Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 26.3248  2461247.8248  10.95  21:42:29.89 -21:36:22.5
 29.58969 -46.86471 galactic  Cap  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 8.3 pix   This object is listed in comets.txt    6.6"  6.9mag 10P/Tempel
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
6.6" 6.9mag  10P/Tempel
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits  wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits -crosshair 572.91339 652.86609 image    wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits -crosshair 579.62170 647.94458 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16

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

     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32475 21 42 29.89 -21 36 22.5          10.9 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32445 21 42 29.88 -21 36 22.1          10.9 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32505 21 42 29.91 -21 36 22.9          10.9 R      V36

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

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

TCP 2026 07 26.3248*  21 42 29.89 -21 36 22.5  10.9 U             Cap       9 0

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

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.8248,10.95,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260726.3248 10.95CV NMW


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

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

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 26.3248  2461247.8248  11.06  21:42:29.86 -21:36:22.0
 29.58984 -46.86456 galactic  Cap  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 8.1 pix   This object is listed in comets.txt    7.2"  6.9mag 10P/Tempel
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
7.2" 6.9mag  10P/Tempel
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits  wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits -crosshair 572.91138 652.85352 image    wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits -crosshair 579.48383 648.17029 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16

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

     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32475 21 42 29.86 -21 36 22.0          11.1 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32445 21 42 29.86 -21 36 22.6          11.1 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32505 21 42 29.86 -21 36 21.4          11.1 R      V36

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

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

TCP 2026 07 26.3248*  21 42 29.86 -21 36 22.0  11.1 U             Cap       9 0

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

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.8248,11.06,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260726.3248 11.06CV NMW


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

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

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 26.3248  2461247.8248  10.94  22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2
 34.64453 -54.69540 galactic  Aqr  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 8.4 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 1"  X Aqr                         
Type: M
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
     7.200   V            15.000   V         2452951.00000        311.400000000000   S6,3e:(M4e-M6.5e)            
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2:  12.09 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2:  12.26 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.11 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits


Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs   wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits -crosshair 5530.59180 1437.41785 image    wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits -crosshair 5532.47412 1431.79565 image    wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits -crosshair 5638.48389 1494.44128 image    wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits -crosshair 5645.10840 1489.22900 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16

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

     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32475 22 18 39.24 -20 54 03.2          10.9 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32445 22 18 39.24 -20 54 03.0          10.9 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 07 26.32505 22 18 39.24 -20 54 03.4          10.9 R      V36

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

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

TCP 2026 07 26.3248*  22 18 39.24 -20 54 03.2  10.9 U             Aqr       9 0

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

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
X Aqr,2461247.8248,10.94,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
X Aqr 20260726.3248 10.94CV NMW


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

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

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 reference image: Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 reference image: Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461212.88358507 21.06.2026 09:12:11.750   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
First image: 2461212.88358507 21.06.2026 09:12:11.750   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Last  image: 2461247.82505096 26.07.2026 07:47:54.403   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 4
FILTER key from ref. img. header: unknown
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.54
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 6 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  3907
Objects passed selection criteria:  3901
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.5    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.6    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 4380.25
Average stars matched: 4343.25 (99.1553 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   232104 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Jul 26 03:08:32 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-174-g9b7cb13a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-26)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Sun Jul 26 09:36:12 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461212.88358507 21.06.2026 09:12:11.750   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
First image: 2461212.88358507 21.06.2026 09:12:11.750   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Last  image: 2461247.82505096 26.07.2026 07:47:54.403   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 11
FILTER key from ref. img. header: unknown
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.30
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 18 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  25369
Objects passed selection criteria:  25294
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.1    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.1    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 23332.8
Average stars matched: 23120.8 (99.0914 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   254212 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Jul 26 03:08:32 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-174-g9b7cb13a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-26)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Sun Jul 26 09:42:13 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Aqr-06-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Aqr-06-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 261273 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 261273 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits_preview.png'

Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits


renamed 'Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits_preview.png'

Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 12.5577
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 420.7784
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3522.0598
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 814.9105
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3505.8988
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 809.9224
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 280.47
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.006
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 26.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
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Record 7: "EXTEND  =                    T / Extensions are permitted" status=0
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Record 24: "SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0
Record 25: "CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0'             / Sensor readout mode" status=0
Record 27: "USBLIMIT=                   50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0
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Record 32: "DEC     =    -17.9999516077473 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits :)

Spent 0.756739 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 33257.220075
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21556.5, right_median=24803.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 26.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT'              / Type of exposure" status=0
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Record 32: "DEC     =    -17.9999516250717 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0
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Record 38: "SITELAT =     33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0
Record 39: "SITELONG=    -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0
Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky'         / Observer name" status=0
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Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '22 13 20'           / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0
Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-18 00 00'          / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0
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Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser'        / Focusing equipment name" status=0
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Record 51: "FOCUSPOS=                29492 / [step] Focuser position" status=0
Record 52: "FOCUSSZ =                  0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0
Record 53: "FOCTEMP =     28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
Record 54: "FOCUSTEM=     28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
Record 55: "DEWPOINT=                 17.0 / [degC] Dew point" status=0
Record 56: "HUMIDITY=                 57.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0
Record 57: "PRESSURE=               902.81 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0
Record 58: "AMBTEMP =                 26.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0
Record 59: "WINDDIR =                 40.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0
Record 60: "WINDGUST=            14.801184 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0
Record 61: "WINDSPD =            10.400832 / [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
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits :)

Spent 0.775551 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 33257.220075
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21556.5, right_median=24803.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits



fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.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: 2461247.82445022
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits'
wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits'
wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits'
wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.3'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:20.107 -18:00:17.42 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Image size: 940.7'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:21.194 -18:00:13.57 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:20.107 -18:00:17.42
Second-epoch image center 22:13:21.194 -18:00:13.57
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Image size: 940.7'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:18.517 -17:59:41.09 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:20.107 -18:00:17.42
Second-epoch image center 22:13:18.517 -17:59:41.09
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0119 deg.
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  22:13:21.194 -18:00:13.57
Second-epoch second image center 22:13:18.517 -17:59:41.09
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01393 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fXRk1Tm4YE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QTYTNowlBG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IO8fyZGp8Z
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9DkKVTA54Z
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7453 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8951 to 341.7668 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 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 324.8951 to 341.7668 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 deg
Loaded 5173 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): 4251 out of 4362 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4362 out of 7453 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.533600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.533600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.54
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.99

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.99

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7453 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8951 to 341.7668 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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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 324.8951 to 341.7668 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 deg
Loaded 5173 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): 4251 out of 4362 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4362 out of 7453 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits (aperture=6.5)
Read 3722 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9531 to 341.7670 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.6146 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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
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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 324.9531 to 341.7670 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.6146 deg
Loaded 5150 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): 3022 out of 3065 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3065 out of 3722 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.4 pix  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
 2.2 pix  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
 4.2 pix  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
 4.2 pix  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
 2.4 pix  wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
 2.2 pix  wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.0 mag.  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
 14.2 mag.  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
 13.7 mag.  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
 13.7 mag.  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.7 (SNR )  11.1 (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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits 856.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits'
This WCS solution (swarp) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=369, bad_region=0, passed=7453
Got 7453 stars (including 7081 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7453 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7392 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 

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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 896 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 896 stars left (next iteration limit 985)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits (swarp) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits N_match=896 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.438 n_q1=238 n_q2=223 n_q3=227 n_q4=208 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.416
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=233, bad_region=0, passed=3722
Got 3722 stars (including 3488 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3722 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 896 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3694 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 

