fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits
fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 07 28.16184 | 2461249.66184 | 11.46 | 12:46:30.12 -04:53:07.5 | 5538 4933 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 07 28.16237 | 2461249.66237 | 11.51 | 12:46:30.14 -04:53:07.2 | 5531 4926 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 28.1621 2461249.6621 11.48 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3
300.61370 57.96417 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 10.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
20 Massalia 0 0 0 11.7 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3: 15.93 +/- 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.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 07 28.16184 | 2461249.66184 | 13.40 | 13:09:01.29 -04:38:02.5 | 2140 4822 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 07 28.16237 | 2461249.66237 | 13.24 | 13:09:01.45 -04:38:01.1 | 2132 4816 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 28.1621 2461249.6621 13.32 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8
311.21113 57.95496 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.7" and 10.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
204 Kallisto 0 0 1 13.8 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8: 15.69 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8: 15.71 +/- 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.
######## 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: Vir-07-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Vir-07-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Vir-07-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1057623 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1057623 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits_preview.png'
Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits
renamed 'Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits_preview.png'
Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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= 614.4162 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 419.4551 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4162.1465 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 917.7322 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4187.7283 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 925.5650 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 6.77415 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.008 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 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/d_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits :) Spent 0.969654 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/d_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 25.2099990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 28.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/d_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits :) Spent 0.991455 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-26.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/d_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits
fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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: 2461249.66183579 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits' wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Image size: 938.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:24.134 -01:59:57.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 Second-epoch image center 12:51:24.134 -01:59:57.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0448 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Image size: 938.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:21.246 -02:00:37.44 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 Second-epoch image center 12:51:21.246 -02:00:37.44 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0610 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 12:51:24.134 -01:59:57.68 Second-epoch second image center 12:51:21.246 -02:00:37.44 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01633 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/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6g6XGHshuX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kXIv6IOWcL Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VQjlBDtKtn Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TqqImlKxaY Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.6829 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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.6829 deg Loaded 4271 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): 3153 out of 3261 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5294 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.669100 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.669100 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.6829 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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.6829 deg Loaded 4271 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): 3153 out of 3261 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5294 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (aperture=5.8) Read 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6856 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6261 to +3.6772 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 184.6856 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6261 to 3.6772 deg Loaded 4268 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): 3130 out of 3249 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3249 out of 5270 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (aperture=5.8) ____ 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: 2.1 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 2.1 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 2.4 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 2.4 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits 2.1 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 2.1 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.1 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 15.1 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 13.4 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 13.4 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 10.