fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits
fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 09.18235 | 2461261.68235 | 10.20 | 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.5 | 0472 5217 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 09.18288 | 2461261.68288 | 10.21 | 21:44:55.03 -14:07:14.7 | 0478 5216 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 09.1826 2461261.6826 10.21 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6
39.93017 -44.74365 galactic Cap Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 6.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
354 Eleonora -0 -1 1 10.5 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6: 14.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6: 14.69 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 09.18235 | 2461261.68235 | 10.58 | 22:19:35.50 -13:59:24.8 | 5554 5665 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 09.18288 | 2461261.68288 | 10.58 | 22:19:35.42 -13:59:25.6 | 5560 5664 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 09.1826 2461261.6826 10.58 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2
45.55579 -52.28930 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 6.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
100 Hekate -2 -0 2 11.3 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2: 12.13 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2: 12.16 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.14 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 ########### Processing Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 367685 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 367685 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits
renamed 'Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits
Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1514.0137 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 492.6099 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4773.2143 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1225.2874 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4768.6480 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1217.7313 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.15269 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.006 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 29.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Header: 67 keys total, 4 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-08T23:22:24.6199542' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-09T04:22:24.6199542' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61261.1822293866 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-09T04:22:34.5227152' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61261.1823440045 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 333.329234218952 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9996111864264 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 18.2827777777778 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 127.538888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.15894136980608 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: 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20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits :) Spent 0.920314 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 29.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits :) Spent 0.979645 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/d_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:
Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:
after the calibration attempt: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits
fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.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: 2461261.68234513 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_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits' wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Image size: 942.7'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.91"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:22.001 -18:00:24.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:22.001 -18:00:24.78 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0076 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Image size: 942.6'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.91"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:19.259 -18:00:14.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:19.259 -18:00:14.78 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0036 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 22:13:22.001 -18:00:24.78 Second-epoch second image center 22:13:19.259 -18:00:14.78 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01121 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ktS3BqxXNB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oAOa8dBfzJ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4PpgR9LW0h Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XTiMWoYKyl Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 4587 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5156 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): 3526 out of 3592 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3592 out of 4587 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.547850 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.547850 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.12 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.43 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.43
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 4587 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5156 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): 3526 out of 3592 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3592 out of 4587 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (aperture=6.4) Read 3722 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9530 to 341.7678 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.6145 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 324.9530 to 341.7678 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.6145 deg Loaded 5151 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): 3021 out of 3064 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3064 out of 3722 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (aperture=6.3) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 2.2 pix Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 2.7 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 2.7 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.4 mag. Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 14.2 mag. Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 12.7 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 12.7 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.7 (SNR ) 10.4 (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.ktS3BqxXNB (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=281, bad_region=0, passed=4587 Got 4587 stars (including 4302 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4587 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3795 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3772 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3772 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3772 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4587 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3794 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3774 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4587 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3774 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4587 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 3774 stars left (next iteration limit 4149) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits N_match=3774 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.527 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.462 n_q1=984 n_q2=949 n_q3=1005 n_q4=836 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.316 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.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.oAOa8dBfzJ (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=233, bad_region=0, passed=3722 Got 3722 stars (including 3488 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3722 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3072 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3059 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3059 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3059 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3722 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3072 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3059 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3059 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 3059 stars left (next iteration limit 3364) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits N_match=3059 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.457 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.526 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.476 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.464 n_q1=755 n_q2=782 n_q3=849 n_q4=673 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.153 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.