This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.91 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0
32.45944 -61.86070 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 4.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) J-Ks=0.395+/-0.031 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0: 13.05 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0: 12.90 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.99 +/- 0.05
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461258.7558,11.91,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260806.2558 11.91CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.56 22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6
30.30530 -62.08568 galactic PsA Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 3.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 6623225468949128704 | 22:47:13.22 -24:57:44.7 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.370+/-0.030 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6: 12.54 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6: 12.45 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.51 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 6623225468949128704,2461258.7558,11.56,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 6623225468949128704 20260806.2558 11.56CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.70 22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1
34.87725 -64.34663 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.8" and 3.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2384462626085732480 | 22:58:52.71 -23:27:02.4 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.276+/-0.035 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1: 12.61 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1: 12.50 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.57 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2384462626085732480,2461258.7558,11.70,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2384462626085732480 20260806.2558 11.70CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.59 22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1
31.23594 -62.43396 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 6623329888194063488 | 22:49:06.53 -24:36:29.0 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.424+/-0.031 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1: 12.51 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1: 12.46 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 6623329888194063488,2461258.7558,11.59,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 6623329888194063488 20260806.2558 11.59CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.46 23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7
32.80196 -68.01572 galactic Scl Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 3.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2380115603785908224 | 23:13:47.97 -25:03:38.8 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.317+/-0.033 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7: 12.47 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7: 12.35 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2380115603785908224,2461258.7558,11.46,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2380115603785908224 20260806.2558 11.46CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.52 23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2
37.74141 -69.42387 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.3" and 3.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2381818614153333888 | 23:21:32.79 -23:37:10.8 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2: 12.45 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2: 12.45 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2381818614153333888,2461258.7558,11.52,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2381818614153333888 20260806.2558 11.52CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.50 22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5
30.32045 -61.96678 galactic PsA Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 6623232542760053888 | 22:46:42.82 -24:55:55.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.472+/-0.031 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5: 12.44 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5: 12.36 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.41 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 6623232542760053888,2461258.7558,11.50,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 6623232542760053888 20260806.2558 11.50CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.49 22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2
30.28427 -62.72479 galactic PsA Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 6623250856500707328 | 22:49:58.92 -25:05:43.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.258+/-0.035 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2: 12.45 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2: 12.45 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 6623250856500707328,2461258.7558,11.49,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 6623250856500707328 20260806.2558 11.49CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.28 23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9
18.96485 -69.88294 galactic Scl Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.8" and 4.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2329625548801985024 | 23:20:37.98 -30:08:07.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9: 12.27 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9: 12.66 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.35 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin Lite
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2329625548801985024,2461258.7558,11.28,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2329625548801985024 20260806.2558 11.28CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.73 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4
26.85620 -60.51466 galactic PsA Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) J-Ks=0.320+/-0.033 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4: 12.94 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4: 12.92 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.93 +/- 0.05
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461258.7558,11.73,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260806.2558 11.73CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.86 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9
30.80256 -63.86407 galactic PsA Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 3.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) J-Ks=0.237+/-0.033 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9: 12.88 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9: 12.88 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.88 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461258.7558,11.86,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260806.2558 11.86CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.81 22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7
33.85376 -63.69171 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | ATO J343.9077-23.7290 | 22:55:37.87 -23:43:44.5 (Gaia DR3) | dubious (ATLAS) | (ATLAS) | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.322+/-0.033 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7: 12.84 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7: 12.57 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.72 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ATO J343.9077-23.7290,2461258.7558,11.81,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
ATO J343.9077-23.7290 20260806.2558 11.81CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.84 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9
33.64085 -68.35050 galactic Scl Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) J-Ks=0.354+/-0.035 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9: 12.83 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9: 12.81 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.83 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461258.7558,11.84,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260806.2558 11.84CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.87 22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9
32.85138 -63.75969 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 3.8 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" Gaia DR3 2383944584309769728
Type: ROT
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
12.670 G 12.690 G G
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9: 12.87 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9: 12.95 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.90 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2383944584309769728,2461258.7558,11.87,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2383944584309769728 20260806.2558 11.87CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.74 22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1
31.08786 -63.05247 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 3.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 6623285014375761280 | 22:51:42.79 -24:47:59.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.580+/-0.033 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1: 12.76 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1: 12.66 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.72 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 6623285014375761280,2461258.7558,11.74,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 6623285014375761280 20260806.2558 11.74CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.70 22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3
