NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0

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Processing fields Boo-07-Q2b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Boo-07-Q2b1x1 reference image: Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits
Field Boo-07-Q2b1x1 reference image: Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits
Field Boo-07-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits
Field Boo-07-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Boo-07-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Boo-07-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Boo-07-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 332370 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 332370 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.png' -> 'transient_report/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits_preview.png'
Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits

renamed 'Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.png' -> 'transient_report/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits_preview.png'
Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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= 378.2989 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 443.6794 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1317.1055 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 433.6061 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1328.9290 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 433.7504 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.48165 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 27.3199996948242 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Header: 67 keys total, 4 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-03T23:40:23.3754296' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-04T04:40:23.3754296' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61256.1947149886 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-04T04:40:33.2795241' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61256.1948296181 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 207.689584351875 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 22.0000052947987 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 25.6411111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 280.150833333333 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.30121673909575 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Boo-07' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '13 50 46' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+22 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20455 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20455 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 27.3199996948242 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 27.3199996948242 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 56: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 57: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 58: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 59: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 60: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 61: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 62: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 63: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/d_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits :) Spent 0.491283 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/d_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 19899.553568 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=13115.0, right_median=15628.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 27.4599990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Header: 67 keys total, 4 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-03T23:41:12.2773960' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-04T04:41:12.2773960' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61256.1952809836 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 207.689584397394 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 22.0000052870244 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 25.4769444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 280.248055555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.31489673526703 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 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'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 58: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 59: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 60: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 61: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 62: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 63: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/d_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits :) Spent 0.501871 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/d_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 19899.553568 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=13115.0, right_median=15628.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits


fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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: 2461256.69483073 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits' wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits' wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits' wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:50:46.753 +22:00:13.40 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Image size: 937.6'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:50:45.575 +21:59:59.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:50:46.753 +22:00:13.40 Second-epoch image center 13:50:45.575 +21:59:59.66 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0059 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Image size: 937.6'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:50:46.638 +22:00:27.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:50:46.753 +22:00:13.40 Second-epoch image center 13:50:46.638 +22:00:27.88 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0040 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 13:50:45.575 +21:59:59.66 Second-epoch second image center 13:50:46.638 +22:00:27.88 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00885 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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Ko0EKSPZ2e Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9eVRziXsLw Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits &> /tmp/tmp.W26IQCUuO1 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3DgwuORera Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits and wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits and wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits and wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits) and catalog (wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5345 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 198.9597 to 216.4110 deg, Dec +16.6258 to +27.2515 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 198.9597 to 216.4110 deg, Dec 16.6258 to 27.2515 deg Loaded 4025 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): 3182 out of 3261 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5345 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.585850 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.585850 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.27 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.27
