NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP

The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.

Processing fields Ari-04-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    13.28    02:52:00.51 +17:44:08.4   6326 5558   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.28    02:52:00.54 +17:44:09.6   6332 5556   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 21.3817  2461242.8817  13.28  02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0
159.41801 -36.45245 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 6.7 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
64 Angelina                -0     -1       1  13.2     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0:  16.18 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0:  16.10 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    13.59    02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.3   3446 4595   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.55    02:31:40.46 +16:25:45.1   3452 4592   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 21.3817  2461242.8817  13.57  02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7
155.02088 -40.11561 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 6.7 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
72 Feronia                 -0     -1       1  13.5    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7:  16.21 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7:  16.19 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    13.64    02:31:05.80 +16:57:45.3   3348 4913   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.64    02:31:05.83 +16:57:45.6   3354 4910   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 21.3817  2461242.8817  13.64  02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5
154.52273 -39.71833 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 6.8 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
419 Aurelia                 -0     -1       1  13.8    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5:  16.19 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5:  16.23 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    14.30    02:35:54.51 +17:50:58.4   4013 5482   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.60    02:35:54.56 +17:50:59.2   4019 5480   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 21.3817  2461242.8817  14.45  02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8
155.24438 -38.38029 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 6.8 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
312 Pierretta               -0     -1       1  14.6    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8:  16.16 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8:  16.18 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    14.64    02:25:49.34 +12:58:29.8   2686 2476   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.62    02:25:49.30 +12:58:29.7   2692 2473   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 21.3817  2461242.8817  14.63  02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7
155.65657 -43.81834 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 6.8 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
619 Triberga                -0     -1       1  14.7     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7:  16.13 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7:  16.19 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    14.85    02:37:26.61 +18:58:12.2   4196 6173   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.86    02:37:26.83 +18:58:10.4   4203 6170   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 21.3817  2461242.8817  14.86  02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3
154.93625 -37.22779 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 3.6" and 7.3 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
514 Armida                  -0     -0       0  14.9     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3:  16.13 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3:  16.14 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 6

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 reference image: Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits
Field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 reference image: Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits
Field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits
Field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.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/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
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: 
Ari-04-Q1b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Ari-04-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Ari-04-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1308280 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1308280 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits_preview.png'
Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits

renamed 'Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits_preview.png'
Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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= 582.9183 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 524.5352 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1376.9287 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 485.0191 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1373.1958 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 485.9538 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.36213 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/d_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits :) Spent 0.896412 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/d_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33257.220075 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21556.5, right_median=24803.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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"QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/d_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits :) Spent 0.882717 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/d_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33257.220075 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21556.5, right_median=24803.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits


fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_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/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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: 2461242.88142885 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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits' wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits' wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Image size: 941.8'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 02:40:24.076 +13:59:30.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 Second-epoch image center 02:40:24.076 +13:59:30.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0869 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Image size: 941.8'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 02:40:21.640 +13:59:50.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 Second-epoch image center 02:40:21.640 +13:59:50.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0764 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 02:40:24.076 +13:59:30.68 Second-epoch second image center 02:40:21.640 +13:59:50.