33.17764 -63.68152 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 4.0 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" Gaia DR3 2383951872869854976
Type: ROT
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
12.480 G 12.500 G G
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3: 12.74 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3: 12.60 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.68 +/- 0.03
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2383951872869854976,2461258.7558,11.70,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2383951872869854976 20260806.2558 11.70CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.72 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5
30.07031 -61.63259 galactic PsA Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.2" and 3.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) J-Ks=0.304+/-0.037 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5: 12.72 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5: 12.55 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.65 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461258.7558,11.72,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260806.2558 11.72CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 06.2558 2461258.7558 11.73 23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9
38.94648 -69.15648 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 3.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2385222873951732736 | 23:20:54.59 -23:08:18.5 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.532+/-0.033 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9: 12.68 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9: 12.68 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.68 +/- 0.04
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2385222873951732736,2461258.7558,11.73,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2385222873951732736 20260806.2558 11.73CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461234.87644766 13.07.2026 09:01:55.078 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
First image: 2461234.87644766 13.07.2026 09:01:55.078 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Last image: 2461258.75599911 06.08.2026 06:08:28.323 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.21
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 1918
Objects passed selection criteria: 1912
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.6 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.6 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 1382.5
Average stars matched: 1379.5 (99.783 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 236648 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Aug 5 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-189-g49d3cdfd
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-05)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Aug 6 01:44:41 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461234.87644766 13.07.2026 09:01:55.078 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
First image: 2461234.87644766 13.07.2026 09:01:55.078 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Last image: 2461258.75599911 06.08.2026 06:08:28.323 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 32
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.90
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 5 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 12450
Objects passed selection criteria: 12416
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.7 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.7 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 9429.75
Average stars matched: 9358 (99.2391 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 240140 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Aug 5 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-189-g49d3cdfd
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-05)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Aug 6 01:45:26 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.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: 2461258.75555589
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits'
wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits'
wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits'
wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits'
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:02:23.640 -25:59:53.87 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Image size: 938.3'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:02:25.866 -26:00:36.69 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 23:02:23.640 -25:59:53.87
Second-epoch image center 23:02:25.866 -26:00:36.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0145 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Image size: 938.3'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:02:26.879 -26:00:18.98 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 23:02:23.640 -25:59:53.87
Second-epoch image center 23:02:26.879 -26:00:18.98
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0140 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 23:02:25.866 -26:00:36.69
Second-epoch second image center 23:02:26.879 -26:00:18.98
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00621 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IkBpwxM8U8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits &> /tmp/tmp.HhPoxiRpQR
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NkVijoX8LK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zydlMT9ORj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits) and catalog (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 3088 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5362 to 354.6506 deg, Dec -31.2639 to -20.5769 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 336.5362 to 354.6506 deg, Dec -31.2639 to -20.5769 deg
Loaded 4863 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): 2553 out of 2580 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 2580 out of 3088 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.393200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.393200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.21
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.18
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.18
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 3088 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5362 to 354.6506 deg, Dec -31.2639 to -20.5769 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 336.5362 to 354.6506 deg, Dec -31.2639 to -20.5769 deg
Loaded 4863 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): 2553 out of 2580 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 2580 out of 3088 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 2365 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.6727 to 354.6451 deg, Dec -31.2638 to -20.5756 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 336.6727 to 354.6451 deg, Dec -31.2638 to -20.5756 deg
Loaded 4829 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): 1954 out of 1971 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 1971 out of 2365 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits (aperture=6.4)
____ 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:
2.3 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
2.3 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
2.4 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
2.4 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.2 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
13.8 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
11.7 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
11.9 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 11.7 (SNR ) 9.6 (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.IkBpwxM8U8 (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.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=229, bad_region=623, passed=3088
Got 3088 stars (including 2286 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3088 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2204 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2202 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2202 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2202 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2566 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2204 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2202 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2566 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2202 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2566 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 2202 stars left (next iteration limit 2422)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits N_match=2202 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.415 n_q1=739 n_q2=330 n_q3=742 n_q4=391 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.085
The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.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.HhPoxiRpQR (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=187, bad_region=425, passed=2365
