NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1

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

Processing fields PsA-02-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 22.29678    2461243.79678    12.28    22:33:50.31 -26:16:03.2   0899 2955   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 22.29754    2461243.79754    12.25    22:33:50.33 -26:16:03.2   0894 2959   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 22.2972  2461243.7972  12.27  22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2
 26.56973 -59.35189 galactic  PsA  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" 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.  
264 Libussa                 -0     -1       1  12.3    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits at 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2:  14.49 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2:  14.55 +/- 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?)   PsA-02-Q2b1x1 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: 1

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits
Field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits
Field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
PsA-02-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting PsA-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing PsA-02-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 977212 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 977212 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.png' -> 'transient_report/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits_preview.png'
PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits

renamed 'PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.png' -> 'transient_report/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits_preview.png'
PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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= 2788.3425 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 497.2848 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3217.9064 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 852.2588 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3205.5962 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 850.3213 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.15406 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-07-22T02:07:11.8043334' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-22T07:07:11.8043334' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61243.2966643982 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-07-22T07:07:21.7087062' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61243.2967790277 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 345.597142660056 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -25.9995610508991 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 18.8236111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 141.428055555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.07305721085533 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'PsA-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '23 02 24' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-26 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20472 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20472 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 22.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 22.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 14.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 57.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 902.0 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 23.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 25.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 0.0 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/d_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits :) Spent 0.942353 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/d_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2600002288818 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-07-22T02:08:17.6994659' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-22T07:08:17.6994659' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61243.2974270717 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 345.597142581571 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -25.9995610655486 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 18.9661111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 141.642777777778 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.05123606872278 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/d_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits :) Spent 0.949965 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/d_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits


fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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: 2461243.79678014 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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits' wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits' wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits' wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:02:24.527 -26:00:02.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Image size: 938.4'x624.8' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:02:24.352 -26:00:08.43 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:02:24.527 -26:00:02.88 Second-epoch image center 23:02:24.352 -26:00:08.43 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0017 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Image size: 938.3'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:02:26.533 -26:00:38.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:02:24.527 -26:00:02.88 Second-epoch image center 23:02:26.533 -26:00:38.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0125 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 23:02:24.352 -26:00:08.43 Second-epoch second image center 23:02:26.533 -26:00:38.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01172 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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vSVbj5exJm Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QdNLf23pcF Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gHlGWB030g Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9l1m15MUeT Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits) and catalog (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 2599 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5376 to 354.6496 deg, Dec -31.2637 to -20.5804 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 336.5376 to 354.6496 deg, Dec -31.2637 to -20.5804 deg Loaded 4859 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): 2143 out of 2163 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2163 out of 2599 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.411800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.411800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.48 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.93 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.93