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5345 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 198.9597 to 216.4110 deg, Dec +16.6258 to +27.2515 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 198.9597 to 216.4110 deg, Dec 16.6258 to 27.2515 deg Loaded 4025 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): 3182 out of 3261 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5345 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 5423 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 198.9593 to 216.4529 deg, Dec +16.6259 to +27.2611 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 198.9593 to 216.4529 deg, Dec 16.6259 to 27.2611 deg Loaded 4036 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): 3195 out of 3275 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3275 out of 5423 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits 2.2 pix Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits 2.2 pix fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 2.3 pix fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits 15.3 mag. Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits 14.5 mag. fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 11.6 (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.Ko0EKSPZ2e (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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=276, bad_region=1165, passed=5345 Got 5345 stars (including 3956 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5345 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3867 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3861 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4403 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3867 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4403 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4403 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 3861 stars left (next iteration limit 4247) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits N_match=3861 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.328 n_q1=1275 n_q2=712 n_q3=1191 n_q4=683 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.109 The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits -region wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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.9eVRziXsLw (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.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=269, bad_region=1163, passed=5423 Got 5423 stars (including 4037 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5423 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3947 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3942 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4478 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3947 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4478 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4478 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 3942 stars left (next iteration limit 4336) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits N_match=3942 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.324 n_q1=1304 n_q2=714 n_q3=1229 n_q4=695 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.095 The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits -region wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.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.W26IQCUuO1 (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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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=185, bad_region=548, passed=3117 Got 3117 stars (including 2407 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3117 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.7 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2361 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2359 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2658 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.7 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2361 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2658 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2658 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 2359 stars left (next iteration limit 2594) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2359 robust_rms=6.714 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.617 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2359 robust_rms=0.398 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.436 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2359 robust_rms=0.328 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.332 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2359 robust_rms_before=0.972 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.304 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.328 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.313 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.332 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.313 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits N_match=2359 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.314 n_q1=773 n_q2=404 n_q3=751 n_q4=431 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.067 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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.3DgwuORera (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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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=180, bad_region=542, passed=3112 Got 3112 stars (including 2410 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3112 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.7 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2364 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2361 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2361 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2361 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2661 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.7 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2364 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2361 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2661 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2361 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2661 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 2361 stars left (next iteration limit 2597) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2361 robust_rms=6.571 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.919 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2361 robust_rms=0.383 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.425 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2361 robust_rms=0.326 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.348 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2361 robust_rms_before=0.943 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.304 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.326 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.318 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.348 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.318 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits N_match=2361 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.311 n_q1=769 n_q2=404 n_q3=767 n_q4=421 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.052 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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=Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits sigma_overall=0.340 worst_q_ratio=1.109 ref2=Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits sigma_overall=0.321 worst_q_ratio=1.095 new1=fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits sigma_overall=0.318 worst_q_ratio=1.067 new2=fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits sigma_overall=0.316 worst_q_ratio=1.052 reference average sigma_overall=0.3305 worst_q_ratio=1.102 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578_astrometric_residuals.png (3861 matched stars from wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579_astrometric_residuals.png (3942 matched stars from wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146_astrometric_residuals.png (2359 matched stars from wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147_astrometric_residuals.png (2361 matched stars from wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Boo-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Boo-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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:50:46.753 +22:00:13.40 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Image size: 937.6'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:50:45.575 +21:59:59.