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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3695 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3695 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Excluding outliers - 895 stars left (next iteration limit 984)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits N_match=895 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.460 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.536 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.489 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.435 n_q1=230 n_q2=219 n_q3=234 n_q4=212 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.165
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.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.IO8fyZGp8Z (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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=165, bad_region=0, passed=3229
Got 3229 stars (including 3064 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3229 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 877 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3188 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 885 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3187 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 885 stars left (next iteration limit 974)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=885 robust_rms=9.847 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=885 robust_rms=0.352 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=885 robust_rms_before=0.870 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.362 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.352 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.362 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits N_match=885 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.320 n_q1=222 n_q2=205 n_q3=256 n_q4=202 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.364
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.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.9DkKVTA54Z (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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=158, bad_region=0, passed=3218
Got 3218 stars (including 3057 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3218 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 878 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3174 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 885 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3172 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3171 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Excluding outliers - 885 stars left (next iteration limit 974)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=885 robust_rms=9.899 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=885 robust_rms=0.362 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=885 robust_rms_before=0.884 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.356 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.362 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.356 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits N_match=885 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.489 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.320 n_q1=222 n_q2=204 n_q3=257 n_q4=202 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.329
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits sigma_overall=0.333 worst_q_ratio=1.416
ref2=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits sigma_overall=0.460 worst_q_ratio=1.165
new1=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits sigma_overall=0.352 worst_q_ratio=1.364
new2=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits sigma_overall=0.368 worst_q_ratio=1.329
reference average sigma_overall=0.3965 worst_q_ratio=1.2905
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2_astrometric_residuals.png (896 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1_astrometric_residuals.png (895 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248_astrometric_residuals.png (885 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249_astrometric_residuals.png (885 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.1:  99.00 +/- 99.00  edge
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.5:  11.93 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.1:  99.00 +/- 99.00  edge
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.1: at least one reference image reported edge (off-image or aperture/annulus past image boundary); cannot perform the forced-photometry cross-check
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.5:  12.06 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.95 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.5: ref_mag=11.95 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9337 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out01676.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 3s
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: 1s
  
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Considering the candidate 20032_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 20032_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 26.32445    2461247.82445    9.83    22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.2   7510 0193   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    9.80    22:31:32.89 -23:09:54.9   7517 0187   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 20088_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
Preparing report for the candidate 20088_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
  
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Considering the candidate 01676_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 01676_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    10.94    22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.6   5645 1489   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

**** FOUND  22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.5 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=10.94, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=11.92)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.404 6820838735304183424 334.66388355165 -20.90112644673 10.8429         NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.404#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
  
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Considering the candidate 06240_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 06240_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    9.89    22:19:54.39 -14:24:07.3   5623 5412   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

**** FOUND  22:19:54.39 -14:24:07.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 4s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.3'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:20.107 -18:00:17.42 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Image size: 940.7'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:21.194 -18:00:13.57 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:20.107 -18:00:17.42
Second-epoch image center 22:13:21.194 -18:00:13.57
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Image size: 940.7'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:18.517 -17:59:41.09 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:20.107 -18:00:17.42
Second-epoch image center 22:13:18.517 -17:59:41.09
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0119 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  22:13:21.194 -18:00:13.57
Second-epoch second image center 22:13:18.517 -17:59:41.09
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01393 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.G3XUcFiRP4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9Zx0qMheiw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits &> /tmp/tmp.afxPnvaTL6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits &> /tmp/tmp.85vO132wjR
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 38356 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8819 to 341.8369 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 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 324.8819 to 341.8369 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 deg
Loaded 5187 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): 4127 out of 4461 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4461 out of 38356 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.429100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.429100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.30
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.13

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.13

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 38356 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8819 to 341.8369 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 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 324.8819 to 341.8369 deg, Dec -23.2681 to -12.6146 deg
Loaded 5187 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): 4127 out of 4461 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4461 out of 38356 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits (aperture=5.3)
Read 25204 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8823 to 341.8110 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.5948 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 324.8823 to 341.8110 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.5948 deg
Loaded 5183 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): 4268 out of 4460 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4460 out of 25204 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 10 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.4 pix  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
 2.1 pix  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
 3.7 pix  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
 3.7 pix  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
 2.4 pix  wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
 2.1 pix  wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.1 mag.  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
 14.4 mag.  Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.8 (SNR )  13.1 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.G3XUcFiRP4 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits 856.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits'
This WCS solution (swarp) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=22, blended=1606, bad_region=0, passed=38334
Got 38334 stars (including 36681 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 38334 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 899 stars left (next iteration limit 988)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits N_match=899 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.460 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.430 n_q1=243 n_q2=219 n_q3=223 n_q4=214 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.267
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.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.9Zx0qMheiw (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=739, bad_region=0, passed=25190
Got 25190 stars (including 24414 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25190 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 881 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24994 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 

