NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ

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Processing fields Cet-10-Q1b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 reference image: Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 reference image: Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits
Field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits
Field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Cet-10-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Cet-10-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Cet-10-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 852208 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 852208 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits_preview.png'
Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits

renamed 'Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits_preview.png'
Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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= 1164.6233 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 463.0200 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2771.2155 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 700.5758 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2769.2538 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 698.8225 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.3795 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.003 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.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= '2026-08-10T04:46:43.5796700' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-10T09:46:43.5796700' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61262.407448831 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-10T09:46:53.4842732' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61262.4075634722 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 13.3308753369713 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9999462852725 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 37.5325 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 168.01 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.63880621865601 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cet-10' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '00 53 20' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-18 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29510 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29510 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 56: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 57: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 58: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 59: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 60: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 61: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 62: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 63: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/d_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits :) Spent 0.494502 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/d_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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= '2026-08-10T04:47:36.6761462' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-10T09:47:36.6761462' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61262.4080633796 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 13.330875245064 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9999463103798 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 37.5697222222222 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 168.266388888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.63742886379713 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/d_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits :) Spent 0.499170 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/d_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

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fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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: 2461262.90756457 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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits' wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits' wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits' wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Image size: 941.4'x627.2' 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: 00:53:18.816 -18:00:37.64 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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Image size: 940.9'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:53:14.704 -18:00:50.89 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:53:18.816 -18:00:37.64 Second-epoch image center 00:53:14.704 -18:00:50.89 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0167 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Image size: 940.9'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:53:12.473 -18:01:30.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:53:18.816 -18:00:37.64 Second-epoch image center 00:53:12.473 -18:01:30.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0290 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 00:53:14.704 -18:00:50.89 Second-epoch second image center 00:53:12.473 -18:01:30.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01401 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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vvPHzhLvdp Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits &> /tmp/tmp.t4fmC9Ygcm Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits &> /tmp/tmp.I9z9slTw1L Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hzDiycH2PB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits and wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits and wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits and wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 4470 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9614 to 21.9299 deg, Dec -23.3166 to -12.4519 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 4.9614 to 21.9299 deg, Dec -23.3166 to -12.4519 deg Loaded 4156 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3116 out of 3229 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3229 out of 4470 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.886450 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.886450 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.92 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.97 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.97
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 4470 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9614 to 21.9299 deg, Dec -23.3166 to -12.4519 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 4.9614 to 21.9299 deg, Dec -23.3166 to -12.4519 deg Loaded 4156 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3116 out of 3229 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3229 out of 4470 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 4144 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.0060 to 21.9301 deg, Dec -23.3178 to -12.4337 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 5.0060 to 21.9301 deg, Dec -23.3178 to -12.4337 deg Loaded 4161 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): 2348 out of 2396 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2396 out of 4144 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ 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: 2.0 pix Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 2.1 pix Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits 2.8 pix fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 2.8 pix fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.0 mag. Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 14.8 mag. Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits 13.9 mag. fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 13.9 mag. fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.9 (SNR ) 11.3 (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.vvPHzhLvdp (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=318, bad_region=0, passed=4470 Got 4470 stars (including 4148 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4470 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4069 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4067 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4067 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4067 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4470 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4069 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4067 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4470 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4067 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4470 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4067 stars left (next iteration limit 4473) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits N_match=4067 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.240 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.257 n_q1=970 n_q2=1070 n_q3=960 n_q4=1067 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.242 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits -region wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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.t4fmC9Ygcm (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=259, bad_region=1, passed=4144 Got 4144 stars (including 3880 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4144 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3804 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3800 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3800 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3800 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4144 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3805 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4144 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4144 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 3803 stars left (next iteration limit 4180) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits N_match=3803 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.312 n_q1=909 n_q2=1014 n_q3=908 n_q4=972 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.079 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits -region wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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.I9z9slTw1L (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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=133, bad_region=0, passed=2540 Got 2540 stars (including 2404 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2540 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2361 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2359 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2361 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2359 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 2359 stars left (next iteration limit 2594) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2359 robust_rms=10.521 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.896 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2359 robust_rms=0.382 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.415 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2359 robust_rms=0.311 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.352 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2359 robust_rms_before=0.963 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.272 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.311 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.328 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.352 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.328 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits N_match=2359 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.243 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.250 n_q1=574 n_q2=546 n_q3=656 n_q4=583 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.187 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.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.hzDiycH2PB (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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=143, bad_region=0, passed=2549 Got 2549 stars (including 2403 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2549 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2358 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2356 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2356 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2356 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2549 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2358 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2356 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2549 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2356 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2549 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 2356 stars left (next iteration limit 2591) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2356 robust_rms=10.538 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.302 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2356 robust_rms=0.382 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.396 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2356 robust_rms=0.301 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.332 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2356 robust_rms_before=0.975 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.276 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.301 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.309 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.332 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.309 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits N_match=2356 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.257 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.267 n_q1=580 n_q2=544 n_q3=658 n_q4=574 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.106 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits sigma_overall=0.276 worst_q_ratio=1.242 ref2=Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.079 new1=fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits sigma_overall=0.284 worst_q_ratio=1.187 new2=fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits sigma_overall=0.288 worst_q_ratio=1.106 reference average sigma_overall=0.2825 worst_q_ratio=1.1605 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017_astrometric_residuals.png (4067 matched stars from wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067_astrometric_residuals.png (3803 matched stars from wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446_astrometric_residuals.png (2359 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447_astrometric_residuals.png (2356 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Image size: 941.4'x627.2' 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: 00:53:18.816 -18:00:37.64 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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Image size: 940.9'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:53:14.704 -18:00:50.89 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:53:18.816 -18:00:37.64 Second-epoch image center 00:53:14.704 -18:00:50.89 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0167 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Image size: 940.9'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:53:12.473 -18:01:30.