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:50:46.753 +22:00:13.40 Second-epoch image center 13:50:45.575 +21:59:59.66 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0059 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Image size: 937.6'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:50:46.638 +22:00:27.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:50:46.753 +22:00:13.40 Second-epoch image center 13:50:46.638 +22:00:27.88 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0040 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 13:50:45.575 +21:59:59.66 Second-epoch second image center 13:50:46.638 +22:00:27.88 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00885 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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits &> /tmp/tmp.q3eP1nY3Xv Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dWigBebJI7 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits &> /tmp/tmp.T4AgxIzFqh Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4RQJIOcddz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits and wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits and wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits and wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits) and catalog (wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 27809 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 198.9597 to 216.4523 deg, Dec +16.6143 to +27.2585 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 198.9597 to 216.4523 deg, Dec 16.6143 to 27.2585 deg Loaded 4040 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): 3116 out of 3304 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3304 out of 27809 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.470700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.470700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.07 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 27809 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 198.9597 to 216.4523 deg, Dec +16.6143 to +27.2585 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 198.9597 to 216.4523 deg, Dec 16.6143 to 27.2585 deg Loaded 4040 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): 3116 out of 3304 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3304 out of 27809 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits (aperture=4.9) Read 27632 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 198.9578 to 216.4528 deg, Dec +16.6191 to +27.2735 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 198.9578 to 216.4528 deg, Dec 16.6191 to 27.2735 deg Loaded 4042 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): 3107 out of 3304 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3304 out of 27632 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 6 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits 2.1 pix Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits 2.2 pix fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 2.2 pix fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits 15.4 mag. Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits 14.6 mag. fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 14.6 mag. fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.6 (SNR ) 14.0 (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.q3eP1nY3Xv (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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=1, blended=1056, bad_region=4337, passed=27808 Got 27808 stars (including 22700 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27808 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4872 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24541 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24541 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24541 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4872 stars left (next iteration limit 5359) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits N_match=4872 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.335 n_q1=1635 n_q2=878 n_q3=1509 n_q4=850 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.069 The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits -region wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.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.dWigBebJI7 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.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/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1056, bad_region=4280, passed=27624 Got 27624 stars (including 22534 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27624 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4869 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24406 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24406 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24406 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4869 stars left (next iteration limit 5355) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits N_match=4869 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.333 n_q1=1635 n_q2=874 n_q3=1516 n_q4=844 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.074 The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits -region wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.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.T4AgxIzFqh (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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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=4, blended=596, bad_region=2048, passed=16908 Got 16908 stars (including 14449 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16908 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4867 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4863 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15364 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4867 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15364 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15364 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4864 stars left (next iteration limit 5349) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits N_match=4864 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=1716 n_q2=798 n_q3=1567 n_q4=783 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.022 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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.4RQJIOcddz (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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=568, bad_region=2008, passed=16655 Got 16655 stars (including 14242 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16655 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15142 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15142 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15142 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4868 stars left (next iteration limit 5354) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits N_match=4868 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.337 n_q1=1711 n_q2=800 n_q3=1572 n_q4=785 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.050 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/wcs_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Boo-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits at 14:15:52.29 +19:07:28.4: 12.69 +/- 