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 2599 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5376 to 354.6496 deg, Dec -31.2637 to -20.5804 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 336.5376 to 354.6496 deg, Dec -31.2637 to -20.5804 deg Loaded 4859 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): 2143 out of 2163 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2163 out of 2599 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits (aperture=6.6) Read 2610 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5374 to 354.6496 deg, Dec -31.2564 to -20.5756 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 336.5374 to 354.6496 deg, Dec -31.2564 to -20.5756 deg Loaded 4861 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): 2158 out of 2172 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2172 out of 2610 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits (aperture=6.6) ____ 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: 2.4 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 2.3 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits 2.4 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 2.4 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 2.4 pix wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 2.3 pix wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 13.9 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 13.9 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits 13.7 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 13.7 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.7 (SNR ) 10.8 (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.vSVbj5exJm (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 572.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=216, bad_region=524, passed=2599 Got 2599 stars (including 1912 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2599 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 957 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 956 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2113 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 957 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2113 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2113 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 957 stars left (next iteration limit 1052) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits N_match=957 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.370 n_q1=311 n_q2=152 n_q3=310 n_q4=184 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.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.QdNLf23pcF (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits 572.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=219, bad_region=529, passed=2609 Got 2609 stars (including 1917 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2609 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 958 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 958 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2122 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 958 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2122 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2122 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 958 stars left (next iteration limit 1053) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits N_match=958 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.343 n_q1=316 n_q2=154 n_q3=305 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.148 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.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.gHlGWB030g (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=174, bad_region=374, passed=2102 Got 2102 stars (including 1603 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2102 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013033 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010427 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 957 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 953 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1745 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 957 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1745 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1745 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 957 stars left (next iteration limit 1052) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits N_match=957 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.474 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.417 n_q1=309 n_q2=144 n_q3=328 n_q4=176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.131 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.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.9l1m15MUeT (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=164, bad_region=378, passed=2124 Got 2124 stars (including 1627 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2124 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 955 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1783 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1783 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1783 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 955 stars left (next iteration limit 1050) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits N_match=955 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.402 n_q1=307 n_q2=147 n_q3=323 n_q4=178 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.198 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits sigma_overall=0.378 worst_q_ratio=1.084 ref2=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits sigma_overall=0.364 worst_q_ratio=1.148 new1=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits sigma_overall=0.419 worst_q_ratio=1.131 new2=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits sigma_overall=0.412 worst_q_ratio=1.198 reference average sigma_overall=0.371 worst_q_ratio=1.116 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424_astrometric_residuals.png (957 matched stars from wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425_astrometric_residuals.png (958 matched stars from wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286_astrometric_residuals.png (957 matched stars from wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287_astrometric_residuals.png (955 matched stars from wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:02:24.527 -26:00:02.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Image size: 938.4'x624.8' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:02:24.352 -26:00:08.43 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:02:24.527 -26:00:02.88 Second-epoch image center 23:02:24.352 -26:00:08.43 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0017 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Image size: 938.3'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:02:26.533 -26:00:38.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:02:24.527 -26:00:02.88 Second-epoch image center 23:02:26.533 -26:00:38.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0125 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 23:02:24.352 -26:00:08.43 Second-epoch second image center 23:02:26.533 -26:00:38.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01172 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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bCexUKNa8Y Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xuu24GArUj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eb7sUAe8j1 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FKi4KtBSOz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits) and catalog (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 16266 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5376 to 354.7115 deg, Dec -31.2712 to -20.5472 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 336.5376 to 354.7115 deg, Dec -31.2712 to -20.5472 deg Loaded 4891 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): 3983 out of 4077 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4077 out of 16266 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.240200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.240200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.15 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.09 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.09