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:53:18.816 -18:00:37.64 Second-epoch image center 00:53:12.473 -18:01:30.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0290 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 00:53:14.704 -18:00:50.89 Second-epoch second image center 00:53:12.473 -18:01:30.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01401 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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits &> /tmp/tmp.tdtmSVxuR1 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YiNEJBmxHI Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Z41boKDfsc Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8x7ZeUPtnZ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits and wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits and wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits and wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 24286 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9472 to 21.9799 deg, Dec -23.3411 to -12.4232 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 4.9472 to 21.9799 deg, Dec -23.3411 to -12.4232 deg Loaded 4198 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): 3243 out of 3443 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3443 out of 24286 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.777200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.777200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.67 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.11 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.11
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 24286 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9472 to 21.9799 deg, Dec -23.3411 to -12.4232 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 4.9472 to 21.9799 deg, Dec -23.3411 to -12.4232 deg Loaded 4198 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): 3243 out of 3443 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3443 out of 24286 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 21682 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9497 to 21.9802 deg, Dec -23.3291 to -12.4255 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 4.9497 to 21.9802 deg, Dec -23.3291 to -12.4255 deg Loaded 4192 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): 2550 out of 2661 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2661 out of 21682 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 2.0 pix Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits 2.6 pix fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 2.6 pix fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.1 mag. Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 14.9 mag. Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits 14.1 mag. fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 14.1 mag. fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.1 (SNR ) 13.5 (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.tdtmSVxuR1 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=893, bad_region=1, passed=24280 Got 24280 stars (including 23344 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24280 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4897 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24280 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24280 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24280 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4897 stars left (next iteration limit 5386) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits N_match=4897 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.240 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.254 n_q1=1223 n_q2=1268 n_q3=1181 n_q4=1225 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.234 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits -region wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.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.YiNEJBmxHI (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=669, bad_region=24, passed=21674 Got 21674 stars (including 20941 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21674 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4892 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21674 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4891 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21674 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4891 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21674 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4891 stars left (next iteration limit 5381) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits N_match=4891 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.317 n_q1=1253 n_q2=1274 n_q3=1187 n_q4=1177 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.096 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits -region wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.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.Z41boKDfsc (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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=353, bad_region=11, passed=13136 Got 13136 stars (including 12747 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13136 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4884 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13136 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13136 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13136 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5372) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.451 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.301 n_q1=1143 n_q2=1134 n_q3=1364 n_q4=1245 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.247 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.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.8x7ZeUPtnZ (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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=348, bad_region=14, passed=13160 Got 13160 stars (including 12782 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13160 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4880 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13160 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4885 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13160 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13160 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4882 stars left (next iteration limit 5368) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits N_match=4882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.313 n_q1=1155 n_q2=1121 n_q3=1374 n_q4=1232 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.206 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.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_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/wcs_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits at 01:00:29.93 -19:24:26.1: 13.43 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_19-58-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits at 00:27:44.37 -16:25:26.4: 12.78 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits at 01:00:29.93 -19:24:26.1: 13.36 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_20-29-42_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0067.fits at 00:27:44.37 -16:25:26.4: 12.93 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.40 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.83 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:00:29.93 -19:24:26.1: ref_mag=13.40 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3447 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:27:44.37 -16:25:26.4: ref_mag=12.83 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.6873 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31063_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447 The candidate 31063_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 10.40756    2461262.90756    12.69    00:27:44.41 -16:25:26.5   1040 3874   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 10.40818    2461262.90818    12.68    00:27:44.33 -16:25:26.3   1045 3881   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31219_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447 The candidate 31219_fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 10.40756    2461262.90756    13.31    01:00:29.96 -19:24:26.9   5867 2414   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-46-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 10.40818    2461262.90818    13.39    01:00:29.89 -19:24:25.2   5872 2421   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-10_CI_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_045005_TTUQ1b1x1_1909580_eX4NzAXQ/fd_Cet-10-Q1b1x1_2026-08-10_04-47-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0447.