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.4PpgR9LW0h (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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=112, bad_region=0, passed=1764 Got 1764 stars (including 1650 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1764 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013093 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010474 (37.7 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1468 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1463 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1462 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1463 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1469 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1463 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1463 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 1463 stars left (next iteration limit 1609) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1463 robust_rms=8.075 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=18.525 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1463 robust_rms=0.513 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.640 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1463 robust_rms=0.396 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.544 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1463 robust_rms_before=1.136 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.408 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.396 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.496 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.544 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.496 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits N_match=1463 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.457 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.539 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.423 n_q1=417 n_q2=273 n_q3=473 n_q4=300 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.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.XTiMWoYKyl (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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=116, bad_region=0, passed=1753 Got 1753 stars (including 1637 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1753 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013092 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010473 (37.7 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1464 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1458 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1457 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1458 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1750 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1464 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1457 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1750 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1457 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1750 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 1457 stars left (next iteration limit 1603) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1457 robust_rms=8.135 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=19.114 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1457 robust_rms=0.538 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.675 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1457 robust_rms=0.416 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.548 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1457 robust_rms_before=1.105 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.407 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.416 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.553 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.548 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.553 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits N_match=1457 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.429 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.619 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.447 n_q1=423 n_q2=274 n_q3=470 n_q4=290 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.500 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits sigma_overall=0.401 worst_q_ratio=1.316 ref2=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits sigma_overall=0.457 worst_q_ratio=1.153 new1=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits sigma_overall=0.437 worst_q_ratio=1.232 new2=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits sigma_overall=0.413 worst_q_ratio=1.500 reference average sigma_overall=0.429 worst_q_ratio=1.2345 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_astrometric_residuals.png (3774 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_astrometric_residuals.png (3059 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116_astrometric_residuals.png (1463 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117_astrometric_residuals.png (1457 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2: 12.13 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:31:32.90 -23:09:55.1: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6: 14.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2: 12.16 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6: 14.69 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:31:32.90 -23:09:55.1: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:31:32.90 -23:09:55.1: at least one reference image reported edge (off-image or aperture/annulus past image boundary); cannot perform the forced-photometry cross-check Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.14 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2: ref_mag=12.14 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=10.5818 delta=1.56 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20060.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20081.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20036_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 20036_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 22:19:54.40 -14:24:06.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20055_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 20055_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 9.41 22:19:54.40 -14:24:06.8 5619 5417 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.18235 2461261.68235 10.11 22:31:32.89 -23:09:55.3 7501 0205 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20060_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 Preparing report for the candidate 20060_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20081_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 Preparing report for the candidate 20081_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 12s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2 wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Image size: 942.7'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.91"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:22.001 -18:00:24.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:22.001 -18:00:24.78 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0076 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Image size: 942.6'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.91"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:19.259 -18:00:14.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:19.259 -18:00:14.78 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0036 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 22:13:22.001 -18:00:24.78 Second-epoch second image center 22:13:19.259 -18:00:14.78 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01121 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits &> /tmp/tmp.G6Q4OpoN4Z Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits &> /tmp/tmp.M71ZiCEziz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Xt9kzfaxI2 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits &> /tmp/tmp.92vcxLF11B Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 10.12 22:31:32.90 -23:09:54.8 7508 0203 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits .fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 27785 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5172 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): 4205 out of 4428 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4428 out of 27785 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.408900 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.408900 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.84 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.57 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.57