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 16266 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5376 to 354.7115 deg, Dec -31.2712 to -20.5472 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 336.5376 to 354.7115 deg, Dec -31.2712 to -20.5472 deg Loaded 4891 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): 3983 out of 4077 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4077 out of 16266 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits (aperture=4.9) Read 16368 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5374 to 354.7115 deg, Dec -31.2596 to -20.5354 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 336.5374 to 354.7115 deg, Dec -31.2596 to -20.5354 deg Loaded 4895 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): 3958 out of 4062 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4062 out of 16368 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits (aperture=4.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 2.1 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits 2.1 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 2.1 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 2.2 pix wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 2.1 pix wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.1 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 14.1 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits 13.8 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 13.8 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 13.3 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.bCexUKNa8Y (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits 572.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=459, bad_region=3036, passed=16255 Got 16255 stars (including 12850 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16255 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 952 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 952 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13525 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 952 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13525 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13525 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 952 stars left (next iteration limit 1047) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits N_match=952 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=313 n_q2=161 n_q3=290 n_q4=188 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.163 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.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.xuu24GArUj (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits 572.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits' FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=505, bad_region=3054, passed=16363 Got 16363 stars (including 12897 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16363 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 951 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 951 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13606 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 951 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13606 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13606 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 951 stars left (next iteration limit 1046) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits N_match=951 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.368 n_q1=314 n_q2=161 n_q3=286 n_q4=190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.167 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.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.eb7sUAe8j1 (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=390, bad_region=2524, passed=13906 Got 13906 stars (including 11061 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13906 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013033 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010427 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 950 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 950 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 947 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 950 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11589 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 950 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 950 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11589 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 950 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11589 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 950 stars left (next iteration limit 1045) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits N_match=950 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.395 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.496 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.396 n_q1=318 n_q2=150 n_q3=302 n_q4=180 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.178 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.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.FKi4KtBSOz (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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=363, bad_region=2502, passed=13833 Got 13833 stars (including 11035 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13833 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 948 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11558 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11558 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11558 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 948 stars left (next iteration limit 1042) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits N_match=948 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.382 n_q1=314 n_q2=154 n_q3=297 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.130 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.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_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits at 22:46:01.57 -28:57:55.5: 14.26 +/- 0.26 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits at 22:34:49.32 -24:52:04.7: 13.81 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits at 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2: 14.49 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits at 22:37:14.50 -24:11:43.7: 13.46 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-30-35_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0424.fits at 22:34:21.91 -21:48:40.4: 13.82 +/- 0.20 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 22:46:01.57 -28:57:55.5: 14.01 +/- 0.21 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.11 +/- 0.16 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:46:01.57 -28:57:55.5: ref_mag=14.11 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=13.5168 delta=0.59 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 22:34:49.32 -24:52:04.7: 13.83 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.82 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:34:49.32 -24:52:04.7: ref_mag=13.82 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=13.4592 delta=0.36 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2: 14.55 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 22:34:21.91 -21:48:40.4: 14.02 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_04-31-18_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 22:37:14.50 -24:11:43.7: 13.67 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.91 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.55 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:34:21.91 -21:48:40.4: ref_mag=13.91 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=13.5354 delta=0.37 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:37:14.50 -24:11:43.7: ref_mag=13.55 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=13.3953 delta=0.15 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out21106.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21106_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 Preparing report for the candidate 21106_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21145_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 The candidate 21145_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 22.29678    2461243.79678    13.32    22:37:14.53 -24:11:42.9   1316 4234   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 22.29754    2461243.79754    13.54    22:37:14.46 -24:11:44.5   1310 4238   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21154_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 The candidate 21154_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 22.29678    2461243.79678    13.45    22:34:49.35 -24:52:04.5   0996 3811   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 22.29754    2461243.79754    13.47    22:34:49.29 -24:52:05.0   0991 3816   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21164_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 The candidate 21164_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 22.29678    2461243.79678    13.46    22:46:01.63 -28:57:54.5   2603 1381   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 22.29754    2461243.79754    13.59    22:46:01.51 -28:57:56.5   2598 1386   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21165_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 The candidate 21165_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 22.29678    2461243.79678    13.54    22:34:21.77 -21:48:39.0   0845 5673   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-07-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0286.