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.6g6XGHshuX (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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=342, bad_region=1170, passed=5294 Got 5294 stars (including 3857 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3788 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3784 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3784 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4320 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3788 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3783 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4320 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3783 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4320 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 3783 stars left (next iteration limit 4162) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=3783 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.269 n_q1=1165 n_q2=590 n_q3=1321 n_q4=707 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.248 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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.kXIv6IOWcL (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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=358, bad_region=1172, passed=5270 Got 5270 stars (including 3816 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3746 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3741 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3741 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3741 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4289 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3747 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3741 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4289 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3741 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4289 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 3741 stars left (next iteration limit 4115) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits N_match=3741 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.479 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.337 n_q1=1136 n_q2=576 n_q3=1313 n_q4=716 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.386 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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.VQjlBDtKtn (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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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=132, bad_region=286, passed=1803 Got 1803 stars (including 1398 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1803 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013031 (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 0.010424 (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 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1380 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1379 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1379 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1379 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1549 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1380 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1378 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1549 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1378 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1549 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" Excluding outliers - 1378 stars left (next iteration limit 1516) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1378 robust_rms=6.122 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.935 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1378 robust_rms=0.560 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.632 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1378 robust_rms=0.516 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.573 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1378 robust_rms_before=1.392 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.484 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.516 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.573 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.573 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.573 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits N_match=1378 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.496 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.459 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.485 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.504 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.597 n_q1=437 n_q2=238 n_q3=473 n_q4=230 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.205 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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.TqqImlKxaY (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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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=137, bad_region=326, passed=1835 Got 1835 stars (including 1397 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1835 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013031 (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 0.010424 (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 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1377 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1376 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1376 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1376 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1544 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1377 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1376 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1544 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1376 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1544 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" Excluding outliers - 1376 stars left (next iteration limit 1513) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1376 robust_rms=6.292 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.097 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1376 robust_rms=0.564 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.661 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1376 robust_rms=0.514 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.599 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1376 robust_rms_before=1.457 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.477 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.514 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.598 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.599 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.598 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits N_match=1376 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.488 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.448 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.635 n_q1=441 n_q2=235 n_q3=469 n_q4=231 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.300 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits sigma_overall=0.293 worst_q_ratio=1.248 ref2=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits sigma_overall=0.346 worst_q_ratio=1.386 new1=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits sigma_overall=0.496 worst_q_ratio=1.205 new2=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits sigma_overall=0.488 worst_q_ratio=1.300 reference average sigma_overall=0.3195 worst_q_ratio=1.317 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659_astrometric_residuals.png (3783 matched stars from wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660_astrometric_residuals.png (3741 matched stars from wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090_astrometric_residuals.png (1378 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.43 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091_astrometric_residuals.png (1376 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.42 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s 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 20258_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 The candidate 20258_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 12:33:53.03 -04:25:19.