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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24994 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24994 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Excluding outliers - 888 stars left (next iteration limit 976)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits N_match=888 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.510 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.462 n_q1=234 n_q2=226 n_q3=218 n_q4=210 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.096
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.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.afxPnvaTL6 (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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=526, bad_region=1, passed=15252
Got 15252 stars (including 14713 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15252 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15113 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15110 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15110 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Excluding outliers - 882 stars left (next iteration limit 970)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits N_match=882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.332 n_q1=214 n_q2=198 n_q3=259 n_q4=211 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.313
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.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.85vO132wjR (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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=536, bad_region=1, passed=15306
Got 15306 stars (including 14755 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15306 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15164 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15167 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15167 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Excluding outliers - 883 stars left (next iteration limit 971)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits N_match=883 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.484 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.319 n_q1=214 n_q2=196 n_q3=261 n_q4=212 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.349
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.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_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:06:17.65 -14:54:19.3:  12.89 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:42:25.10 -16:06:04.5:  12.42 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:07:32.67 -14:30:37.6:  11.76 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.1:  99.00 +/- 99.00  edge
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:12:46.85 -13:54:44.9:  12.93 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_stack2.fits at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2:  12.09 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:06:17.65 -14:54:19.3:  12.84 +/- 0.06  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.88 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:06:17.65 -14:54:19.3: ref_mag=12.88 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0428 delta=-0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:42:25.10 -16:06:04.5:  12.49 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.43 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.1:  99.00 +/- 99.00  edge
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.1: at least one reference image reported edge (off-image or aperture/annulus past image boundary); cannot perform the forced-photometry cross-check
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:42:25.10 -16:06:04.5: ref_mag=12.43 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.8122 delta=-0.38 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2:  12.26 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:07:32.67 -14:30:37.6:  11.75 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_stack1.fits at 22:12:46.85 -13:54:44.9:  12.89 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.11 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.76 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2: ref_mag=12.11 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9356 delta=1.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.92 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:07:32.67 -14:30:37.6: ref_mag=11.76 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9939 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:12:46.85 -13:54:44.9: ref_mag=12.92 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9126 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out06804.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s
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: 4s
  
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Considering the candidate 50209_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 50209_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 26.32445    2461247.82445    12.81    22:42:25.10 -16:06:05.4   8951 4520   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    12.82    22:42:25.10 -16:06:03.7   8958 4515   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 50215_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 50215_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 26.32445    2461247.82445    11.98    22:07:32.65 -14:30:37.7   3817 5244   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    12.01    22:07:32.70 -14:30:37.5   3824 5239   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 50243_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 50243_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 26.32445    2461247.82445    9.72    22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.2   7510 0193   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    9.69    22:31:32.90 -23:09:55.0   7517 0187   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 50318_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
Preparing report for the candidate 50318_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
  
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Considering the candidate 50467_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 50467_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    12.18    22:24:13.34 -19:47:43.6   6399 2193   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

**** FOUND  22:24:13.38 -19:47:43.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 50591_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 50591_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 26.32445    2461247.82445    12.91    22:12:46.78 -13:54:44.8   4558 5654   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    12.91    22:12:46.92 -13:54:44.9   4565 5649   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 50630_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 50630_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 26.32445    2461247.82445    13.05    22:06:17.47 -14:54:18.9   3650 4994   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0248.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    13.04    22:06:17.82 -14:54:19.8   3658 4988   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 06804_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
Preparing report for the candidate 06804_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
  