Got 2365 stars (including 1796 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2365 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013035 (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 0.010428 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1725 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1724 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1724 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1724 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1990 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1725 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1724 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1990 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1724 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1990 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 1724 stars left (next iteration limit 1896)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits N_match=1724 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.522 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.373 n_q1=579 n_q2=243 n_q3=596 n_q4=306 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.254
The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.NkVijoX8LK (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.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=66, bad_region=172, passed=744
Got 744 stars (including 528 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 744 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 495 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 495 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 448 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 495 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 521 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 495 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 495 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 520 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 495 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 520 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Excluding outliers - 495 stars left (next iteration limit 544)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=495 robust_rms=5.648 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=14.849 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=495 robust_rms=0.628 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.682 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=495 robust_rms_before=0.934 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.471 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.628 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.544 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.682
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.544 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits N_match=495 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.498 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.561 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.509 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.462 n_q1=146 n_q2=58 n_q3=211 n_q4=80 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.127
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.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.zydlMT9ORj (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.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=65, bad_region=170, passed=751
Got 751 stars (including 538 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 751 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 506 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 506 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 453 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 506 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 526 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 506 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 506 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 527 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 506 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 527 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Excluding outliers - 506 stars left (next iteration limit 556)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=506 robust_rms=5.069 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=19.019 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=506 robust_rms=0.594 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.625 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=506 robust_rms_before=0.919 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.449 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.594 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.565 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.625
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.565 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits N_match=506 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.485 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.631 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.479 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.512 n_q1=157 n_q2=53 n_q3=214 n_q4=82 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.300
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits sigma_overall=0.406 worst_q_ratio=1.085
ref2=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits sigma_overall=0.416 worst_q_ratio=1.254
new1=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits sigma_overall=0.498 worst_q_ratio=1.127
new2=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits sigma_overall=0.485 worst_q_ratio=1.300
reference average sigma_overall=0.411 worst_q_ratio=1.1695
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207_astrometric_residuals.png (2202 matched stars from wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287_astrometric_residuals.png (1724 matched stars from wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240_astrometric_residuals.png (495 matched stars from wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.45 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241_astrometric_residuals.png (506 matched stars from wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.44 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.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_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:02:23.640 -25:59:53.87 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Image size: 938.3'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:02:25.866 -26:00:36.69 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 23:02:23.640 -25:59:53.87
Second-epoch image center 23:02:25.866 -26:00:36.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0145 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Image size: 938.3'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:02:26.879 -26:00:18.98 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 23:02:23.640 -25:59:53.87
Second-epoch image center 23:02:26.879 -26:00:18.98
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0140 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 23:02:25.866 -26:00:36.69
Second-epoch second image center 23:02:26.879 -26:00:18.98
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00621 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits &> /tmp/tmp.O3Qji3Wyrv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qdMMhBjDjE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gqkNd2ZrTv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KhmAf6VwOK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits and wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits) and catalog (wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 19448 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5362 to 354.7111 deg, Dec -31.2674 to -20.5468 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 336.5362 to 354.7111 deg, Dec -31.2674 to -20.5468 deg
Loaded 4889 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): 3954 out of 4074 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4074 out of 19448 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.242650
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.242650
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.90
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.34
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.34
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 19448 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5362 to 354.7111 deg, Dec -31.2674 to -20.5468 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 336.5362 to 354.7111 deg, Dec -31.2674 to -20.5468 deg
Loaded 4889 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): 3954 out of 4074 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4074 out of 19448 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits (aperture=4.8)
Read 15169 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 336.5425 to 354.7122 deg, Dec -31.2786 to -20.5359 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 336.5425 to 354.7122 deg, Dec -31.2786 to -20.5359 deg
Loaded 4896 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): 3989 out of 4086 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4086 out of 15169 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 24 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
2.1 pix PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
2.2 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
2.1 pix fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.3 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
14.0 mag. PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
12.2 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
12.2 mag. fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.2 (SNR ) 11.9 (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.O3Qji3Wyrv (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=584, bad_region=3445, passed=19438
