fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits
fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 09.41135 | 2461261.91135 | 13.94 | 00:57:11.55 -05:54:47.6 | 5665 5668 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 09.41180 | 2461261.91180 | 14.07 | 00:57:11.61 -05:54:47.2 | 5667 5666 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 09.4116 2461261.9116 14.01 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4
126.88157 -68.74077 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 3.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
893 Leopoldina -1 1 2 14.1 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4: 15.89 +/- 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 09.41135 | 2461261.91135 | 14.00 | 00:55:11.58 -07:20:09.2 | 5358 4806 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 09.41180 | 2461261.91180 | 14.00 | 00:55:11.64 -07:20:09.3 | 5360 4803 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 09.4116 2461261.9116 14.00 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2
125.68025 -70.18759 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 3.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
906 Repsolda -1 1 1 13.9 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 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: Cet-06-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Cet-06-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Cet-06-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 182584 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 182584 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits_preview.png'
Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits
renamed 'Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits_preview.png'
Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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= 888.8278 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 475.8528 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1749.5649 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 480.5674 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1746.7941 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 480.3519 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.9684 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 21.3299999237061 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.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 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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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/d_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits :) Spent 0.507865 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/d_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 19899.553568 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=13115.0, right_median=15628.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 21.3400001525879 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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= '2026-08-09T04:52:49.2370516' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-09T09:52:49.2370516' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61261.4116809838 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/d_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits :) Spent 0.504141 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/d_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 19899.553568 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=13115.0, right_median=15628.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits
fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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: 2461261.91135299 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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits' wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits' wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:25.673 -10:00:21.48 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 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: 00:51:26.066 -10:00:18.90 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.673 -10:00:21.48 Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.066 -10:00:18.90 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0018 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 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: 00:51:25.330 -10:00:04.18 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.673 -10:00:21.48 Second-epoch image center 00:51:25.330 -10:00:04.18 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0050 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 00:51:26.066 -10:00:18.90 Second-epoch second image center 00:51:25.330 -10:00:04.18 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00508 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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits &> /tmp/tmp.C6ildzROS2 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits &> /tmp/tmp.W71W5fh7HV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xiftvUrYz6 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits &> /tmp/tmp.z8SLrKPsXX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5092 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8432 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3223 to -4.5646 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 4.8432 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3223 to -4.5646 deg Loaded 3952 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): 3142 out of 3267 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3267 out of 5092 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.892100 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.892100 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.81 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.08 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.08
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5092 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8432 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3223 to -4.5646 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 4.8432 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3223 to -4.5646 deg Loaded 3952 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): 3142 out of 3267 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3267 out of 5092 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 5085 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8433 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3261 to -4.5647 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 4.8433 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3261 to -4.5647 deg Loaded 3953 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): 3150 out of 3266 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3266 out of 5085 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 2.1 pix Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.1 mag. Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 15.1 mag. Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 11.5 (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.C6ildzROS2 (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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=365, bad_region=1203, passed=5092 Got 5092 stars (including 3612 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5092 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3543 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3540 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3540 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4141 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" 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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3543 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3540 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4141 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3540 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4141 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 3540 stars left (next iteration limit 3894) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits N_match=3540 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.241 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.236 n_q1=1035 n_q2=684 n_q3=1126 n_q4=695 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.145 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -region wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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.W71W5fh7HV (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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=357, bad_region=1183, passed=5085 Got 5085 stars (including 3633 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5085 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3563 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3561 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3561 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3561 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4154 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" 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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3563 