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Considering the candidate 32064_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 32064_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    10.02    22:19:54.38 -14:24:07.4   5623 5412   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

**** FOUND  22:19:54.39 -14:24:07.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 06131_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249
The candidate 06131_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 07 26.32505    2461247.82505    11.84    22:12:50.86 -21:09:51.7   4838 1285   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_062312_TTUQ1b1x1_1871819_e0E4AR16/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_02-47-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0249.fits

**** FOUND  22:12:50.86 -21:09:51.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 11s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2
########### Completed Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
21:42:29.89 -21:36:22.5
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21:42:29.89 -21:36:22.5  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
21:42:29.86 -21:36:22.0  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2  -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2  -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
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)
22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2  -- a known variable star
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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1 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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Adding identified Gaia sources from exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO   ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Adding the following to the exclusion list ####
22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.2
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The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461247.82445022 -observatory V36
07:08:32.44 +18:55:09.8 Mercury (1.4mag)
11:15:31.35 +05:15:14.7 Venus (-4.2mag)
05:11:27.69 +22:59:00.3 Mars (1.3mag)
08:31:14.47 +19:23:18.0 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:48.76 +03:21:40.4 Saturn (0.7mag)
04:09:59.89 +20:52:25.7 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:16:42.22 +00:17:42.8 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:29:23.56 -23:24:57.3 Pluto (14.4mag)
17:42:20.02 -28:41:46.6 Moon (-11.8mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 26 09:36 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461247.82445022:
08:31:21.50 +19:22:50.8 Io (6.0mag)
08:31:14.85 +19:23:16.5 Europa (6.3mag)
08:31:22.38 +19:22:43.3 Ganymede (5.5mag)
08:31:44.02 +19:21:20.1 Callisto (6.7mag)
08:29:07.58 +19:15:10.7 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:31:14.56 +19:23:18.7 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:28:31.50 +19:16:15.9 Elara (17.7mag)
08:35:11.04 +19:09:05.4 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:35:15.16 +19:30:58.8 Carme (19.0mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 365 Jul 26 09:39 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461247.82445022:
18:18:25.75 -28:33:10.2 JWST
16:29:34.48 +46:55:49.4 Chandra
04:08:18.63 +55:48:14.5 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461247.82445022 -observatory V36
02:58:00.80 +16:11:18.4 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:07:12.16 -34:38:06.4 13.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:41:29.23 -68:28:59.3 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:06:05.91 +32:44:02.9 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
03:01:01.83 +29:44:04.4 16.2mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:48:47.76 +32:02:17.0 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:30:07.86 +26:44:38.7 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:09:43.89 +29:03:22.4 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:20:13.50 +05:13:36.8 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:11:06.34 -11:49:31.4 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:28:22.59 +67:07:09.0 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
16:03:30.27 -11:42:06.4 14.1mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:29:26.90 +66:38:13.7 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
07:53:01.22 +30:46:02.1 15.0mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:09:57.83 +15:35:36.7 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:20:08.22 +41:56:42.1 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:28:50.19 +48:06:16.0 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:04:15.94 -13:12:57.4 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:47:12.33 +26:23:09.7 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:24:27.74 -14:30:24.3 17.2mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:15:36.90 +21:39:49.7 17.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:51:07.39 +03:08:44.7 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:14:53.26 +78:49:06.3 17.1mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:00:33.88 +45:50:54.8 16.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:36:36.46 +07:00:58.2 17.1mag A/2026 E1
