NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc

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

Processing fields Cap-05-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    9.05    20:39:36.99 -27:13:58.4   1065 2341   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    9.07    20:39:36.96 -27:13:58.0   1062 2345   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 27.2795  2461248.7795   9.06  20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2
 17.21063 -34.64355 galactic  Cap  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 5.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
324 Bamberga                 1      1       2   9.4    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2:  15.00 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2:  14.93 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Cap-05-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.59    20:52:00.34 -25:18:01.1   2710 3585   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.56    20:52:00.04 -25:18:00.6   2706 3589   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 07 27.2795  2461248.7795  12.57  20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8
 20.43095 -36.79100 galactic  Cap  Second-epoch detections are separated by 4.1" and 5.7 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
388 Charybdis               -0      1       1  12.6     0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8:  15.34 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8:  15.34 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Cap-05-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 2

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits
Field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits
Field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits
Field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
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: 
Cap-05-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Cap-05-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Cap-05-Q2b1x1
WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 77855 MB free at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 77855 MB free at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.png' -> 'transient_report/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits_preview.png'
Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits

renamed 'Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.png' -> 'transient_report/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits_preview.png'
Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits


Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 14.1332 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 426.3819 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 6391.4285 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1281.2922 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 6383.3033 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1280.8727 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 452.228 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000 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 ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 27.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 27.3 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-07-27T01:41:53.9772040' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-27T06:41:53.9772040' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61248.2790969559 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-07-27T06:42:03.8797191' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61248.2792115626 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 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 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 316.796998530454 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -25.9997575528576 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 28.9727777777778 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 165.977777777778 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.05798358026057 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cap-05' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '21 07 12' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-26 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20483 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20483 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 27.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 27.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 14.3 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 45.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 900.81 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 27.3 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 31.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 18.401472 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 15.50124 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/d_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits :) Spent 0.801478 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/d_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 27.2000007629395 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 27.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-07-27T01:42:41.5586413' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-07-27T06:42:41.5586413' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61248.2796476618 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/d_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits :) Spent 0.868557 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/d_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits


fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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: 2461248.77921270 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits' wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits' wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits' wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:06:59.939 -25:59:26.19 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.88"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:07:12.138 -25:59:55.57 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:06:59.939 -25:59:26.19 Second-epoch image center 21:07:12.138 -25:59:55.57 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0464 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:07:13.580 -26:00:20.89 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:06:59.939 -25:59:26.19 Second-epoch image center 21:07:13.580 -26:00:20.89 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0533 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 21:07:12.138 -25:59:55.57 Second-epoch second image center 21:07:13.580 -26:00:20.89 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00887 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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.2JCd2aOCdO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3sU6LFbawK Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Ei6qUpzWo6 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qblfbXM5y8 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits and wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) 'tns_transients_list.txt' -> '../tns_transients_list.txt' 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_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits and wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits and wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 6904 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 307.7482 to 325.8193 deg, Dec -31.2624 to -20.5567 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 307.7482 to 325.8193 deg, Dec -31.2624 to -20.5567 deg Loaded 7087 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): 5112 out of 5206 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5206 out of 6904 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.379450 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.379450 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.83 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.55 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.55