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 03622_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 The candidate 03622_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 07 28.16237 2461249.66237 10.01 12:33:53.05 -04:25:18.8 7434 4634 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits **** FOUND 13:18:30.17 -04:41:01.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Image size: 938.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:24.134 -01:59:57.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 Second-epoch image center 12:51:24.134 -01:59:57.68 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0448 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Image size: 938.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:51:21.246 -02:00:37.44 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 Second-epoch image center 12:51:21.246 -02:00:37.44 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0610 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 12:51:24.134 -01:59:57.68 Second-epoch second image center 12:51:21.246 -02:00:37.44 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01633 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/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9br2esMIyy Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eKyOpfCc1o Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits &> /tmp/tmp.M0GwEbfziY Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NZnWTfRyAZ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 3 2026 07 28.16237 2461249.66237 10.31 13:18:30.17 -04:41:01.4 0685 4873 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits .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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 32002 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.7176 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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.7176 deg Loaded 4289 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): 3183 out of 3391 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32002 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.564200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.564200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 32002 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.7176 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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.7176 deg Loaded 4289 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): 3183 out of 3391 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32002 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (aperture=4.6) Read 32476 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6807 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6543 to +3.7176 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 184.6807 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6543 to 3.7176 deg Loaded 4305 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): 3171 out of 3391 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32476 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (aperture=4.5) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 1.9 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits 2.0 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 1.9 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 15.3 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 13.7 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.9br2esMIyy (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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=10, blended=1076, bad_region=6028, passed=31992 Got 31992 stars (including 25059 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31992 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4907 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4902 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4902 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4902 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27184 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4907 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27184 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27184 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4900 stars left (next iteration limit 5392) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=4900 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.265 n_q1=1537 n_q2=821 n_q3=1636 n_q4=906 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.184 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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.eKyOpfCc1o (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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=16, blended=1138, bad_region=6114, passed=32460 Got 32460 stars (including 25396 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32460 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4903 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4903 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4903 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27599 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27599 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27599 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4901 stars left (next iteration limit 5393) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits N_match=4901 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.490 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.324 n_q1=1538 n_q2=815 n_q3=1643 n_q4=905 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.397 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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.M0GwEbfziY (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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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=314, bad_region=1006, passed=10637 Got 10637 stars (including 9400 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10637 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013031 (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 0.010424 (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 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4912 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9857 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4912 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9857 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9857 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Excluding outliers - 4904 stars left (next iteration limit 5395) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits N_match=4904 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.570 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.668 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.547 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.643 n_q1=1638 n_q2=745 