21:42:30.29 -21:36:26.0 6.9mag 10P/Tempel
11:21:33.66 -02:39:16.7 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:22:32.43 +31:12:55.4 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
10:41:14.82 +08:51:34.9 17.1mag 63P/Wild
00:53:24.11 -05:06:46.3 15.5mag 65P/Gunn
05:05:38.94 +20:43:12.0 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
02:45:53.49 +12:32:54.9 16.5mag 88P/Howell
07:21:33.39 +29:13:25.5 15.9mag 93P/Lovas
03:31:18.48 +11:56:20.1 18.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
05:13:36.11 +31:13:02.7 16.5mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
08:47:35.10 +28:40:26.8 15.1mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:18:24.70 -05:14:02.1 17.0mag 124P/Mrkos
05:17:00.60 +21:08:07.0 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
06:05:48.81 +19:24:48.1 17.8mag 131P/Mueller
08:07:54.19 +13:22:13.6 17.5mag 141P-D/Machholz
03:21:21.00 -19:51:28.0 16.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
06:30:38.75 +36:40:47.3 15.6mag 162P/SidingSpring
17:55:43.93 +27:46:11.6 13.3mag 169P/NEAT
02:17:21.36 +09:00:49.7 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:36:41.06 -09:12:29.2 17.4mag 235P/LINEAR
20:32:04.50 -52:15:28.4 17.8mag 259P/Garradd
02:44:39.58 +19:29:45.7 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
06:26:03.28 +37:42:11.3 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:07:22.76 +04:31:09.3 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski
08:49:05.53 +18:59:17.6 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
08:16:28.17 +37:51:42.1 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
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
02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70  AT2026ovz  2026-06-14.6 15.52
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
16:34:34.94 -54:34:58.20  ASASSN-26da  2026-04-25.14 15.99
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
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
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
21:17:31.48 +22:25:51.0  TCP J21173148+2225510  2026-07-23.5577  14.8mag
00:41:24.04 +40:49:02.8  PNV J00412404+4049028  2026-07-25.0157  18.7mag
00:43:04.26 +41:02:28.6  PNV J00430426+4102286  2026-07-26.1512  20mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
23:00:56.681 -02:58:01.46  AT 2026uav  2026-06-27.40 22.3003
21:41:28.556 -10:15:02.03  AT 2026uau  2026-06-27.33 22.5499
23:36:00.567 +03:08:40.99  AT 2026uat  2026-06-27.40 22.3861
22:51:17.819 -02:44:30.07  AT 2026uas  2026-06-27.43 23.6131
22:43:31.162 -13:04:19.53  AT 2026uar  2026-06-27.41 23.404
22:56:11.772 -15:33:00.49  AT 2026uaq  2026-06-27.41 22.9473
00:34:21.041 -43:24:58.27  AT 2026uap  2026-06-26.42 23.5619
18:13:13.910 +08:19:45.95  AT 2026uao  2026-07-12.25 19.6718
15:59:20.050 +31:57:53.76  AT 2026uan  2026-07-03.75 20.59
16:18:19.991 +31:46:16.25  AT 2026uam  2026-07-03.75 21.58
15:46:15.870 +52:34:46.97  AT 2026ual  2026-07-03.73 21.47
15:47:43.770 +56:00:26.98  AT 2026uak  2026-07-03.72 21.4
16:16:42.449 +22:13:18.43  AT 2026uaj  2026-07-03.68 20.61
23:55:42.693 +34:28:37.99  AT 2026uai  2026-07-02.77 20.43
14:33:38.730 +31:20:49.35  AT 2026uah  2026-06-30.67 21.31
16:20:08.450 +15:55:00.65  AT 2026uag  2026-06-24.78 21.81
23:49:07.700 +34:00:30.50  AT 2026uaf  2026-06-11.84 20.33
13:48:41.440 +00:58:56.34  AT 2026uae  2026-07-09.63 22.3
13:45:12.450 -01:04:07.83  AT 2026uad  2026-07-09.63 22.39
13:52:49.020 +01:35:09.64  AT 2026uac  2026-07-08.63 21.91
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Sun Jul 26 09:35:45 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 4 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 8s (0.13 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 9s (0.15 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 34s (0.57 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 283s (4.72 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 6s (0.10 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 4s (0.07 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 344s (5.73 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 13 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 2 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 2 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 25s (0.42 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 149s (2.48 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 1s (0.02 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 11s (0.18 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 187s (3.12 min)
FIELD_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1: 548s (9.13 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 550s (9.17 min)
Finished: Sun Jul 26 09:44:55 CDT 2026