Got 19438 stars (including 15494 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19438 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4845 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4842 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4842 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4842 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16807 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4845 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4842 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16807 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4842 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16807 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 4842 stars left (next iteration limit 5326)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits N_match=4842 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.442 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.509 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.408 n_q1=1623 n_q2=792 n_q3=1551 n_q4=876 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.152
The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.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.qdMMhBjDjE (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.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/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=416, bad_region=2397, passed=15164
Got 15164 stars (including 12409 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15164 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013035 (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 0.010428 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4847 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4846 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4846 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4846 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13351 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4847 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4846 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13351 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4846 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13351 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Excluding outliers - 4846 stars left (next iteration limit 5330)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits N_match=4846 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.483 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.523 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.412 n_q1=1637 n_q2=752 n_q3=1589 n_q4=868 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084
The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits -region wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.gqkNd2ZrTv (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=106, bad_region=1191, passed=5779
Got 5779 stars (including 4504 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5779 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4334 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4330 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4331 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.86"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4330 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4862 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.86"
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4335 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4331 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4862 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.90"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4331 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4862 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.90"
Excluding outliers - 4331 stars left (next iteration limit 4763)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits N_match=4331 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.871 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.795 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.859 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.997 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.739 n_q1=1244 n_q2=511 n_q3=1702 n_q4=874 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.144
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.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.KhmAf6VwOK (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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.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_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.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=104, bad_region=1199, passed=5843
Got 5843 stars (including 4563 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5843 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4398 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4389 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4390 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.86"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4389 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.86"
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4398 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4391 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.89"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4391 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4903 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.90"
Excluding outliers - 4391 stars left (next iteration limit 4827)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits N_match=4391 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.878 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.801 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.896 sigma_q3_arcsec=1.009 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.793 n_q1=1271 n_q2=509 n_q3=1719 n_q4=892 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.149
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-06_CI_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_014123_TTUQ2b1x1_40899_Qs9JXKUd/fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-07-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0240.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
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Preparing the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:23:05.29 -30:05:56.0: 99.00 +/- 99.00 bad_region
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1: 12.51 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1: 12.61 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0: 13.05 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6: 12.54 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2: 12.45 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5: 12.44 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7: 12.47 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2: 12.45 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9: 12.27 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:23:05.29 -30:05:56.0: 11.41 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0: 12.90 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1: 12.50 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6: 12.45 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1: 12.46 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.41 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.57 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.99 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.51 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 23:23:05.29 -30:05:56.0: ref_mag=11.41 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=10.3641 delta=1.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1: ref_mag=12.57 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.6349 delta=0.93 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0: ref_mag=12.99 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=11.9165 delta=1.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6: ref_mag=12.51 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.5481 delta=0.96 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1: ref_mag=12.49 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.5404 delta=0.95 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7: 12.35 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5: 12.36 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2: 12.45 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2: 12.45 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.41 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7: ref_mag=12.42 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.4479 delta=0.97 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5: ref_mag=12.41 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.4973 delta=0.91 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2: ref_mag=12.45 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.4889 delta=0.96 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2: ref_mag=12.45 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.5166 delta=0.93 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9: 12.66 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.35 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9: ref_mag=12.35 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.2731 delta=1.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4: 12.94 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4: 12.92 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.93 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4: ref_mag=12.93 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=11.7296 delta=1.