E1
21:34:18.78 -19:02:05.0 7.0mag 10P/Tempel
11:18:25.99 -02:21:05.5 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:14:30.65 +30:37:27.1 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
10:29:07.25 +10:45:57.7 17.1mag 63P/Wild
00:52:02.78 -05:03:12.1 15.5mag 65P/Gunn
04:51:43.03 +20:35:42.7 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
02:37:51.29 +11:54:19.2 16.4mag 88P/Howell
07:05:04.50 +29:47:45.0 15.8mag 93P/Lovas
04:54:07.58 +31:19:59.7 16.6mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
08:33:21.49 +29:29:00.8 15.2mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:07:09.89 -02:53:49.7 16.9mag 124P/Mrkos
05:07:50.32 +21:03:07.0 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
05:55:07.32 +19:34:07.2 17.8mag 131P/Mueller
07:49:04.79 +14:45:08.9 16.8mag 141P-D/Machholz
03:20:55.03 -20:36:22.0 15.0mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
06:09:32.31 +35:51:24.7 15.5mag 162P/SidingSpring
18:29:46.83 +22:17:01.0 13.8mag 169P/NEAT
02:04:31.23 +08:35:39.8 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:35:41.83 -08:51:39.7 17.3mag 235P/LINEAR
20:36:27.11 -51:29:56.3 17.8mag 259P/Garradd
02:27:50.42 +16:48:22.1 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
06:08:03.60 +37:29:46.7 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:06:41.66 +05:06:41.0 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski
08:43:44.48 +19:15:04.2 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
08:07:30.44 +38:21:58.0 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/ :
21:17:47.712 -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
22:46:14.843 -01:56:26.82  AT 2026syl  2026-06-27.41 22.8651
19:56:23.612 -14:52:03.64  AT 2026syk  2026-06-27.29 22.298
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Mon Jul 20 06:09:45 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 3 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 7s (0.12 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 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: 66s (1.10 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: 0s (0.00 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: 121s (2.02 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 9 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 2 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 5 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 7 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 37s (0.62 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: 147s (2.45 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: 1s (0.02 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 1s (0.02 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 13s (0.22 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 201s (3.35 min)
FIELD_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1: 341s (5.68 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 343s (5.72 min)
Finished: Mon Jul 20 06:15:28 CDT 2026