n_q3=1772 n_q4=749 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.172 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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.NZnWTfRyAZ (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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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=2, blended=377, bad_region=1059, passed=10651 Got 10651 stars (including 9358 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10651 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013031 (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 0.010424 (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 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4907 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4900 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9813 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4907 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9813 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9813 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Excluding outliers - 4898 stars left (next iteration limit 5390) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.578 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.549 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.642 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.546 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.683 n_q1=1647 n_q2=744 n_q3=1773 n_q4=734 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.182 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8: 15.69 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8: 15.71 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52266.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52436.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 15s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52266_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 Preparing report for the candidate 52266_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52400_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 The candidate 52400_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 13:14:05.72 -02:45:36.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52436_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 Preparing report for the candidate 52436_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 27813_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 The candidate 27813_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 07 28.16237 2461249.66237 12.94 13:14:05.73 -02:45:36.2 1348 3689 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits **** FOUND 12:33:53.04 -04:25:19.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 29585_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 The candidate 29585_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 07 28.16237 2461249.66237 9.79 12:33:53.06 -04:25:18.9 7434 4634 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits **** FOUND 13:18:30.11 -04:41:01.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 18s Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8 Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/monitoring_positions.txt Read 10637 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.9772 to 200.7648 deg, Dec -7.2839 to +3.2937 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 184.9772 to 200.7648 deg, Dec -7.2839 to 3.2937 deg Loaded 3822 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): 3147 out of 3222 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3222 out of 10637 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits via Tycho-2 util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461249.66184 (FITS header) Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords) Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 192.85138 deg Dec= -1.99852 deg Frame center: alt= +15.935 deg az= 258.664 deg airmass= 3.5860 Header cross-check: CENTALT= 16.092 deg (difference -0.157 deg) Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 3.5649 (we compute 3.5860) Airmass zero-point fit: OK k= +0.3381 +/- 0.0045 mag/airmass N= 2594 airmass span 2.3450-7.3287 scatter 0.2211 mag Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits: OK +1.225470 -0.338084 3.5860 +0.3381 2594 4.9837 0.2211 2.3450 7.3287 Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits list=monitoring_pixlist445974.tmp aperture=5.0 Image size: 9576 x 6388 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). Saturation level: 57000.0 Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 22.057500 Forced photometry: center=(4084.77, 5495.99) aperture=5.0 Annulus: inner=10.00 outer=25.00 Background annulus: 1651 pixels Iterative clipping converged after 1 iterations, 1647/1651 pixels remain SExtractor background: mode=3934.44 median=3932.00 mean=3930.37 sigma=98.73 -> bg=3934.44 (1647 pixels) Aperture sum=77410.31 N_eff=19.6350 Net flux=157.78 noise=437.50 SNR=0.36 Instrumental magnitude: -7.7952 Calibrated magnitude: 14.2623 Source monitoring: airmass zero-point term applied to the measurements on wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-52-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0090.fits (aperture 5.0 pix) Read 10653 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.9669 to 200.7376 deg, Dec -7.2994 to +3.2822 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 184.9669 to 200.7376 deg, Dec -7.2994 to 3.2822 deg Loaded 3826 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): 3121 out of 3211 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3211 out of 10653 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits via Tycho-2 util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461249.66237 (FITS header) Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords) Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 192.83935 deg Dec= -2.00957 deg Frame center: alt= +15.763 deg az= 258.762 deg airmass= 3.6228 Header cross-check: CENTALT= 15.936 deg (difference -0.173 deg) Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 3.5979 (we compute 3.6228) Airmass zero-point fit: OK k= +0.3319 +/- 0.0043 mag/airmass N= 2605 airmass span 2.3672-7.7706 scatter 0.2190 mag Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits: OK +1.212804 -0.331925 3.6228 +0.3319 2605 5.4034 0.2190 2.3672 7.7706 Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits list=monitoring_pixlist445974.tmp aperture=5.0 Image size: 9576 x 6388 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). Saturation level: 57000.0 Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 22.054400 Forced photometry: center=(4077.59, 5489.34) aperture=5.0 Annulus: inner=10.00 outer=25.00 Background annulus: 1652 pixels Iterative clipping converged after 1 iterations, 1647/1652 pixels remain SExtractor background: mode=3954.73 median=3956.00 mean=3956.85 sigma=97.78 -> bg=3954.73 (1647 pixels) Aperture sum=78285.82 N_eff=19.6350 Net flux=634.84 noise=433.26 SNR=1.47 Instrumental magnitude: -7.7847 Calibrated magnitude: 14.2697 Source monitoring: airmass zero-point term applied to the measurements on wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits (aperture 5.0 pix) ########### Completed Vir-07-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 #### 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8 ################################################################################### 12:46:30.13 -04:53:07.3 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 13:09:01.37 -04:38:01.8 -- 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)2461249.66183579 -observatory V36 07:11:14.22 +19:16:32.8 Mercury (1.0mag) 11:22:28.70 +04:21:44.5 Venus (-4.2mag) 05:16:52.42 +23:06:23.1 Mars (1.3mag) 08:32:54.90 +19:17:28.3 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:49.23 +03:21:10.0 Saturn (0.7mag) 04:10:16.42 +20:53:09.2 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:38.13 +00:17:10.6 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:29:12.81 -23:25:43.5 Pluto (14.4mag) 19:24:30.22 -26:15:39.6 Moon (-12.