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01128 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/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TWJME2PTal Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rb51nw1hkP Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QaUZKJfxj0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0WyXyHeCuu Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 7504 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7523 to 48.3005 deg, Dec +8.6580 to +19.2895 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7523 to 48.3005 deg, Dec 8.6580 to 19.2895 deg Loaded 4350 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): 3550 out of 3745 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3745 out of 7504 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.965800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.965800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.56 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 7504 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7523 to 48.3005 deg, Dec +8.6580 to +19.2895 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7523 to 48.3005 deg, Dec 8.6580 to 19.2895 deg Loaded 4350 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): 3550 out of 3745 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3745 out of 7504 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 7374 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec +8.6579 to +19.2908 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec 8.6579 to 19.2908 deg Loaded 4350 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): 3557 out of 3741 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3741 out of 7374 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 2.0 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 3.0 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 3.1 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits 2.0 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 2.0 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 15.4 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 14.5 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 14.6 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 11.9 (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.TWJME2PTal (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=506, bad_region=0, passed=7504 Got 7504 stars (including 6995 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7504 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7349 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7348 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7348 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.249 n_q1=260 n_q2=243 n_q3=234 n_q4=241 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.298 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.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.rb51nw1hkP (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=503, bad_region=0, passed=7374 Got 7374 stars (including 6862 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7374 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7231 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7230 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7230 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.301 n_q1=266 n_q2=238 n_q3=233 n_q4=240 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.238 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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.QaUZKJfxj0 (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=204, bad_region=0, passed=5270 Got 5270 stars (including 5059 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5196 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5193 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5193 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.227 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.295 n_q1=234 n_q2=222 n_q3=257 n_q4=260 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.199 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.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.0WyXyHeCuu (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=218, bad_region=0, passed=5285 Got 5285 stars (including 5061 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5285 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 962 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5210 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5211 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5211 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.237 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.259 n_q1=235 n_q2=222 n_q3=254 n_q4=264 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.243 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits sigma_overall=0.299 worst_q_ratio=1.298 ref2=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.238 new1=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits sigma_overall=0.279 worst_q_ratio=1.199 new2=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits sigma_overall=0.280 worst_q_ratio=1.243 reference average sigma_overall=0.3015 worst_q_ratio=1.268 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785_astrometric_residuals.png (973 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786_astrometric_residuals.png (975 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 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/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Image size: 941.8'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 02:40:24.076 +13:59:30.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 Second-epoch image center 02:40:24.076 +13:59:30.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0869 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Image size: 941.8'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 02:40:21.640 +13:59:50.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 Second-epoch image center 02:40:21.640 +13:59:50.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0764 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 02:40:24.076 +13:59:30.68 Second-epoch second image center 02:40:21.640 +13:59:50.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01128 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/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Gf7s17HQMx Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UcEMVP4HQx Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jBJVtWeo9j Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oTpiexK8dp Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 42842 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7352 to 48.3256 deg, Dec +8.6489 to +19.2954 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7352 to 48.3256 deg, Dec 8.6489 to 19.2954 deg Loaded 4369 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): 3362 out of 3771 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3771 out of 42842 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.853650 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.853650 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.29 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 42842 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7352 to 48.3256 deg, Dec +8.6489 to +19.2954 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7352 to 48.3256 deg, Dec 8.6489 to 19.2954 deg Loaded 4369 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): 3362 out of 3771 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3771 out of 42842 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 42245 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7306 to 48.3248 deg, Dec +8.6533 to +19.2997 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7306 to 48.3248 deg, Dec 8.6533 to 19.2997 deg Loaded 4373 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): 3361 out of 3768 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3768 out of 42245 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits (aperture=4.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 19 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 1.9 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 2.9 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 2.9 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits 1.9 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 1.9 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 15.5 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 14.1 (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.Gf7s17HQMx (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=1823, bad_region=8, passed=42830 Got 42830 stars (including 40930 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42830 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42122 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42122 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.255 n_q1=268 n_q2=236 n_q3=235 n_q4=238 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.278 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.