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-10-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Cet-10-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### 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)2461262.90756457 -observatory V36 08:12:06.44 +20:07:25.0 Mercury (-0.8mag) 12:10:26.27 -02:06:33.4 Venus (-4.4mag) 05:55:37.55 +23:39:11.8 Mars (1.3mag) 08:44:54.53 +18:33:57.6 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:15.03 +03:13:42.7 Saturn (0.6mag) 04:11:58.63 +20:57:35.5 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:15:58.25 +00:12:12.6 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:27:55.96 -23:31:00.9 Pluto (14.5mag) 07:13:10.93 +25:33:43.0 Moon (-8.9mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 10 04:54 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461262.90756457: 08:44:50.12 +18:34:17.5 Io (6.0mag) 08:44:45.93 +18:34:36.3 Europa (6.3mag) 08:44:52.77 +18:34:03.4 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:45:18.96 +18:32:14.5 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:42:26.19 +18:34:40.3 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:44:54.16 +18:33:59.7 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:41:59.57 +18:32:46.0 Elara (17.7mag) 08:49:02.31 +18:12:24.5 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:47:56.67 +18:44:42.9 Carme (19.0mag) 00:56:02.12 +03:13:39.8 Titan (8.4mag) 00:56:10.47 +03:13:49.8 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:56:30.36 +03:12:53.8 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:56:05.42 +03:13:13.8 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:55:34.65 +03:06:36.5 Phoebe (16.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 10 04:54 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461262.90756457: 19:11:26.99 -21:51:47.3 JWST 10:52:08.80 +40:25:48.1 Chandra 11:19:16.74 -60:20:48.4 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 10 04:54 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461262.90756457 -observatory V36 03:16:08.26 +17:33:34.3 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:01:12.79 -34:36:46.5 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:55:49.01 -68:58:57.9 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:10:23.65 +33:02:23.4 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:50:08.51 +38:35:46.0 16.9mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:36:49.78 +31:18:49.7 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:45:39.37 +26:30:12.6 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:23:35.54 +28:22:17.4 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:30:19.70 +05:18:22.5 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:12:50.67 -12:22:14.9 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:07:51.57 +65:46:02.3 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:45:42.08 -13:08:25.1 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:10:32.70 +31:26:42.3 15.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:37.22 +15:36:01.4 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 19:00:23.53 +43:12:08.5 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:07:29.30 +49:20:09.2 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:16:53.09 -12:56:38.7 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:57:38.84 +23:46:17.3 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:31:43.84 -16:26:42.1 17.8mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:35:56.65 +20:46:02.5 17.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 12:59:27.00 +02:12:16.8 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:02:50.51 +77:37:21.2 16.7mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:08:14.83 +46:13:46.6 17.1mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:48:35.75 +08:46:46.6 17.3mag A/2026 E1 22:00:43.27 -28:12:02.3 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:30:16.29 -03:32:02.5 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:41:56.18 +32:38:55.4 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 11:12:08.93 +03:55:33.5 17.3mag 63P/Wild 00:54:03.75 -05:31:54.0 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:40:30.50 +20:39:32.3 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:35:59.16 -23:46:32.4 17.7mag 84P/Giclas 03:02:51.82 +13:51:05.8 16.7mag 88P/Howell 08:01:28.65 +27:21:46.9 16.2mag 93P/Lovas 04:12:29.17 +17:43:20.8 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:03:42.87 +30:04:26.8 16.2mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:23:41.03 +26:16:41.7 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:48:05.34 -11:06:25.1 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos 05:39:46.99 +21:10:16.9 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:32:15.51 +18:47:38.9 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:03:01.03 +03:23:03.4 17.6mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:19:24.23 -19:05:31.4 13.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:23:43.35 +37:54:47.8 15.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 14:29:24.37 +41:36:09.2 12.1mag 169P/NEAT 02:46:58.81 +09:32:30.8 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:42:44.96 -10:14:53.0 17.7mag 235P/LINEAR 20:20:58.30 -52:47:16.4 17.8mag 259P/Garradd 03:28:30.05 +26:05:26.6 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:11:58.65 +37:39:48.5 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:11:11.74 +02:53:53.0 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski 09:02:53.06 +18:16:08.8 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Aug 10 04:54 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40 AT2026wdy 2026-08-5.05 16.08 22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90 AT2026wek 2026-08-3.82 17.17 14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60 ASASSN-26ev 2026-08-2.15 14.02 12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20 SN2026wgm 2026-08-1.73 15.61 16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00 ASASSN-26er 2026-07-25.82 15.09 01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00 SN2026vbh 2026-07-25.61 15.97 21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90 ASASSN-26eq 2026-07-24.37 15.13 18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60 ASASSN-26ep 2026-07-23.47 -4.06 12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50 ASASSN-26et 2026-07-22.76 13.98 13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60 SN2026uwk 2026-07-21.75 16.38 18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90 ASASSN-26en 2026-07-21.77 14.63 14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10 ASASSN-26es 2026-07-20.79 15.36 20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00 ASASSN-26em 2026-07-20.94 16.83 18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70 ASASSN-26eu 2026-07-20.93 14.86 