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9: 12.88 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9: 12.88 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.88 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9: ref_mag=12.88 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.8533 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7: 12.84 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9: 12.83 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7: 12.57 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.72 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9: 12.81 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7: ref_mag=12.72 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.8096 delta=0.91 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.83 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9: ref_mag=12.83 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.8058 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9: 12.87 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1: 12.76 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3: 12.74 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5: 12.72 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-13_04-01-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0207.fits at 23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9: 12.68 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9: 12.95 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.90 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9: ref_mag=12.90 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.8737 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5: 12.55 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3: 12.60 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_02-11-59_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0287.fits at 22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1: 12.66 +/- 0.06 detection
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Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5: ref_mag=12.65 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.7152 delta=0.93 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.68 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.72 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3: ref_mag=12.68 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=11.6977 delta=0.98 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1: ref_mag=12.72 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.7431 delta=0.98 (need > 0.90)
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Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.68 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9: ref_mag=12.68 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.7164 delta=0.97 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 20268_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
The candidate 20268_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (21.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 20276_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
The candidate 20276_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (22.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 20277_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
The candidate 20277_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (21.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 20278_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
The candidate 20278_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 20279_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
The candidate 20279_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 18505_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 18505_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 11449_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 11449_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 13286_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 13286_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 20026_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
The candidate 20026_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 13896_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 13896_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 11265_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 11265_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 13425_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 13425_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 11508_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 11508_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 11233_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 11233_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 01606_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 01606_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 08637_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 08637_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 11290_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 11290_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 18179_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 18179_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 14321_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 14321_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 13590_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 13590_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 14231_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 14231_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 18595_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 18595_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 11400_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 11400_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
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Considering the candidate 17384_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
Preparing report for the candidate 17384_fd_PsA-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-06_01-08-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0241
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 2s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 40s
Prepared the HTML report for the field PsA-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9
22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4
22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2
23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7
22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9
22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5
22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6
22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5
22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1
23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2
22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9
22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1
22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1
23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9
23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9
22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7
22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0
22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3
########### Completed PsA-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0
22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6
22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1
22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1
23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7
23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2
22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5
22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2
23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9
22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4
22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9
22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7
23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9
22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9
22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1
22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3
22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5
23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9
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22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4 -- not a known variable star
22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5 -- not a known variable star
22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5 -- not a known variable star
22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0 -- not a known variable star
22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6 -- not a known variable star
22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1 -- not a known variable star
22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2 -- not a known variable star
22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1 -- not a known variable star
22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9 -- not a known variable star
22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3 -- a known variable star
22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9 -- a known variable star
22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7 -- not a known variable star
22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1 -- not a known variable star
23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7 -- not a known variable star
23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9 -- not a known variable star
23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9 -- not a known variable star
23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9 -- not a known variable star
23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2 -- not a known variable star