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.UcEMVP4HQx (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=14, blended=1828, bad_region=7, passed=42231 Got 42231 stars (including 40335 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42231 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41650 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41648 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41648 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.291 n_q1=272 n_q2=231 n_q3=239 n_q4=234 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.205 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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.jBJVtWeo9j (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=817, bad_region=16, passed=25704 Got 25704 stars (including 24828 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25704 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 957 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25306 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25306 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25306 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.231 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.285 n_q1=234 n_q2=214 n_q3=256 n_q4=266 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.169 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.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.oTpiexK8dp (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=10, blended=804, bad_region=20, passed=26101 Got 26101 stars (including 25241 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26101 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 962 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25702 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25702 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25702 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.273 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.223 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.261 n_q1=233 n_q2=216 n_q3=253 n_q4=270 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.306 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:16:04.20 +13:45:42.3: 13.97 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 03:08:03.72 +17:00:33.6: 13.45 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:34:17.58 +17:02:38.3: 14.30 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7: 16.21 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 03:08:03.72 +17:00:33.6: 13.48 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.46 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:08:03.72 +17:00:33.6: ref_mag=13.46 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4031 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:34:17.58 +17:02:38.3: 14.37 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.33 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:34:17.58 +17:02:38.3: ref_mag=14.33 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.3919 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:45:48.14 +17:56:29.8: 14.13 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:16:04.20 +13:45:42.3: 13.98 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.97 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:16:04.20 +13:45:42.3: ref_mag=13.97 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8516 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:45:48.14 +17:56:29.8: 14.18 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.15 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:45:48.14 +17:56:29.8: ref_mag=14.15 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1134 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229.fits at 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3: 16.14 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52975.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53051.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53065.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53266.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53359.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53365.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 15s 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: 11s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52720_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 52720_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    14.37    02:34:17.55 +17:02:37.6   3806 4984   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.45    02:34:17.61 +17:02:39.1   3812 4981   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52723_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 52723_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    13.82    02:16:04.20 +13:45:43.3   1229 2896   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.89    02:16:04.20 +13:45:41.3   1235 2893   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52725_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 52725_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.27    02:40:33.90 +13:32:27.0   4834 2923   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:40:33.91 +13:32:27.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52808_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 52808_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    12.02    02:55:50.72 +18:17:08.7   6860 5931   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:55:50.71 +18:17:08.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52975_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 Preparing report for the candidate 52975_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53002_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53002_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.35    03:09:58.34 +13:40:41.6   9146 3321   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 03:09:58.36 +13:40:41.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53032_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53032_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    13.44    03:08:03.70 +17:00:33.5   8684 5316   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.37    03:08:03.73 +17:00:33.7   8690 5313   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53051_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 Preparing report for the candidate 53051_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53061_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53061_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.56    03:12:57.62 +17:08:39.2   9401 5466   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 03:12:57.65 +17:08:39.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53065_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 Preparing report for the candidate 53065_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53145_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53145_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    13.74    02:55:05.99 +14:47:12.2   6904 3811   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:55:05.92 +14:47:13.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53198_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53198_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.10    02:23:55.82 +18:12:59.1   2286 5629   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:23:55.76 +18:12:59.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53211_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53211_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.28    02:53:51.23 +15:25:51.3   6695 4185   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:53:51.26 +15:25:52.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53232_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 53232_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 21.38143    2461242.88143    14.12    02:45:48.18 +17:56:30.4   5427 5621   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0785.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    14.10    02:45:48.11 +17:56:29.2   5433 5618   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53266_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 Preparing report for the candidate 53266_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53359_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 Preparing report for the candidate 53359_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53365_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 Preparing report for the candidate 53365_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 41719_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 41719_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    10.16    02:44:45.49 +12:19:02.8   5492 2224   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:44:45.49 +12:19:02.