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3561 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4154 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3561 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4154 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 3561 stars left (next iteration limit 3917) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits N_match=3561 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.272 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.223 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.213 n_q1=1046 n_q2=691 n_q3=1120 n_q4=704 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.227 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits -region wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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.xiftvUrYz6 (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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=201, bad_region=716, passed=3124 Got 3124 stars (including 2266 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3124 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2223 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2223 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2223 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2223 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2533 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2223 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2223 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2533 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2223 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2533 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 2223 stars left (next iteration limit 2445) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2223 robust_rms=6.116 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.799 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2223 robust_rms=0.586 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.750 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2223 robust_rms=0.358 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.429 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2223 robust_rms_before=0.940 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.342 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.358 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.396 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.429 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.396 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits N_match=2223 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=697 n_q2=407 n_q3=734 n_q4=385 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.138 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.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.z8SLrKPsXX (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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=206, bad_region=705, passed=3091 Got 3091 stars (including 2242 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3091 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2200 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2200 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2200 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2200 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2200 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2200 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2200 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 2200 stars left (next iteration limit 2420) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2200 robust_rms=6.146 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.964 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2200 robust_rms=0.535 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.669 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2200 robust_rms=0.335 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.409 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2200 robust_rms_before=0.933 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.317 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.335 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.392 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.409 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.392 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits N_match=2200 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.304 n_q1=693 n_q2=404 n_q3=726 n_q4=377 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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=Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits sigma_overall=0.271 worst_q_ratio=1.145 ref2=Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits sigma_overall=0.253 worst_q_ratio=1.227 new1=fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits sigma_overall=0.340 worst_q_ratio=1.138 new2=fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits sigma_overall=0.328 worst_q_ratio=1.154 reference average sigma_overall=0.262 worst_q_ratio=1.186 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069_astrometric_residuals.png (3540 matched stars from wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070_astrometric_residuals.png (3561 matched stars from wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464_astrometric_residuals.png (2223 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465_astrometric_residuals.png (2200 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:25.673 -10:00:21.48 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 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: 00:51:26.066 -10:00:18.90 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.673 -10:00:21.48 Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.066 -10:00:18.90 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0018 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 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: 00:51:25.330 -10:00:04.18 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.673 -10:00:21.48 Second-epoch image center 00:51:25.330 -10:00:04.18 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0050 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 00:51:26.066 -10:00:18.90 Second-epoch second image center 00:51:25.330 -10:00:04.18 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00508 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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits &> /tmp/tmp.l8yl2U7vq5 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PpAMIxgVPx Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XF4vNOU4qJ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DK1N7nosrY Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 26253 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8317 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3222 to -4.5543 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 4.8317 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3222 to -4.5543 deg Loaded 3954 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): 3110 out of 3352 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3352 out of 26253 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.778800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.778800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.52 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.26 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.26
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 26253 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8317 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3222 to -4.5543 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 4.8317 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3222 to -4.5543 deg Loaded 3954 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): 3110 out of 3352 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3352 out of 26253 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (aperture=4.9) Read 25987 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8346 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3332 to -4.5616 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 4.8346 to 21.0419 deg, Dec -15.3332 to -4.5616 deg Loaded 3957 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): 3129 out of 3354 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3354 out of 25987 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits (aperture=5.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 23 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 2.1 pix Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 15.2 mag. Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 14.