0.27 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1578.fits at 14:15:57.39 +19:13:28.6: 12.68 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits at 14:15:57.39 +19:13:28.6: 12.68 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-01-58_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1579.fits at 14:15:52.29 +19:07:28.4: 12.86 +/- 0.34 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.68 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.76 +/- 0.21 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:15:57.39 +19:13:28.6: ref_mag=12.68 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.9145 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:15:52.29 +19:07:28.4: ref_mag=12.76 +/- 0.21 new_mean_mag=12.7708 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90) 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 31657_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 The candidate 31657_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 04.19483    2461256.69483    12.81    14:15:52.28 +19:07:27.2   1196 4902   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 04.19540    2461256.69540    12.74    14:15:52.29 +19:07:29.6   1199 4906   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31661_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 The candidate 31661_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 04.19483    2461256.69483    12.93    14:15:57.42 +19:13:28.3   1186 4840   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-40-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0146.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 04.19540    2461256.69540    12.89    14:15:57.35 +19:13:28.8   1189 4845   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31668_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 The candidate 31668_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 04.19540    2461256.69540    13.19    13:58:45.34 +21:41:39.7   3671 3386   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits **** FOUND 13:58:45.31 +21:41:39.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31683_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 The candidate 31683_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 04.19540    2461256.69540    13.81    13:58:48.60 +24:42:20.4   3673 1564   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits **** FOUND 13:58:48.58 +24:42:19.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31689_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 The candidate 31689_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 04.19540    2461256.69540    13.72    13:44:34.85 +23:40:58.4   5639 2171   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits **** FOUND 13:44:34.78 +23:40:58.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31692_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 The candidate 31692_fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 04.19540    2461256.69540    14.10    14:01:32.75 +23:12:54.7   3288 2463   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_234735_TTUQ2b1x1_3108037_ylXQETl0/fd_Boo-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_23-41-12_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits **** FOUND 14:01:32.77 +23:12:55.5 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 Boo-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Boo-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 #### ################################################################################### 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)2461256.69483073 -observatory V36 07:35:01.39 +20:17:43.3 Mercury (-0.1mag) 11:48:25.15 +00:55:27.8 Venus (-4.3mag) 05:37:31.43 +23:28:14.5 Mars (1.3mag) 08:39:18.25 +18:54:39.9 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:39.28 +03:18:02.1 Saturn (0.6mag) 04:11:14.58 +20:55:41.2 Uranus (5.8mag) 00:16:19.20 +00:14:46.2 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:28:31.74 -23:28:36.2 Pluto (14.4mag) 01:00:54.81 +09:51:45.4 Moon (-11.0mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Aug 3 23:51 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461256.69483073: 08:39:25.39 +18:54:10.7 Io (6.0mag) 08:39:19.85 +18:54:34.3 Europa (6.3mag) 08:39:05.91 +18:55:31.7 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:38:52.71 +18:56:28.3 Callisto (6.7mag) 08:36:56.68 +18:51:37.1 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:39:16.46 +18:54:48.3 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:36:25.97 +18:50:56.4 Elara (17.7mag) 08:43:22.89 +18:36:02.9 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:42:45.01 +19:04:04.8 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:46.33 +03:18:17.8 Titan (8.4mag) 00:56:44.15 +03:17:53.3 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:56:37.05 +03:16:04.5 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:56:32.76 +03:18:29.2 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:56:06.96 +03:11:45.1 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 3 23:51 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461256.69483073: 18:48:14.08 -25:00:34.4 JWST 18:18:45.81 +27:42:56.0 Chandra 09:12:49.27 -51:59:45.4 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 3 23:51 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461256.69483073 -observatory V36 03:09:00.40 +17:01:45.1 17.7mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:03:07.25 -34:38:52.1 13.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:50:00.33 -68:45:25.4 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:08:43.37 +32:54:34.6 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:31:23.81 +35:41:42.1 16.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:41:55.10 +31:40:23.8 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:39:25.27 +26:36:32.4 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:17:50.80 +28:39:05.5 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:26:09.48 +05:17:14.0 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:11:52.55 -12:07:55.7 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:16:09.89 +66:25:55.2 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:52:08.30 -12:33:27.0 14.3mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:03:30.76 +31:09:53.7 15.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:07:41.54 +15:37:10.6 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:08:18.12 +42:48:57.8 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:16:36.14 +48:55:47.0 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:11:51.18 -13:01:30.2 15.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:53:32.62 +24:51:41.3 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:29:01.10 -15:35:53.0 17.6mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:27:21.30 +21:09:18.0 17.