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 27785 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5172 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): 4205 out of 4428 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4428 out of 27785 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (aperture=5.0) Read 25204 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8815 to 341.8122 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.5946 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 324.8815 to 341.8122 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.5946 deg Loaded 5184 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): 4264 out of 4457 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4457 out of 25204 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (aperture=4.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 2.1 pix Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 2.6 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 2.6 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.6 mag. Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 14.4 mag. Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 13.2 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 13.2 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.2 (SNR ) 12.7 (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.G6Q4OpoN4Z (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=933, bad_region=0, passed=27775 Got 27775 stars (including 26812 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27775 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) 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: 4379 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4379 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4379 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27775 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4397 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4379 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27775 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4379 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27775 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4379 stars left (next iteration limit 4816) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits N_match=4379 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.492 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.439 n_q1=1233 n_q2=998 n_q3=1192 n_q4=956 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.277 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.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.M71ZiCEziz (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=739, bad_region=0, passed=25190 Got 25190 stars (including 24414 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25190 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4404 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4385 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4385 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4385 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25190 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4404 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4385 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25190 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4385 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25190 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4385 stars left (next iteration limit 4823) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits N_match=4385 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.502 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.475 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.449 n_q1=1205 n_q2=1066 n_q3=1154 n_q4=960 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.144 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.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.Xt9kzfaxI2 (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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=211, bad_region=1, passed=11178 Got 11178 stars (including 10950 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11178 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013093 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010474 (37.7 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4418 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4402 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4402 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4402 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11178 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4419 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4403 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11178 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4403 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11178 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" Excluding outliers - 4403 stars left (next iteration limit 4842) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits N_match=4403 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.524 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.564 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.672 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.516 n_q1=1264 n_q2=777 n_q3=1503 n_q4=859 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.283 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.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.92vcxLF11B (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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.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_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=235, bad_region=2, passed=11335 Got 11335 stars (including 11086 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11335 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013092 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010473 (37.7 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4416 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4397 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4397 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4397 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11335 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" 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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4417 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4397 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11335 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4397 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11335 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" Excluding outliers - 4397 stars left (next iteration limit 4836) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits N_match=4397 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.507 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.555 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.696 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.414 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.492 n_q1=1255 n_q2=781 n_q3=1504 n_q4=857 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.372 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:07:32.64 -14:30:38.8: 11.79 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:39:58.73 -14:33:12.6: 12.40 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:31:32.91 -23:09:54.7: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:15:47.17 -13:14:19.3: 12.86 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:07:32.64 -14:30:38.8: 11.74 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:39:58.73 -14:33:12.6: 12.29 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:15:47.17 -13:14:19.3: 12.69 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:31:32.91 -23:09:54.7: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:31:32.91 -23:09:54.7: at least one reference image reported edge (off-image or aperture/annulus past image boundary); cannot perform the forced-photometry cross-check Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.77 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.35 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.78 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:07:32.64 -14:30:38.8: ref_mag=11.77 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.7926 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:39:58.73 -14:33:12.6: ref_mag=12.35 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.0234 delta=0.32 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:15:47.17 -13:14:19.3: ref_mag=12.78 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.6305 delta=0.15 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31167_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31167_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 08 09.18235 2461261.68235 11.78 22:07:32.66 -14:30:39.0 3815 5242 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31205_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31205_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 11.81 22:07:32.63 -14:30:38.6 3822 5241 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.18235 2461261.68235 9.72 22:31:32.94 -23:09:54.8 7501 0205 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31206_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31206_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 9.76 22:31:32.89 -23:09:54.6 7508 0203 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 21:44:55.01 -14:07:14.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31303_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31303_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 10.66 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6 0478 5216 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 22:24:13.41 -19:47:42.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31423_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31423_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 11.18 22:24:13.39 -19:47:41.7 6395 2203 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.18235 2461261.68235 12.00 22:39:58.66 -14:33:12.3 8564 5459 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31470_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31470_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 12.07 22:39:58.79 -14:33:12.8 8571 5458 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 22:09:01.67 -18:29:57.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31500_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 31500_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 12.35 22:09:01.66 -18:29:57.3 4196 2858 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.18235 2461261.68235 12.63 22:15:47.22 -13:14:19.5 4972 6088 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-22-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0116.