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 22.29754    2461243.79754    13.53    22:34:22.05 -21:48:41.7   0840 5678   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-22_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_025302_TTUQ2b1x1_2545710_v29vKFC1/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_02-08-17_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0287.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 10s Prepared the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2 ########### Completed PsA-02-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2 ################################################################################### 22:33:50.32 -26:16:03.2 -- 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)2461243.79678014 -observatory V36 07:07:33.02 +18:08:52.2 Mercury (2.5mag) 10:59:59.55 +07:11:27.9 Venus (-4.2mag) 04:59:33.91 +22:40:21.1 Mars (1.3mag) 08:27:33.94 +19:35:53.5 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:43.25 +03:22:19.1 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:09:21.65 +20:50:44.7 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:49.85 +00:18:45.4 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:29:47.06 -23:23:14.1 Pluto (14.4mag) 14:14:58.18 -19:25:27.2 Moon (-10.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 22 06:51 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461243.79678014: 08:27:31.73 +19:36:04.0 Io (6.0mag) 08:27:42.02 +19:35:21.4 Europa (6.3mag) 08:27:23.95 +19:36:36.6 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:27:39.39 +19:35:37.2 Callisto (6.7mag) 08:25:35.43 +19:25:37.7 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:27:33.48 +19:35:56.4 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:24:57.57 +19:27:31.7 Elara (17.7mag) 08:31:25.52 +19:23:45.0 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:31:49.55 +19:42:51.1 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:36.81 +03:22:46.4 Titan (8.5mag) 00:56:46.22 +03:22:23.5 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:56:11.93 +03:19:46.5 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:56:43.10 +03:21:40.1 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:56:27.99 +03:17:49.4 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 22 06:51 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461243.79678014: 18:07:42.55 -29:53:48.5 JWST 18:52:43.12 +15:02:39.6 Chandra 01:45:11.20 +63:51:01.7 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 22 06:51 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461243.79678014 -observatory V36 02:52:44.78 +15:46:27.4 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:09:32.65 -34:35:59.6 13.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:37:32.85 -68:22:40.7 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:04:49.50 +32:39:30.1 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 02:45:23.66 +25:58:00.6 16.0mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:51:43.57 +32:08:52.9 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:25:46.36 +26:47:53.2 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:06:05.42 +29:14:25.3 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:17:32.90 +05:11:06.1 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:10:59.92 -11:42:01.7 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:33:53.23 +67:19:53.9 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:09:33.63 -11:18:09.9 14.1mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:21:57.43 +66:23:17.4 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:48:04.85 +30:34:59.3 14.9mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:11:17.44 +15:33:22.6 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:25:35.00 +41:25:14.3 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:34:00.20 +47:38:34.3 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:00:40.98 -13:19:57.7 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:44:09.40 +27:04:06.7 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:22:08.27 -14:03:24.0 17.1mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:10:29.38 +21:52:36.3 17.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:49:14.86 +03:22:02.1 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:22:12.19 +79:00:33.7 17.1mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:57:32.05 +45:42:47.9 16.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:33:37.91 +06:27:44.7 17.1mag A/2026 E1 21:36:57.33 -19:49:37.9 7.0mag 10P/Tempel 11:19:23.74 -02:26:38.6 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:17:03.26 +30:48:42.0 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:32:55.70 +10:10:10.6 17.1mag 63P/Wild 00:52:32.19 -05:03:55.8 15.5mag 65P/Gunn 04:56:06.20 +20:38:35.9 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:40:27.37 +12:06:55.1 16.4mag 88P/Howell 07:10:17.80 +29:37:36.2 15.9mag 93P/Lovas 05:00:13.21 +31:18:57.4 16.6mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:37:49.59 +29:14:14.8 15.1mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:10:40.37 -03:37:58.2 16.9mag 124P/Mrkos 05:10:43.81 +21:04:56.1 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 05:58:29.76 +19:31:31.0 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 07:55:06.85 +14:19:21.2 17.0mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:21:21.54 -20:29:23.4 14.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 06:16:10.19 +36:08:11.9 15.5mag 162P/SidingSpring 18:20:37.44 +23:53:14.2 13.7mag 169P/NEAT 02:08:36.99 +08:44:18.5 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:35:55.13 -08:57:55.1 17.3mag 235P/LINEAR 20:35:08.52 -51:46:08.0 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 02:33:05.86 +17:39:16.0 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 06:13:42.01 +37:34:28.3 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:06:51.53 +04:55:43.4 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski 08:45:24.95 +19:10:11.5 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 08:10:19.88 +38:12:31.0 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.4K Jul 22 06:51 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 22 06:51 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 22 06:51 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 00:41:12.486 -42:30:41.52 AT 2026thu 2026-07-09.41 22.9637 19:21:59.421 -18:09:06.44 AT 2026tht 2026-07-09.25 23.5536 20:57:08.811 -19:44:38.02 AT 2026ths 2026-07-09.29 22.9916 20:36:05.451 -21:01:28.99 AT 2026thr 2026-07-09.30 22.9768 21:28:30.735 -13:12:02.42 AT 2026thq 2026-07-09.34 21.1053 23:15:36.302 -15:56:19.67 AT 2026thp 2026-07-09.35 22.954 20:46:17.542 -21:59:48.89 AT 2026tho 2026-07-09.29 22.7792 23:22:21.518 -04:57:52.50 AT 2026thn 2026-07-09.39 21.1667 04:01:26.281 -49:05:15.41 AT 2026thm 2026-07-09.42 23.5333 20:19:59.808 -11:52:00.26 AT 2026thl 2026-07-09.24 23.004 04:04:25.960 -49:17:10.25 AT 2026thk 2026-07-09.42 22.8309 20:18:30.116 -08:54:58.45 AT 2026thj 2026-07-09.27 23.008 19:31:06.780 -27:40:37.28 AT 2026thi 2026-07-09.31 22.3354 19:19:08.964 -20:49:20.86 AT 2026thh 2026-07-09.23 23.3724 23:09:35.488 -04:27:52.45 AT 2026thg 2026-07-09.35 22.3109 20:21:14.950 -12:37:31.63 AT 2026thf 2026-07-09.24 23.1886 20:14:38.286 -17:14:45.01 AT 2026the 2026-07-09.24 23.6002 19:29:06.461 -17:52:40.05 AT 2026thd 2026-07-09.23 22.8657 21:09:45.428 -13:55:34.32 AT 2026thc 2026-07-09.29 23.257 20:06:50.792 -15:37:22.53 AT 2026thb 2026-07-09.24 21.5403 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Jul 22 06:51 tns_transients_list.txt

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