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 28 02:32 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461249.66183579: 08:33:02.39 +19:16:58.4 Io (5.9mag) 08:32:57.97 +19:17:16.9 Europa (6.3mag) 08:32:41.54 +19:18:22.4 Ganymede (5.5mag) 08:33:17.14 +19:15:56.1 Callisto (6.7mag) 08:30:44.50 +19:10:21.7 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:32:59.44 +19:17:10.2 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:30:09.40 +19:11:04.9 Elara (17.7mag) 08:36:53.45 +19:02:19.7 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:36:48.66 +19:25:29.5 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:45.73 +03:20:40.6 Titan (8.5mag) 00:56:43.81 +03:21:15.1 Rhea (9.8mag) 00:56:28.33 +03:18:32.2 Iapetus (11.2mag) 00:57:04.94 +03:20:54.4 Hyperion (14.5mag) 00:56:26.17 +03:15:50.8 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 28 02:32 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461249.66183579: 18:24:44.43 -27:54:28.8 JWST 09:35:53.78 +38:26:52.1 Chandra 19:53:41.21 +18:29:44.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 28 02:32 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461249.66183579 -observatory V36 03:00:21.62 +16:22:13.8 17.7mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:06:14.10 -34:38:41.2 13.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:43:16.17 -68:32:06.5 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:06:39.76 +32:46:10.5 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:07:43.10 +31:11:48.9 16.2mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:47:25.01 +31:58:35.1 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:32:05.37 +26:43:04.1 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:11:24.12 +28:58:20.0 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:21:26.98 +05:14:34.4 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:11:12.33 -11:53:07.7 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:25:50.69 +67:00:05.8 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 16:00:55.92 -11:52:54.0 14.2mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:32:54.82 +66:45:14.9 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 07:55:14.13 +30:51:00.9 15.1mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:09:25.26 +15:36:17.8 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:17:39.57 +42:09:25.9 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:26:23.72 +48:17:51.2 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:05:52.29 -13:10:08.3 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:48:33.61 +26:04:22.2 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:25:28.06 -14:43:17.4 17.3mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:17:59.71 +21:33:46.6 17.4mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:52:01.75 +03:02:24.7 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:12:06.83 +78:42:39.6 17.0mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:01:48.75 +45:54:19.7 17.0mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:37:59.92 +07:15:20.9 17.2mag A/2026 E1 21:44:57.88 -22:25:50.2 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:22:34.32 -02:45:15.2 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:25:00.14 +31:23:46.2 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:45:01.76 +08:15:38.4 17.2mag 63P/Wild 00:53:42.18 -05:08:36.9 15.5mag 65P/Gunn 05:09:58.32 +20:44:29.7 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 02:48:14.95 +12:44:01.8 16.5mag 88P/Howell 07:26:36.44 +29:01:31.6 16.0mag 93P/Lovas 03:36:09.06 +12:37:49.8 17.9mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 05:19:42.86 +31:08:37.2 16.5mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 08:52:01.15 +28:24:22.2 15.1mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:21:57.84 -05:57:36.0 17.0mag 124P/Mrkos 05:19:50.86 +21:09:11.4 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:09:06.93 +19:21:16.2 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 08:13:32.79 +12:55:55.8 17.7mag 141P-D/Machholz 03:21:31.22 -19:44:53.0 16.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 06:37:12.99 +36:53:46.0 15.6mag 162P/SidingSpring 17:41:35.86 +29:42:48.0 13.1mag 169P/NEAT 02:21:14.10 +09:07:13.8 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:37:09.70 -09:19:30.3 17.4mag 235P/LINEAR 20:30:38.93 -52:25:58.1 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 02:49:57.40 +20:19:36.0 15.4mag 260P/McNaught 06:31:41.03 +37:44:30.9 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:07:41.34 +04:19:43.0 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski 08:50:46.24 +18:54:13.7 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 08:19:14.70 +37:42:09.3 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Jul 28 02:32 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 28 02:32 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 28 02:32 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:28:20.264 -02:45:01.54 AT 2026udj 2026-06-27.39 21.46 15:05:14.436 -36:20:56.85 AT 2026udi 2026-07-08.03 19.35 00:31:18.282 -43:46:06.08 AT 2026udh 2026-07-12.40 23.4739 00:40:36.730 -43:07:11.88 AT 2026udg 2026-07-12.40 22.7345 00:27:10.575 -44:08:47.04 AT 2026udf 2026-07-12.40 22.824 03:56:35.271 -49:17:39.98 AT 2026ude 2026-07-12.41 22.9789 00:31:32.044 -43:21:56.99 AT 2026udd 2026-07-12.40 23.6713 22:50:13.778 -07:23:19.66 AT 2026udc 2026-07-12.36 23.1965 00:40:48.112 -44:10:38.19 AT 2026udb 2026-07-12.40 23.683 00:36:44.855 -44:15:14.57 AT 2026uda 2026-07-12.40 23.7801 23:51:48.800 +02:16:08.44 AT 2026ucz 2026-07-12.35 23.3767 22:47:30.921 -12:02:41.49 AT 2026ucy 2026-07-12.36 21.821 00:41:15.829 -45:07:23.74 AT 2026ucx 2026-07-12.40 24.4645 00:34:52.967 -44:42:02.22 AT 2026ucw 2026-07-12.40 23.3852 21:50:13.749 -07:15:39.18 AT 2026ucv 2026-07-11.32 22.03 21:48:51.518 -07:08:27.45 AT 2026ucu 2026-07-11.32 21.9988 21:50:54.462 -07:28:38.03 AT 2026uct 2026-07-11.32 22.2759 21:50:13.387 -05:48:05.26 AT 2026ucs 2026-07-11.32 21.901 21:53:32.009 -06:54:20.89 AT 2026ucr 2026-07-11.32 22.3106 00:29:05.705 -43:05:49.67 AT 2026ucq 2026-07-10.43 23.3537 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Jul 28 02:32 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 07 28.16237 2461249.66237 10.62 13:18:30.09 -04:41:00.8 0685 4873 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_231044_TTUQ2b1x1_1178772_D7SRBI3N/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0091.fits