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.l8yl2U7vq5 (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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=1010, bad_region=5219, passed=26246 Got 26246 stars (including 20219 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26246 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4858 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22242 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" 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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22242 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22242 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4858 stars left (next iteration limit 5343) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits N_match=4858 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.250 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.237 n_q1=1487 n_q2=898 n_q3=1531 n_q4=942 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.140 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -region wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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.PpAMIxgVPx (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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=998, bad_region=5125, passed=25977 Got 25977 stars (including 20039 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25977 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4863 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4857 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22053 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" 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 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4863 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22053 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22053 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4857 stars left (next iteration limit 5342) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits N_match=4857 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.243 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.240 n_q1=1484 n_q2=897 n_q3=1538 n_q4=938 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.129 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits -region wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.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.XF4vNOU4qJ (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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=565, bad_region=3917, passed=17675 Got 17675 stars (including 13296 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17675 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4863 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14622 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14622 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14622 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4863 stars left (next iteration limit 5349) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits N_match=4863 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.387 n_q1=1626 n_q2=937 n_q3=1473 n_q4=827 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.214 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.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.DK1N7nosrY (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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=575, bad_region=3891, passed=17509 Got 17509 stars (including 13136 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17509 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4862 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4861 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14473 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4863 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14473 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14473 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4861 stars left (next iteration limit 5347) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits N_match=4861 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.477 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=1620 n_q2=943 n_q3=1475 n_q4=823 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.234 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.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_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/wcs_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 01:03:55.87 -09:08:02.8: 13.43 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:59:24.61 -11:53:30.1: 14.09 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:33:29.46 -06:43:50.7: 13.31 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-46-55_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 01:03:55.87 -09:08:02.8: 13.50 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:33:29.46 -06:43:50.7: 13.28 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:59:24.61 -11:53:30.1: 13.98 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4: 15.89 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.46 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.30 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:03:55.87 -09:08:02.8: ref_mag=13.46 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.5175 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.03 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:33:29.46 -06:43:50.7: ref_mag=13.30 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3713 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:59:24.61 -11:53:30.1: ref_mag=14.03 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=13.8034 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_20-47-52_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out34197.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out34338.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31682_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 31682_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checksRejecting candidate due to large distance (18.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32386_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 32386_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 11.31 01:07:13.13 -12:41:10.1 7119 1546 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits **** FOUND 00:43:47.43 -12:02:36.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32548_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 32548_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 12.49 00:43:47.41 -12:02:36.3 3657 1961 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33061_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33061_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 12.56 00:46:14.82 -11:38:34.8 4020 2204 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33078_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33078_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.22 01:05:42.89 -06:22:38.0 6950 5374 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33114_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33114_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 12.96 00:33:56.27 -07:43:13.4 2168 4570 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.1") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33210_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33210_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.29 01:02:43.81 -09:26:40.5 6476 3519 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33376_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33376_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 12.92 00:38:01.73 -06:03:01.1 2777 5588 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33422_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33422_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.79 01:06:03.32 -13:37:14.4 6939 0981 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.41135 2461261.91135 13.46 01:03:55.90 -09:08:03.3 6656 3707 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33522_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33522_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.59 01:03:55.84 -09:08:02.3 6658 3705 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.0") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33525_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33525_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.55 01:07:35.23 -07:17:49.1 7224 4812 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33557_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33557_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.25 00:33:14.17 -08:09:25.9 2065 4304 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33689_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33689_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.45 00:41:32.36 -10:40:06.3 3320 2791 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33874_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33874_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.39 00:41:36.60 -10:27:00.6 3330 2923 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.41135 2461261.91135 13.80 00:59:24.56 -11:53:30.4 5965 2047 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33877_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33877_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.81 00:59:24.65 -11:53:29.7 5967 2045 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 09.41135 2461261.91135 13.57 00:33:29.48 -06:43:50.5 2092 5174 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0464.