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 04953_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 04953_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 12.63 22:15:47.12 -13:14:19.1 4979 6087 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 22:18:39.24 -20:54:03.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 22280_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 22280_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 10.72 22:18:39.26 -20:54:03.5 5641 1498 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23288_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 23288_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 10.73 22:19:35.44 -13:59:25.6 5560 5664 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 22:19:54.40 -14:24:07.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 04448_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 The candidate 04448_fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 9.39 22:19:54.40 -14:24:07.2 5619 5417 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits **** FOUND 22:12:50.94 -21:09:51.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2 ########### Completed Aqr-06-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2 ################################################################################### 21:44:55.02 -14:07:14.6 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 22:19:35.46 -13:59:25.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461261.68234513 -observatory V36 08:03:47.18 +20:16:18.3 Mercury (-0.7mag) 12:06:09.26 -01:30:48.1 Venus (-4.4mag) 05:52:03.94 +23:37:37.8 Mars (1.3mag) 08:43:48.36 +18:38:04.9 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:20.97 +03:14:40.6 Saturn (0.6mag) 04:11:50.48 +20:57:14.4 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:16:02.68 +00:12:44.8 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:28:02.97 -23:30:33.0 Pluto (14.5mag) 05:49:42.16 +27:12:11.9 Moon (-9.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 8 23:29 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461261.68234513: 08:43:49.82 +18:38:00.3 Io (6.0mag) 08:43:55.05 +18:37:36.1 Europa (6.3mag) 08:44:01.84 +18:37:04.7 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:44:03.62 +18:37:02.8 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:41:21.11 +18:38:02.5 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:43:51.63 +18:37:51.2 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:40:53.70 +18:36:22.7 Elara (17.7mag) 08:47:55.69 +18:17:05.7 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:46:55.41 +18:48:33.7 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:08.28 +03:14:52.2 Titan (8.4mag) 00:56:24.66 +03:14:39.9 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:56:33.01 +03:13:36.5 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:56:07.90 +03:14:23.4 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:55:42.18 +03:07:43.9 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 8 23:29 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461261.68234513: 19:07:22.60 -22:34:09.7 JWST 17:48:36.00 +35:21:06.8 Chandra 21:10:06.21 +45:11:23.2 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 8 23:29 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461261.68234513 -observatory V36 03:14:46.35 +17:27:30.8 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:01:31.61 -34:37:21.0 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:54:40.87 -68:56:09.6 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:10:04.56 +33:00:48.8 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:46:35.26 +38:04:57.7 16.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:37:50.89 +31:23:29.6 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:44:26.67 +26:31:29.3 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:22:27.29 +28:25:35.0 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:29:30.29 +05:18:14.0 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:12:37.55 -12:19:20.4 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:09:28.22 +65:54:37.7 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:46:52.60 -13:01:35.1 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:09:10.65 +31:23:21.3 15.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:47.93 +15:36:22.7 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:01:55.08 +43:08:25.1 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:09:18.86 +49:16:03.6 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:15:54.72 -12:57:24.1 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:56:51.61 +23:59:16.6 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:31:13.58 -16:16:20.8 17.8mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:34:13.50 +20:50:44.9 17.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:58:41.94 +02:17:13.6 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:02:54.05 +77:44:36.8 16.8mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:07:50.91 +46:12:23.1 17.1mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:47:34.54 +08:39:05.7 17.3mag A/2026 E1 21:59:25.66 -27:42:05.9 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:29:31.83 -03:27:27.2 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:40:26.18 +32:32:09.7 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 11:09:38.87 +04:19:38.3 17.3mag 63P/Wild 00:54:10.00 -05:29:02.5 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:37:44.16 +20:41:00.9 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:37:06.28 -23:38:10.6 17.7mag 84P/Giclas 03:01:42.01 +13:45:50.1 16.7mag 88P/Howell 07:58:21.95 +27:31:55.1 16.2mag 93P/Lovas 04:09:00.89 +17:14:40.3 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 05:59:39.93 +30:12:45.5 16.3mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:20:46.66 +26:29:19.7 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:45:37.75 -10:38:15.7 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos 05:37:58.92 +21:10:39.0 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:30:10.18 +18:51:19.7 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:03:14.80 +03:23:55.7 17.6mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:19:54.24 -19:08:36.8 13.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:19:30.04 +37:51:23.0 15.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 14:54:27.92 +41:20:33.4 12.1mag 169P/NEAT 02:44:46.86 +09:31:43.0 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:42:04.90 -10:09:30.5 17.7mag 235P/LINEAR 20:21:45.03 -52:49:20.1 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 03:24:55.28 +25:34:36.2 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:08:17.02 +37:41:46.2 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:10:46.77 +03:02:01.4 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski 09:01:45.85 +18:19:46.2 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Aug 8 23:29 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40 AT2026wdy 2026-08-5.05 16.08 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 14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.59 11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86 00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34 15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44 11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55 13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96 02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37 17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7 01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8 16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8 09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63 21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9 14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21 14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89 12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5 13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23 09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 8 23:29 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 05:21:07.63 +23:38:19.4 TCP J05210763+2338194 2026-08-06.4109 11.2mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 189K Aug 8 23:29 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 02:03:17.642 -30:45:34.31 AT 2026weh 2026-07-24.56 18.896 01:05:30.285 -23:04:46.16 AT 2026weg 2026-07-24.51 18.833 12:18:53.701 +49:05:35.94 AT 2026wef 2026-07-24.89 18.37 00:31:47.490 -16:38:50.31 AT 2026wee 2026-07-25.19 20.36 00:41:24.189 +40:49:02.51 AT 2026wed 2026-07-24.39 19.4 18:33:30.559 +21:17:13.86 AT 2026wec 2026-07-21.23 20.6788 16:41:26.073 +03:58:26.03 AT 2026web 2026-07-22.18 20.4272 14:59:20.616 +53:48:39.79 AT 2026wea 2026-07-23.21 20.1637 00:02:07.519 -27:50:29.82 AT 2026wdz 2026-07-24.52 19.356 00:56:54.422 -35:55:30.03 AT 2026wdy 2026-07-24.54 18.247 23:52:29.687 -30:57:24.57 AT 2026wdx 2026-07-24.52 18.847 19:36:24.748 -08:19:41.57 AT 2026wdw 2026-07-16.31 20.836 21:30:37.788 -00:05:34.60 AT 2026wdv 2026-07-22.36 20.43 21:28:36.386 +12:07:45.35 AT 2026wdu 2026-07-24.55 20.86 19:21:02.960 -49:58:34.90 AT 2026wdt 2026-07-21.88 19.1 01:19:37.400 +08:10:10.57 AT 2026wds 2026-07-16.45 20.2487 04:33:26.967 +14:15:55.81 AT 2026wdr 2026-07-23.49 19.6905 15:20:52.233 +31:10:21.07 AT 2026wdq 2026-07-19.71 20.09 15:39:59.370 +36:00:58.14 AT 2026wdp 2026-07-15.76 21 16:03:27.470 +40:36:58.03 AT 2026wdo 2026-07-15.76 21.31 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 8 23:29 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 08 09.18288 2461261.68288 11.01 22:12:50.95 -21:09:51.6 4836 1292 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-08_CI_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_232422_TTUQ1b1x1_1544858_4b8MMS0U/fd_Aqr-06-Q1b1x1_2026-08-08_23-23-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0117.fits