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 6904 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 307.7482 to 325.8193 deg, Dec -31.2624 to -20.5567 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 307.7482 to 325.8193 deg, Dec -31.2624 to -20.5567 deg Loaded 7087 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): 5112 out of 5206 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5206 out of 6904 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits (aperture=6.5) Read 6899 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 307.7572 to 325.8375 deg, Dec -31.2443 to -20.5156 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 307.7572 to 325.8375 deg, Dec -31.2443 to -20.5156 deg Loaded 7115 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): 5095 out of 5197 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5197 out of 6899 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits (aperture=6.5) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.4 pix Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 2.4 pix Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 2.4 pix wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 2.4 pix wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.6 mag. Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 14.6 mag. Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits 13.5 mag. fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 13.5 mag. fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.5 (SNR ) 10.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.2JCd2aOCdO (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 856.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=388, bad_region=1342, passed=6904 Got 6904 stars (including 5243 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6904 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 976 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5705 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5705 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5705 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits (swarp) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.290 n_q1=329 n_q2=161 n_q3=324 n_q4=164 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.462 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits -region wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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.3sU6LFbawK (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits 856.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=392, bad_region=1334, passed=6899 Got 6899 stars (including 5241 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6899 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 977 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5698 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5698 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5698 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits (swarp) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.315 n_q1=328 n_q2=161 n_q3=322 n_q4=168 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.235 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits -region wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_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.Ei6qUpzWo6 (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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=330, bad_region=529, passed=2744 Got 2744 stars (including 1952 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2744 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 968 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2259 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 968 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2259 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2259 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 968 stars left (next iteration limit 1064) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=968 robust_rms=6.166 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=968 robust_rms=0.683 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3 SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=968 robust_rms_before=0.974 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.450 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.683 arcsec SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.450 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits N_match=968 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.556 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.474 n_q1=322 n_q2=168 n_q3=315 n_q4=163 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.223 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.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.qblfbXM5y8 (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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=330, bad_region=526, passed=2752 Got 2752 stars (including 1967 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2752 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2265 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2265 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2265 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1065) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=969 robust_rms=5.582 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=969 robust_rms=0.659 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3 SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=969 robust_rms_before=0.978 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.432 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.659 arcsec SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.432 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.536 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.459 n_q1=327 n_q2=165 n_q3=315 n_q4=162 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.218 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits sigma_overall=0.311 worst_q_ratio=1.462 ref2=Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits sigma_overall=0.333 worst_q_ratio=1.235 new1=fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits sigma_overall=0.454 worst_q_ratio=1.223 new2=fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits sigma_overall=0.440 worst_q_ratio=1.218 reference average sigma_overall=0.322 worst_q_ratio=1.3485 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2_astrometric_residuals.png (979 matched stars from wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110_astrometric_residuals.png (968 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111_astrometric_residuals.png (969 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.40 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2: 15.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2: 14.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20278.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 14s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20278_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 Preparing report for the candidate 20278_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02283_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 02283_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    10.54    20:54:26.47 -27:44:15.4   3078 2124   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits **** FOUND 20:54:26.47 -27:44:15.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 16s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2 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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:06:59.939 -25:59:26.19 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.88"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:07:12.138 -25:59:55.57 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:06:59.939 -25:59:26.19 Second-epoch image center 21:07:12.138 -25:59:55.57 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0464 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:07:13.580 -26:00:20.89 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:06:59.939 -25:59:26.19 Second-epoch image center 21:07:13.580 -26:00:20.89 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0533 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 21:07:12.138 -25:59:55.57 Second-epoch second image center 21:07:13.580 -26:00:20.89 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00887 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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Ixhhu51rAa Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.OtrKv8kCKn Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bfiauR8tmB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uav6lrH01L Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits and wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits and wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits and wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 42399 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 307.7104 to 325.8373 deg, Dec -31.2630 to -20.5198 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 307.7104 to 325.8373 deg, Dec -31.2630 to -20.5198 deg Loaded 7144 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): 5536 out of 6007 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6007 out of 42399 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.226050 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.226050 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.51 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.72 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.72