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33961_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 33961_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.26 00:33:29.44 -06:43:50.9 2094 5171 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34197_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 Preparing report for the candidate 34197_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34316_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 34316_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.74 00:55:12.74 -07:00:23.7 5364 5003 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.7") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34338_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 Preparing report for the candidate 34338_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34442_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 34442_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 13.82 00:46:37.07 -12:57:57.5 4075 1403 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (17.7") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34572_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 34572_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 14.10 00:47:00.79 -05:55:35.5 4133 5663 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34576_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 34576_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 14.19 00:34:19.81 -09:30:10.4 2238 3489 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.8") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34579_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 The candidate 34579_fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 14.33 00:35:39.13 -08:52:16.8 2433 3873 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.7") between the two second-epoch detections make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 9s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2 ########### Completed Cet-06-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2 ################################################################################### 00:57:11.58 -05:54:47.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:55:11.61 -07:20:09.2 -- 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)2461261.91135299 -observatory V36 08:05:19.06 +20:14:56.4 Mercury (-0.7mag) 12:06:57.98 -01:37:29.3 Venus (-4.4mag) 05:52:44.09 +23:37:58.0 Mars (1.3mag) 08:44:00.83 +18:37:18.7 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:19.88 +03:14:30.1 Saturn (0.6mag) 04:11:52.05 +20:57:18.6 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:16:01.87 +00:12:38.8 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:28:01.64 -23:30:38.3 Pluto (14.5mag) 06:07:58.88 +27:27:00.9 Moon (-9.2mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 9 06:16 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461261.91135299: 08:44:06.78 +18:36:54.3 Io (6.0mag) 08:44:03.79 +18:37:06.2 Europa (6.3mag) 08:44:12.04 +18:36:28.1 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:44:18.08 +18:36:07.9 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:41:33.36 +18:37:24.8 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:44:03.36 +18:37:09.0 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:41:06.10 +18:35:42.3 Elara (17.7mag) 08:48:08.25 +18:16:13.3 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:47:06.96 +18:47:50.7 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:06.91 +03:14:39.2 Titan (8.4mag) 00:56:22.30 +03:14:33.2 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:56:32.53 +03:13:28.8 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:56:07.33 +03:14:10.5 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:55:40.78 +03:07:31.6 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 9 06:17 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461261.91135299: 19:07:20.30 -22:23:34.9 JWST 18:01:11.58 +28:35:18.8 Chandra 06:21:23.71 +21:55:26.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 9 06:16 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461261.91135299 -observatory V36 03:15:01.75 +17:28:40.2 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:01:27.80 -34:37:13.7 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:54:53.72 -68:56:41.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:10:08.19 +33:01:06.6 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:47:15.64 +38:11:03.4 16.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:37:39.40 +31:22:38.5 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:44:40.38 +26:31:15.4 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:22:40.12 +28:24:57.8 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:29:39.59 +05:18:15.8 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:12:39.95 -12:19:52.6 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:09:09.82 +65:53:02.9 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:46:39.19 -13:02:51.3 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:09:26.18 +31:23:59.1 15.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:45.86 +15:36:18.7 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:01:37.70 +43:09:07.7 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:08:58.27 +49:16:51.1 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:16:05.73 -12:57:15.5 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:57:00.60 +23:56:51.6 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:31:19.49 -16:18:16.5 17.8mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:34:32.86 +20:49:52.2 17.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:58:50.36 +02:16:18.3 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:02:52.48 +77:43:13.3 16.8mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:07:55.56 +46:12:41.0 17.1mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:47:46.06 +08:40:32.2 17.3mag A/2026 E1 21:59:38.87 -27:47:46.2 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:29:40.18 -03:28:18.4 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:40:43.13 +32:33:26.8 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 11:10:07.10 +04:15:08.2 17.3mag 63P/Wild 00:54:08.84 -05:29:34.2 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:38:15.43 +20:40:46.2 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:36:53.30 -23:39:44.5 17.7mag 84P/Giclas 03:01:55.22 +13:46:51.1 16.7mag 88P/Howell 07:58:57.16 +27:30:02.6 16.2mag 93P/Lovas 04:09:39.80 +17:20:03.2 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:00:25.56 +30:11:16.0 16.3mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:21:19.47 +26:26:58.8 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:46:05.48 -10:43:31.5 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos 05:38:19.25 +21:10:36.0 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:30:33.79 +18:50:39.5 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:03:12.20 +03:23:46.8 17.6mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:19:48.97 -19:08:03.4 13.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:20:17.73 +37:52:04.3 15.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 14:49:51.39 +41:24:27.8 12.1mag 169P/NEAT 02:45:11.64 +09:31:54.4 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:42:12.16 -10:10:29.9 17.7mag 235P/LINEAR 20:21:35.17 -52:48:58.8 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 03:25:35.44 +25:40:26.3 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:08:58.69 +37:41:26.5 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:10:51.37 +03:00:30.1 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski 09:01:58.50 +18:19:05.7 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Aug 9 06:16 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 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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 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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 9 06:16 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 9 06:16 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 07:29:03.374 -66:53:37.31 AT 2026wex 2026-07-25.15 18.281 01:42:47.795 -06:27:10.68 AT 2026wew 2026-07-25.45 19.7348 00:50:41.969 +09:13:17.18 SN 2026wev 2026-07-24.43 20.2592 04:03:01.245 +02:18:01.70 AT 2026weu 2026-07-25.48 19.4696 04:08:44.774 +15:30:54.17 AT 2026wet 2026-07-23.48 20.1342 05:10:15.909 +18:10:11.78 AT 2026wes 2026-07-24.49 18.6481 06:18:11.756 +51:00:15.14 AT 2026wer 2026-07-24.49 18.639 22:19:44.999 -27:22:20.19 AT 2026weq 2026-07-13.44 19.377 20:41:38.010 -18:35:01.60 SN 2026wep 2026-07-23.31 20.3302 01:10:22.021 -09:34:08.15 SN 2026weo 2026-07-24.43 20.636 02:27:10.045 +36:08:07.18 AT 2026wen 2026-07-22.43 20.04 01:17:11.858 +43:13:46.93 AT 2026wem 2026-07-03.45 20.3459 20:51:08.964 +18:09:10.80 AT 2026wel 2026-07-21.37 20.276 22:08:07.720 -53:03:58.03 AT 2026wek 2026-07-24.88 18.736 14:52:41.154 -38:57:24.25 AT 2026wej 2026-07-24.81 18.497 21:24:57.173 +01:23:35.53 AT 2026wei 2026-07-21.60 20.35 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 9 06:16 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 2 2026 08 09.41180 2461261.91180 14.54 01:00:18.24 -08:18:40.2 6121 4208 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_061426_TTUQ2b1x1_1149570_dqsA15LP/fd_Cet-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-09_04-52-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0465.fits