Found 16 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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18 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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Adding identified Gaia sources from exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Adding the following to the exclusion list ####
22:39:03.70 -26:18:50.4
22:45:09.92 -24:58:56.5
22:46:42.81 -24:55:55.5
22:47:11.91 -23:55:32.0
22:47:13.30 -24:57:44.6
22:49:06.51 -24:36:29.1
22:49:58.90 -25:05:43.2
22:51:42.87 -24:48:00.1
22:55:07.04 -25:04:57.9
22:55:17.27 -24:01:05.3
22:55:28.86 -24:10:34.9
22:55:37.96 -23:43:43.7
22:58:52.62 -23:27:02.1
23:13:47.98 -25:03:39.7
23:15:30.75 -24:49:08.9
23:20:37.87 -30:08:07.9
23:20:54.54 -23:08:19.9
23:21:32.92 -23:37:12.2
23:23:05.29 -30:05:56.0
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The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461258.75555589 -observatory V36
07:45:50.11 +20:23:16.7 Mercury (-0.3mag)
11:55:48.87 -00:05:03.7 Venus (-4.3mag)
05:43:32.75 +23:32:44.0 Mars (1.3mag)
08:41:10.10 +18:47:51.0 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:32.85 +03:16:45.7 Saturn (0.6mag)
04:11:29.98 +20:56:21.3 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:16:12.68 +00:13:57.9 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:28:19.79 -23:29:25.1 Pluto (14.4mag)
02:49:14.10 +20:49:01.9 Moon (-10.3mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Aug 6 01:44 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461258.75555589:
08:41:16.59 +18:47:23.3 Io (6.0mag)
08:41:06.28 +18:48:07.8 Europa (6.3mag)
08:41:07.10 +18:48:07.8 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:40:56.67 +18:48:51.5 Callisto (6.7mag)
08:38:45.94 +18:46:02.2 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:41:08.19 +18:47:59.8 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:38:16.61 +18:44:57.0 Elara (17.7mag)
08:45:16.02 +18:28:14.6 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:44:28.77 +18:57:41.9 Carme (19.0mag)
00:56:30.43 +03:17:12.6 Titan (8.4mag)
00:56:27.02 +03:16:48.9 Rhea (9.7mag)
00:56:36.58 +03:15:08.2 Iapetus (11.1mag)
00:56:19.36 +03:16:59.6 Hyperion (14.4mag)
00:55:57.83 +03:10:12.1 Phoebe (16.5mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 6 01:44 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461258.75555589:
18:55:32.46 -24:02:17.8 JWST
17:15:38.31 +40:54:04.7 Chandra
09:42:10.79 -54:40:40.6 XMM-Newton
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 6 01:44 spacecraft.txt
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461258.75555589 -observatory V36
03:11:25.75 +17:12:37.9 17.7mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:02:23.83 -34:38:23.2 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:51:56.97 -68:49:43.9 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:09:17.62 +32:57:07.9 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
03:37:49.63 +36:44:56.9 16.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:40:15.05 +31:33:49.4 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:41:30.97 +26:34:29.4 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:19:44.87 +28:33:29.4 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:27:32.46 +05:17:43.8 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:12:09.47 -12:12:33.2 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:13:22.27 +66:13:42.5 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
15:49:52.12 -12:45:07.8 14.3mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:05:52.52 +31:15:26.1 15.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:07:17.39 +15:36:58.3 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:05:37.77 +42:57:50.3 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:13:37.15 +49:04:51.2 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:13:33.01 -12:59:36.6 15.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:54:56.26 +24:30:08.0 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:29:57.85 -15:52:16.9 17.7mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:30:10.26 +21:01:44.8 17.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:56:57.57 +02:28:47.8 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:03:41.09 +78:00:55.7 16.8mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:06:43.86 +46:08:45.8 17.1mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:45:10.43 +08:20:10.0 17.3mag A/2026 E1
21:56:08.97 -26:28:13.7 6.9mag 10P/Tempel
11:27:47.17 -03:16:42.3 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:36:47.87 +32:15:54.4 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
11:03:40.45 +05:17:10.1 17.2mag 63P/Wild
00:54:17.88 -05:22:46.6 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
05:31:04.50 +20:43:45.1 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
20:39:45.70 -23:17:45.4 17.8mag 84P/Giclas
02:58:45.50 +13:32:32.1 16.7mag 88P/Howell
07:50:50.75 +27:55:27.4 16.1mag 93P/Lovas
04:00:49.26 +16:06:32.1 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
05:49:58.47 +30:30:42.3 16.3mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
09:13:49.40 +26:58:50.7 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:39:47.84 -09:30:38.1 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos
05:33:38.70 +21:11:10.4 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
06:25:08.37 +18:59:40.9 17.9mag 131P/Mueller
00:03:41.58 +03:25:21.0 17.6mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
03:21:33.66 -19:44:50.0 14.0mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
07:09:21.00 +37:41:30.6 15.8mag 162P/SidingSpring
15:49:22.94 +39:31:07.4 12.3mag 169P/NEAT
02:39:21.99 +09:28:34.5 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:40:36.19 -09:56:48.2 17.6mag 235P/LINEAR
20:23:42.46 -52:50:56.6 17.8mag 259P/Garradd
03:16:22.66 +24:20:00.1 15.4mag 260P/McNaught
06:59:25.98 +37:45:15.4 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:09:51.53 +03:21:19.6 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski
08:59:05.42 +18:28:20.9 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90 AT2026wek 2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60 ASASSN-26ev 2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20 SN2026wgm 2026-08-1.73 15.61
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
02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.6 15.52
21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05
17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62
13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24
00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22
14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32
12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69
12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02
10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75
13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58
00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58
01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15
21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24
06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02
20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12
11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63
11:44:33.11 -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
14:23:56.72 -58:37:47.60 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.64
11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46
21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86
00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34
15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44
11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55
13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96
02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37
17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7
01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8
16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8
09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63
21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9
14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21
14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89
12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5
13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23
09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51
15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.88
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
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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
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
09:39:31.292 -08:28:35.35 AT 2026vla 2026-02-21.40 20.65
17:07:24.157 +32:28:59.94 AT 2026vkz 2026-06-16.33 21.89
18:55:34.805 +34:42:05.78 AT 2026vky 2026-06-22.39 21.01
15:27:13.875 -10:50:21.14 AT 2026vkx 2026-06-14.35 20.55
13:36:43.476 +25:28:01.16 AT 2026vkw 2026-06-25.38 20.6
04:43:04.292 -16:08:54.64 AT 2026vkv 2026-01-12.30 21.72
04:48:25.928 -18:19:58.05 AT 2026vku 2026-01-26.25 21.35
12:55:24.686 +13:58:33.13 AT 2026vkt 2026-06-05.34 21.42
11:39:28.884 +47:23:59.43 AT 2026vks 2026-01-14.61 21.82
10:26:55.799 -14:09:20.42 AT 2026vkr 2026-01-13.55 21.98
12:26:22.284 +20:06:25.68 AT 2026vkq 2026-02-13.60 20.86
12:08:12.778 +41:30:56.83 AT 2026vkp 2026-06-15.27 20.88
05:11:50.298 -12:02:24.75 AT 2026vko 2026-02-15.23 20.49
00:35:37.087 -45:29:22.45 AT 2026vkn 2026-06-26.42 23.13
04:11:06.535 -49:23:35.67 AT 2026vkm 2026-07-09.42 22.31
23:40:19.411 -26:01:53.34 AT 2026vkl 2026-07-20.59 21.47
22:23:27.160 +00:54:32.97 AT 2026vkk 2026-07-14.55 21.17
21:14:05.875 -09:55:36.50 AT 2026vkj 2026-07-20.46 21.9
17:17:56.970 +19:09:32.22 AT 2026vki 2026-07-19.39 21.8
17:18:18.165 +24:21:20.44 AT 2026vkh 2026-07-19.40 21.78
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