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 07123_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 The candidate 07123_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 07 21.38203    2461242.88203    7.62    02:48:19.64 +17:30:32.3   5812 5381   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_041142_TTUQ1b1x1_278587_ZrkWXYvP/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_04-09-57_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0786.fits **** FOUND 02:48:19.64 +17:30:32.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 26s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3 ########### Completed Ari-04-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3 ################################################################################### 02:52:00.53 +17:44:09.0 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:31:40.47 +16:25:44.7 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:31:05.82 +16:57:45.5 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:35:54.53 +17:50:58.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:25:49.32 +12:58:29.7 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:37:26.72 +18:58:11.3 -- 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). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461242.88142885 -observatory V36 07:08:13.08 +17:59:13.5 Mercury (2.8mag) 10:56:24.89 +07:37:36.6 Venus (-4.2mag) 04:56:51.54 +22:35:39.2 Mars (1.3mag) 08:26:43.84 +19:38:42.9 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:41.13 +03:22:22.7 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:09:12.63 +20:50:20.8 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:51.33 +00:18:58.0 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:29:52.36 -23:22:50.5 Pluto (14.4mag) 13:32:30.31 -14:58:35.5 Moon (-10.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 21 04:14 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461242.88142885: 08:26:49.42 +19:38:20.6 Io (6.0mag) 08:26:52.17 +19:38:11.2 Europa (6.3mag) 08:26:29.28 +19:39:41.2 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:26:39.79 +19:39:03.6 Callisto (6.7mag) 08:24:47.37 +19:27:58.9 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:26:48.53 +19:38:24.9 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:24:09.19 +19:30:04.1 Elara (17.7mag) 08:30:34.18 +19:27:02.9 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:31:02.79 +19:45:31.1 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:38.75 +03:22:51.1 Titan (8.5mag) 00:56:45.78 +03:22:11.5 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:56:08.78 +03:19:54.0 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:56:37.26 +03:21:47.4 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:56:27.09 +03:18:00.7 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 21 04:14 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461242.88142885: 18:05:11.12 -30:08:38.5 JWST 17:13:36.63 +40:08:15.7 Chandra 10:29:23.65 -58:04:06.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 21 04:14 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461242.88142885 -observatory V36 02:51:31.63 +15:40:38.8 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:10:06.86 -34:35:19.8 13.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:36:38.83 -68:21:21.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:04:31.78 +32:38:29.3 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 02:41:37.91 +24:59:21.7 15.9mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:52:22.33 +32:10:06.3 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:24:46.30 +26:48:35.1 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:05:16.08 +29:16:55.7 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:16:56.58 +05:10:26.9 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:10:59.74 -11:40:24.1 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:35:07.37 +67:22:17.3 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:11:01.00 -11:12:39.7 14.1mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:20:16.69 +66:19:58.8 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:46:56.67 +30:32:26.7 14.9mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:11:37.08 +15:32:43.3 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:26:48.99 +41:17:24.5 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:35:08.22 +47:31:51.8 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 04:59:51.49 -13:21:43.4 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:43:27.05 +27:13:22.6 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:21:35.38 -13:57:30.3 17.0mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:09:20.66 +21:55:24.6 17.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:48:50.58 +03:24:56.4 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:24:05.09 +79:02:34.3 17.1mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:56:47.42 +45:40:51.7 16.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:32:58.29 +06:19:50.6 17.1mag A/2026 E1 21:35:38.72 -19:25:52.1 7.0mag 10P/Tempel 11:18:54.91 -02:23:52.0 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:15:47.52 +30:43:07.2 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:31:02.10 +10:27:59.4 17.1mag 63P/Wild 00:52:17.99 -05:03:31.5 15.5mag 65P/Gunn 04:53:55.41 +20:37:13.5 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:39:10.28 +12:00:42.6 16.4mag 88P/Howell 07:07:42.31 +29:42:43.5 15.9mag 93P/Lovas 04:57:11.24 +31:19:36.3 16.6mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:35:36.27 +29:21:38.7 15.1mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:08:55.55 -03:16:01.7 16.9mag 124P/Mrkos 05:09:17.62 +21:04:03.6 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 05:56:49.23 +19:32:50.9 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 07:52:07.68 +14:32:12.8 16.9mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:21:08.95 -20:32:49.5 14.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 06:12:52.36 +35:59:59.9 15.5mag 162P/SidingSpring 18:25:19.27 +23:04:34.7 13.8mag 169P/NEAT 02:06:35.23 +08:40:05.8 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:35:47.84 -08:54:46.2 17.3mag 235P/LINEAR 20:35:47.95 -51:38:18.0 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 02:30:28.84 +17:13:58.7 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 06:10:53.63 +37:32:13.6 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:06:46.26 +05:01:11.8 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski 08:44:34.97 +19:12:37.6 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 08:08:55.71 +38:17:13.2 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.4K Jul 21 04:14 comets.txt ############################################################ 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K Jul 21 04:14 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 20:35:43.64 +61:31:32.9 TCP J20354364+6131329 2026-07-20.5443 14.4mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Jul 21 04:14 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:56:58.996 -08:52:15.69 AT 2026tco 2026-06-28.38 20.9296 23:54:46.090 -08:57:09.09 AT 2026tcn 2026-06-28.38 21.0773 23:56:22.967 -02:30:21.39 AT 2026tcm 2026-06-28.41 22.0118 00:00:35.535 -08:28:30.01 AT 2026tcl 2026-06-28.38 20.8879 23:47:52.020 -01:07:14.93 AT 2026tck 2026-06-28.35 22.438 23:52:36.644 -03:46:49.40 AT 2026tcj 2026-06-28.35 22.2179 21:42:47.896 -09:01:31.52 AT 2026tci 2026-06-27.33 23.0184 22:55:02.637 -10:40:03.08 AT 2026tch 2026-06-27.42 22.86 20:55:13.637 -21:18:38.78 AT 2026tcg 2026-06-27.33 23.1947 23:10:16.486 +00:53:13.74 AT 2026tcf 2026-06-27.40 22.6048 21:09:09.750 -14:53:41.10 AT 2026tce 2026-06-27.34 23.112 20:14:07.915 -17:46:14.81 AT 2026tcd 2026-06-27.29 23.1617 23:21:50.876 -02:55:18.61 AT 2026tcc 2026-06-27.39 22.5616 23:40:39.509 +02:06:14.04 AT 2026tcb 2026-06-27.43 22.8588 20:38:31.462 -21:36:47.89 AT 2026tca 2026-06-27.35 22.1497 21:12:20.831 -20:40:40.44 AT 2026tbz 2026-06-27.33 21.9251 22:40:45.946 -08:39:06.01 AT 2026tby 2026-06-27.41 22.758 22:48:29.300 -02:38:41.80 AT 2026tbx 2026-06-27.41 22.8718 21:36:29.322 -15:30:17.14 AT 2026tbw 2026-06-27.33 22.8193 20:39:19.516 -19:03:56.20 AT 2026tbv 2026-06-27.32 22.6191 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Jul 21 04:14 tns_transients_list.txt

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