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 42399 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 307.7104 to 325.8373 deg, Dec -31.2630 to -20.5198 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 307.7104 to 325.8373 deg, Dec -31.2630 to -20.5198 deg Loaded 7144 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): 5536 out of 6007 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6007 out of 42399 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits (aperture=5.0) Read 42729 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 307.7106 to 325.8936 deg, Dec -31.2488 to -20.4986 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 307.7106 to 325.8936 deg, Dec -31.2488 to -20.4986 deg Loaded 7165 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): 5543 out of 6019 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6019 out of 42729 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits (aperture=5.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.4 pix Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 2.4 pix Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 2.4 pix wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 2.4 pix wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.7 mag. Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 14.7 mag. Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (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.Ixhhu51rAa (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits 856.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=1865, bad_region=6416, passed=42385 Got 42385 stars (including 34295 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42385 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 978 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36731 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36731 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36731 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.443 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.319 n_q1=329 n_q2=174 n_q3=306 n_q4=170 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.446 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits -region wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_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.OtrKv8kCKn (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits 856.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_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/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=9, blended=1883, bad_region=6487, passed=42720 Got 42720 stars (including 34542 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42720 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 978 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36973 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36973 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36973 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.310 n_q1=330 n_q2=170 n_q3=307 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.294 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits -region wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_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.bfiauR8tmB (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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=734, bad_region=4070, passed=21354 Got 21354 stars (including 16685 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21354 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17715 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17715 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17715 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1065) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.539 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.489 n_q1=332 n_q2=190 n_q3=283 n_q4=164 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.242 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.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.uav6lrH01L (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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=726, bad_region=4063, passed=21291 Got 21291 stars (including 16629 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21291 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17679 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17679 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17679 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1065) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.540 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.461 n_q1=338 n_q2=187 n_q3=282 n_q4=162 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.287 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.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_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/wcs_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 21:06:56.92 -24:59:34.7: 10.80 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:45:54.20 -23:06:14.7: 12.41 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:44:11.29 -28:52:20.3: 11.33 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:40:11.36 -23:03:02.1: 12.21 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:44:44.89 -24:57:14.7: 12.20 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:52:10.90 -28:44:08.7: 12.77 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 21:07:48.71 -29:33:05.0: 12.25 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 21:26:19.97 -25:38:57.7: 12.28 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 21:11:54.22 -29:32:25.2: 11.93 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:45:54.20 -23:06:14.7: 12.29 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.35 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:45:54.20 -23:06:14.7: ref_mag=12.35 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.5295 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:40:11.36 -23:03:02.1: 12.27 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:44:11.29 -28:52:20.3: 11.32 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.24 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:40:11.36 -23:03:02.1: ref_mag=12.24 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.4625 delta=-0.22 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.32 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:44:11.29 -28:52:20.3: ref_mag=11.32 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.6245 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:44:44.89 -24:57:14.7: 12.15 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 21:26:19.97 -25:38:57.7: 12.34 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.17 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 21:07:48.71 -29:33:05.0: 12.29 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:44:44.89 -24:57:14.7: ref_mag=12.17 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5299 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.31 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.27 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:07:48.71 -29:33:05.0: ref_mag=12.27 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6366 delta=-0.37 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:26:19.97 -25:38:57.7: ref_mag=12.31 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.5450 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 21:06:56.92 -24:59:34.7: 10.77 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 21:11:54.22 -29:32:25.2: 11.94 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.79 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:06:56.92 -24:59:34.7: ref_mag=10.79 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.7809 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.94 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:11:54.22 -29:32:25.2: ref_mag=11.94 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0708 delta=-0.14 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:52:10.90 -28:44:08.7: 12.72 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.74 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:52:10.90 -28:44:08.7: ref_mag=12.74 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.0548 delta=-0.31 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-46-44_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0313_stack2.fits at 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8: 15.34 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_02-47-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0314_stack2.fits at 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8: 15.34 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53311.