03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40 AT2026ugi 2026-07-20.03 17.12 18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80 ASASSN-26eo 2026-07-19.36 16.16 04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80 ASASSN-26ej 2026-07-16.17 17.02 18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90 ASASSN-26ek 2026-07-16.24 15.73 17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50 ASASSN-26el 2026-07-15.86 16.01 14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30 ASASSN-26ei 2026-07-16.17 16.46 10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10 AT 2023mhb 2026-07-14.73 16.67 14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20 AT 2026unl 2026-07-15.27 17.11 10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80 ASASSN-26eh 2026-07-14.72 16.58 19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80 ASASSN-22le 2026-07-14.15 15.5 02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30 ASASSN-26ef 2026-07-12.35 15.86 23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70 SN 2026qtn 2026-07-12.22 16.47 02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40 ASASSN-26ec 2026-07-11.53 2.78 18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50 AT2026stb 2026-07-11.28 -1.29 13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00 AT2026pjf 2026-07-10.18 -0.72 17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70 SN2026pir 2026-07-9.86 -0.66 11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30 ASASSN-26ed 2026-07-8.8 -1.3 23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10 AT2026qil 2026-07-9.3 16.15 20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10 ASASSN-26ee 2026-07-7.22 15.53 19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80 AT2026ryu 2026-07-7.17 14.88 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 AT2026qqg 2026-07-5.01 16.82 19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30 AT2026qly 2026-07-5.02 17.31 17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10 ASASSN-26ea 2026-07-5.07 16.67 19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30 ASASSN-26eb 2026-07-4.97 15.52 18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20 SN 2026qqp 2026-07-5.03 -0.92 19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90 ASASSN-26dz 2026-07-5.14 15.91 19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90 AT 2026rdg 2026-07-3.43 11.81 04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40 AT 2026qpr 2026-06-30.4 15.96 13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80 SN 2026pub 2026-06-30.09 16.01 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 SN 2026pel 2026-06-26.38 16.07 10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30 ASASSN-26dy 2026-06-25.99 15.63 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 ASASSN-26dv 2026-06-23.03 14.62 13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70 ASASSN-26dw 2026-06-23.04 16.09 00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20 SN 2026mke 2026-06-22.39 17.13 11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50 SN 2026nmv 2026-06-22.06 16.56 21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50 AT2026oxh 2026-06-22.15 17.14 17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90 ASASSN-26dx 2026-06-22.02 14.72 14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10 AT2026pvk 2026-06-22.06 16.53 20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20 AT2026plb 2026-06-21.31 16.4 15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30 SN2026ore 2026-06-21.29 17.57 23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30 AT2026oxl 2026-06-21.52 17.64 17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20 AT2026ouj 2026-06-20.92 15.15 00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20 AT2026ntk 2026-06-18.09 17.34 20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20 ASASSN-26du 2026-06-15.39 15.93 23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00 SN2026oxc 2026-06-14.35 16.83 02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.6 15.52 21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05 17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62 13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24 00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22 14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32 12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69 12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02 10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75 13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58 00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58 01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15 21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24 06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63 11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90 ASASSN-26no 2026-05-24.03 8.35 19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60 ASASSN-26dp 2026-05-22.31 -3.28 14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.59 11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86 00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34 15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44 11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55 13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96 02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37 17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7 01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8 16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8 09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63 21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9 14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21 14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89 12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5 13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23 09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.88 10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30 ASASSN-26df 2026-05-8.21 16.52 22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60 2026lda 2026-05-7.56 16.2 21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30 ASASSN-26de 2026-05-6.29 14.51 16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.15 15.93 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 10 04:54 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 22:57:17.96 +47:07:41.8 TCP J22571796+4707418 2026-08-09.3289 14.3mag 09:13:38.17 +76:28:18.1 PSN J09133817+7628181 2026-08-09.8037 15.4mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Aug 10 04:54 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 13:39:15.220 +00:06:49.34 AT 2026whe 2026-06-09.63 21.79 18:23:56.902 +64:26:54.45 AT 2026whd 2026-07-03.22 20.6933 00:47:50.467 -12:27:20.17 AT 2026whc 2026-07-19.42 19.815 12:17:49.656 -30:16:45.76 AT 2026whb 2026-07-27.37 18.93 19:03:11.080 +34:21:18.37 AT 2026wha 2026-07-21.36 20.5677 15:02:41.202 -40:07:42.45 AT 2026wgz 2026-07-25.81 18.304 19:21:07.943 +43:53:03.37 AT 2026wgy 2026-07-23.41 18.625 02:21:34.482 -74:52:07.44 AT 2026wgx 2026-07-25.04 18.848 04:37:07.068 -62:47:36.38 AT 2026wgw 2026-07-25.10 18.938 00:33:43.233 -65:47:43.74 AT 2026wgv 2026-07-25.01 18.502 04:50:07.913 -58:03:54.94 AT 2026wgu 2026-07-25.10 19.077 00:12:08.725 +26:08:55.67 AT 2026wgt 2026-07-25.53 18.991 02:33:53.173 -32:54:04.43 AT 2026wgs 2026-07-26.16 19.224 13:02:32.070 -25:25:26.94 AT 2026wgr 2026-07-27.36 19.26 12:39:11.802 -30:15:31.31 AT 2026wgq 2026-07-27.36 19.66 13:46:27.172 -27:34:31.34 AT 2026wgp 2026-07-27.37 18.88 13:14:57.178 -26:39:33.67 AT 2026wgo 2026-07-27.37 19.1 13:27:05.151 -31:35:28.50 AT 2026wgn 2026-07-27.37 19.19 12:06:50.757 -36:16:06.67 SN 2026wgm 2026-07-27.38 19.48 18:51:49.362 +64:34:26.30 AT 2026wgl 2026-07-23.41 19.8497 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 10 04:54 tns_transients_list.txt

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