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:55:46.70 +02:36:44.0 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:04:48.29 +78:11:39.5 16.9mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:05:48.28 +46:05:53.2 17.0mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:43:30.49 +08:06:19.0 17.2mag A/2026 E1 21:53:45.31 -25:34:29.6 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:26:34.58 -03:09:19.0 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:34:11.15 +32:04:18.5 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 10:59:27.61 +05:57:39.7 17.2mag 63P/Wild 00:54:17.72 -05:18:51.1 15.5mag 65P/Gunn 05:26:20.48 +20:44:57.3 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:41:37.72 -23:03:05.0 17.9mag 84P/Giclas 02:56:33.19 +13:22:29.3 16.6mag 88P/Howell 07:45:28.00 +28:11:24.4 16.1mag 93P/Lovas 03:55:07.55 +15:18:48.2 17.7mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 05:43:07.73 +30:41:39.2 16.4mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:08:54.35 +27:19:03.9 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:35:43.11 -08:42:44.8 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos 05:30:33.50 +21:11:12.3 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:21:33.47 +19:05:09.7 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:03:55.59 +03:25:46.9 17.6mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:21:58.12 -19:49:44.5 14.1mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:02:08.32 +37:33:00.5 15.8mag 162P/SidingSpring 16:22:26.00 +37:33:13.9 12.5mag 169P/NEAT 02:35:25.46 +09:25:15.8 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:39:40.17 -09:48:02.0 17.6mag 235P/LINEAR 20:25:12.27 -52:49:15.8 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 03:10:22.07 +23:26:34.9 15.4mag 260P/McNaught 06:53:10.26 +37:46:38.4 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:09:16.53 +03:34:47.1 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski 08:57:12.29 +18:34:19.4 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS 08:29:44.38 +37:05:20.2 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Aug 3 23:51 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00 ASASSN-26er 2026-07-25.82 15.09 01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00 SN2026vbh 2026-07-25.61 15.97 21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90 ASASSN-26eq 2026-07-24.37 15.13 18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60 ASASSN-26ep 2026-07-23.47 -4.06 12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50 ASASSN-26et 2026-07-22.76 13.98 13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60 SN2026uwk 2026-07-21.75 16.38 18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90 ASASSN-26en 2026-07-21.77 14.63 14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10 ASASSN-26es 2026-07-20.79 15.36 20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00 ASASSN-26em 2026-07-20.94 16.83 18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70 ASASSN-26eu 2026-07-20.93 14.86 03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40 AT2026ugi 2026-07-20.03 17.12 18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80 ASASSN-26eo 2026-07-19.36 16.16 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-22le 2026-07-14.15 15.5 02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30 ASASSN-26ef 2026-07-12.35 15.86 23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70 SN 2026qtn 2026-07-12.22 16.47 02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40 ASASSN-26ec 2026-07-11.53 2.78 18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50 AT2026stb 2026-07-11.28 -1.29 13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00 AT2026pjf 2026-07-10.18 -0.72 17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70 SN2026pir 2026-07-9.86 -0.66 11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30 ASASSN-26ed 2026-07-8.8 -1.3 23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10 AT2026qil 2026-07-9.3 16.15 20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10 ASASSN-26ee 2026-07-7.22 15.53 19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80 AT2026ryu 2026-07-7.17 14.88 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 AT2026qqg 2026-07-5.01 16.82 19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30 AT2026qly 2026-07-5.02 17.31 17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10 ASASSN-26ea 2026-07-5.07 16.67 19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30 ASASSN-26eb 2026-07-4.97 15.52 18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20 SN 2026qqp 2026-07-5.03 -0.92 19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90 ASASSN-26dz 2026-07-5.14 15.91 19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90 AT 2026rdg 2026-07-3.43 11.81 04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40 AT 2026qpr 2026-06-30.4 15.96 13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80 SN 2026pub 2026-06-30.09 16.01 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 SN 2026pel 2026-06-26.38 16.07 10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30 ASASSN-26dy 2026-06-25.99 15.63 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 ASASSN-26dv 2026-06-23.03 14.62 13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70 ASASSN-26dw 2026-06-23.04 16.09 00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20 SN 2026mke 2026-06-22.39 17.13 11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50 SN 2026nmv 2026-06-22.06 16.56 21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50 AT2026oxh 2026-06-22.15 17.14 17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90 ASASSN-26dx 2026-06-22.02 14.72 14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10 AT2026pvk 2026-06-22.06 16.53 20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20 AT2026plb 2026-06-21.31 16.4 15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30 SN2026ore 2026-06-21.29 17.57 23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30 AT2026oxl 2026-06-21.52 17.64 17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20 AT2026ouj 2026-06-20.92 15.15 00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20 AT2026ntk 2026-06-18.09 17.34 20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20 ASASSN-26du 2026-06-15.39 15.93 23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00 SN2026oxc 2026-06-14.35 16.83 02:02:26.78 +32:04:21.30 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.59 15.39 21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05 17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62 13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24 00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22 14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32 12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69 12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02 10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75 13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58 00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58 01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15 21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24 06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63 11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90 ASASSN-26no 2026-05-24.03 8.35 19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60 ASASSN-26dp 2026-05-22.31 -3.28 14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.59 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 3 23:51 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 14:51:51.40 +66:13:24.0 TCP J14515140+6613240 2026-07-29.2561 13.5mag 00:43:06.15 +41:22:08.2 PNV J00430615+4122082 2026-07-30.0085 19.4mag 00:41:33.23 +41:10:12.2 PNV J00413323+4110122 2026-08-02.8913 17.1mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Aug 3 23:51 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 00:30:19.249 +18:24:23.83 AT 2026uvg 2026-07-03.45 20.3378 02:34:07.458 +16:36:44.86 AT 2026uvf 2026-07-08.47 20.1237 05:51:16.620 -53:34:27.66 SN 2026uve 2026-07-14.17 17.677 14:40:13.463 -21:42:28.05 AT 2026uvd 2026-07-15.38 19.23 15:23:59.541 -29:29:57.56 AT 2026uvc 2026-07-15.38 20.26 14:05:43.115 -39:08:24.01 AT 2026uvb 2026-07-15.39 19.73 13:43:05.573 -20:04:24.22 AT 2026uva 2026-07-15.37 19.18 15:22:34.470 -05:37:40.51 AT 2026uuz 2026-07-15.39 19.82 16:09:54.586 +00:47:42.41 AT 2026uuy 2026-07-15.44 20.09 19:33:35.563 -39:15:48.22 AT 2026uux 2026-07-14.41 20.62 00:40:10.620 -43:16:14.80 AT 2026uuw 2026-06-26.42 21.69 01:06:29.115 +11:42:11.17 AT 2026uuv 2026-07-11.21 20.08 16:51:06.135 +20:55:05.41 AT 2026uuu 2026-07-10.91 20.4 13:34:34.622 +55:47:04.76 AT 2026uut 2026-07-14.76 19.13 13:51:15.996 +56:24:21.13 AT 2026uus 2026-07-14.76 19.68 15:20:47.992 +45:03:38.57 AT 2026uur 2026-07-14.77 19.22 17:15:43.403 +47:21:24.62 AT 2026uuq 2026-07-14.76 19.19 17:01:52.196 +41:26:22.21 AT 2026uup 2026-07-14.78 19.77 15:45:07.966 +53:24:05.89 AT 2026uuo 2026-07-14.82 19.85 17:58:55.437 +44:40:19.09 AT 2026uun 2026-07-14.88 18.67 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Aug 3 23:51 tns_transients_list.txt

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