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s 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 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53255_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53255_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.99    20:52:10.94 -28:44:09.8   2796 1506   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    13.15    20:52:10.85 -28:44:07.6   2793 1510   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53257_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53257_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.68    20:44:44.79 -24:57:14.7   1703 3759   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.43    20:44:45.00 -24:57:14.8   1700 3763   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53258_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53258_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.59    20:45:54.32 -23:06:15.5   1815 4889   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.49    20:45:54.07 -23:06:13.9   1811 4893   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53260_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53260_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.60    21:26:19.99 -25:38:57.4   7399 3363   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.50    21:26:19.96 -25:38:58.0   7396 3367   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53261_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53261_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.64    21:07:48.70 -29:33:05.2   4872 1047   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.63    21:07:48.71 -29:33:04.6   4869 1051   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53262_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53262_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.46    20:40:11.41 -23:03:01.4   1009 4889   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.46    20:40:11.30 -23:03:02.7   1005 4892   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53265_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53265_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    12.14    21:11:54.23 -29:32:25.5   5411 1051   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    12.02    21:11:54.21 -29:32:24.8   5408 1055   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53267_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53267_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    11.58    20:44:11.26 -28:52:20.1   1731 1378   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    11.67    20:44:11.31 -28:52:20.4   1728 1382   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53270_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53270_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    9.08    20:39:36.95 -27:13:58.0   1062 2345   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits **** FOUND 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53275_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 53275_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 07 27.27921    2461248.77921    10.78    21:06:56.94 -24:59:34.6   4754 3802   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-41-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0110.fits Discovery image 2   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    10.78    21:06:56.91 -24:59:34.8   4750 3807   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53311_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 Preparing report for the candidate 53311_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 11851_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 The candidate 11851_fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 07 27.27976    2461248.77976    10.66    20:54:26.51 -27:44:15.3   3079 2124   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_014922_TTUQ2b1x1_2369977_T97YkFXc/fd_Cap-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_01-42-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits **** FOUND 20:54:26.50 -27:44:15.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 10s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cap-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8 ########### Completed Cap-05-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8 ################################################################################### 20:39:36.97 -27:13:58.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 20:52:00.19 -25:18:00.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461248.77921270 -observatory V36 07:09:45.76 +19:06:21.4 Mercury (1.2mag) 11:19:08.80 +04:47:28.3 Venus (-4.2mag) 05:14:16.56 +23:02:55.7 Mars (1.3mag) 08:32:06.68 +19:20:16.6 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:49.17 +03:21:25.6 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:10:08.56 +20:52:48.5 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:40.15 +00:17:26.4 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:29:17.97 -23:25:21.4 Pluto (14.4mag) 18:34:51.46 -28:02:01.0 Moon (-12.0mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 27 05:31 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461248.77921270: 08:32:01.97 +19:20:36.1 Io (6.0mag) 08:31:58.23 +19:20:52.0 Europa (6.3mag) 08:32:01.66 +19:20:34.6 Ganymede (5.5mag) 08:32:33.92 +19:18:25.9 Callisto (6.7mag) 08:29:57.94 +19:12:40.7 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:32:07.58 +19:20:13.3 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:29:22.36 +19:13:34.5 Elara (17.7mag) 08:36:04.30 +19:05:34.9 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:36:03.78 +19:28:07.9 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:41.70 +03:21:03.3 Titan (8.5mag) 00:56:48.87 +03:21:34.7 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:56:26.31 +03:18:46.3 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:57:04.26 +03:21:02.3 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:56:27.27 +03:16:13.7 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 27 05:31 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461248.77921270: 18:21:26.83 -28:13:34.8 JWST 18:17:01.34 +26:56:41.0 Chandra 09:41:28.95 -54:43:08.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 27 05:31 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461248.77921270 -observatory V36 02:59:14.28 +16:17:01.0 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:06:41.47 -34:38:26.3 13.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:42:24.89 -68:30:35.4 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:06:23.59 +32:45:09.0 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:04:32.57 +30:30:45.8 16.2mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:48:04.94 +32:00:25.1 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:31:09.09 +26:43:49.9 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:10:35.93 +29:00:45.2 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:20:51.66 +05:14:07.6 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:11:09.19 -11:51:22.8 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:27:03.68 +67:03:35.2 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:02:09.16 -11:47:43.5 14.2mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:31:14.75 +66:41:51.5 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:54:10.48 +30:48:37.6 15.0mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:09:40.61 +15:35:59.5 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:18:50.85 +42:03:26.7 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:27:34.43 +48:12:22.6 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:05:06.17 -13:11:27.7 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:47:54.76 +26:13:24.3 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:24:59.38 -14:37:03.3 17.3mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:16:50.91 +21:36:42.0 17.4mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:51:35.40 +03:05:28.5 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:13:23.90 +78:45:50.7 17.0mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:01:13.46 +45:52:42.9 16.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:37:19.68 +07:08:30.0 17.2mag A/2026 E1 21:43:47.18 -22:02:06.1 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:22:05.05 -02:42:21.8 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:23:49.42 +31:18:34.6 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:43:12.80 +08:32:54.6 17.1mag 63P/Wild 00:53:33.96 -05:07:41.2 15.5mag 65P/Gunn 05:07:53.93 +20:43:56.1 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:47:07.63 +12:38:45.0 16.5mag 88P/Howell 07:24:11.29 +29:07:18.3 16.0mag 93P/Lovas 03:33:49.21 +12:17:52.1 17.9mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 05:16:46.72 +31:10:52.9 16.5mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:49:53.48 +28:32:08.4 15.1mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:20:15.34 -05:36:41.5 17.0mag 124P/Mrkos 05:18:29.23 +21:08:42.3 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:07:31.95 +19:23:00.1 17.8mag 131P/Mueller 08:10:51.05 +13:08:34.5 17.6mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:21:27.06 -19:48:00.8 16.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 06:34:03.83 +36:47:40.5 15.6mag 162P/SidingSpring 17:48:38.10 +28:46:02.7 13.2mag 169P/NEAT 02:19:22.88 +09:04:14.8 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:36:55.27 -09:16:06.4 17.4mag 235P/LINEAR 20:31:19.97 -52:21:10.4 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 02:47:24.70 +19:55:42.7 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 06:28:58.86 +37:43:29.3 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:07:32.07 +04:25:13.7 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski 08:49:57.85 +18:56:40.1 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 08:17:54.83 +37:46:44.6 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Jul 27 05:31 comets.txt ############################################################ 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.6K Jul 27 05:31 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Jul 27 05:31 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 22:56:54.106 -10:42:50.84 AT 2026ucc 2026-07-09.34 22.2051 22:53:25.731 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