NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf

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Processing fields UMa-05-Q2b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 reference image: UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits
Field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 reference image: UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits
Field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits
Field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
UMa-05-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting UMa-05-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing UMa-05-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 435413 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 435413 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits_preview.png'
UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits

renamed 'UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits_preview.png'
UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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= 440.9575 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 445.9569 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1089.7862 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 407.9554 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1091.9718 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 406.9928 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.47141 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 28.9599990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 29.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 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= '2026-08-12T00:48:02.8421803' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-12T05:48:02.8421803' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61264.2416995601 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-12T05:48:12.7453346' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61264.2418141784 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 205.712217745998 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 61.9995481338483 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 24.9927777777778 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 329.173333333333 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.35631319391961 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'UMa-05' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '13 42 51' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+62 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 = 20489 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20489 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 28.9599990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 28.9599990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 14.9 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 42.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 899.7 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 29.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 64.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 31.302504 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 18.401472 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/d_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits :) Spent 0.491432 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/d_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 19899.553568 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=13115.0, right_median=15628.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 29.0200004577637 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 29.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 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= '2026-08-12T00:48:51.2772954' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-12T05:48:51.2772954' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61264.2422601506 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-12T05:49:01.1776071' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61264.242374734 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 205.712217809844 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 61.9995481612853 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 24.9072222222222 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 329.218055555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.36380282928518 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'UMa-05' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '13 42 51' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+62 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 = 20489 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20489 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 29.0200004577637 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 29.0200004577637 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 14.9 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 42.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 899.7 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 29.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 64.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 31.302504 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 18.401472 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/d_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits :) Spent 0.584592 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/d_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 19899.553568 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=13115.0, right_median=15628.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

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Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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: 2461264.74181530 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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits' wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits' wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits exists and is non-empty Saving wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits' ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:42:47.980 +62:00:28.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:43:23.801 +62:01:44.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:42:47.980 +62:00:28.61 Second-epoch image center 13:43:23.801 +62:01:44.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0731 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:43:25.847 +62:01:44.05 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:42:47.980 +62:00:28.61 Second-epoch image center 13:43:25.847 +62:01:44.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0769 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 13:43:23.801 +62:01:44.01 Second-epoch second image center 13:43:25.847 +62:01:44.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00400 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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits &> /tmp/tmp.L10Nt0edxd Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PCve4kKWHu Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TANkEt25gy Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jnLPFkCHZC Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits and wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits and wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits and wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 6503 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 186.6060 to 224.9754 deg, Dec +55.8938 to +67.2617 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 186.6060 to 224.9754 deg, Dec 55.8938 to 67.2617 deg Loaded 6074 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): 3959 out of 4068 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4068 out of 6503 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.653700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.653700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.46 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.19 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.19
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 6503 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 186.6060 to 224.9754 deg, Dec +55.8938 to +67.2617 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 186.6060 to 224.9754 deg, Dec 55.8938 to 67.2617 deg Loaded 6074 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): 3959 out of 4068 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4068 out of 6503 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (aperture=6.5) Read 6522 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 186.6066 to 224.9768 deg, Dec +55.8887 to +67.2580 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 186.6066 to 224.9768 deg, Dec 55.8887 to 67.2580 deg Loaded 6076 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): 3951 out of 4074 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4074 out of 6522 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits (aperture=6.5) ____ 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: 2.4 pix UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 2.4 pix UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits 2.4 pix fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 2.4 pix fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.2 mag. UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 15.2 mag. UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits 14.7 mag. fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 14.7 mag. fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.7 (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.L10Nt0edxd (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=380, bad_region=1498, passed=6503 Got 6503 stars (including 4695 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6503 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4581 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4578 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4578 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4578 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5278 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4581 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4578 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5278 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4578 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5278 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4578 stars left (next iteration limit 5035) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits N_match=4578 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.326 n_q1=1515 n_q2=886 n_q3=1433 n_q4=744 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.185 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits -region wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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.PCve4kKWHu (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=400, bad_region=1501, passed=6522 Got 6522 stars (including 4694 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6522 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4581 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4577 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4577 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4577 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5290 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4581 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4577 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5290 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4577 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5290 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4577 stars left (next iteration limit 5034) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits N_match=4577 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.315 n_q1=1530 n_q2=880 n_q3=1434 n_q4=733 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.191 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits -region wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.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.TANkEt25gy (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=283, bad_region=886, passed=4332 Got 4332 stars (including 3226 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4332 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 730 to 788 (Dec 56.0 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3140 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3138 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3138 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3138 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3625 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 730 to 788 (Dec 56.0 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3140 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3138 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3625 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3138 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3625 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 3138 stars left (next iteration limit 3451) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3138 robust_rms=6.741 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.643 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3138 robust_rms=0.569 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.689 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3138 robust_rms=0.415 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.453 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3138 robust_rms_before=0.869 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.397 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.415 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.449 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.453 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.449 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits N_match=3138 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.463 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.407 n_q1=1086 n_q2=571 n_q3=997 n_q4=484 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.141 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.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.jnLPFkCHZC (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=240, bad_region=847, passed=4278 Got 4278 stars (including 3229 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4278 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 730 to 788 (Dec 56.0 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3146 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3144 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3144 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3144 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3600 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 730 to 788 (Dec 56.0 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3146 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3144 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3600 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3144 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3600 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 3144 stars left (next iteration limit 3458) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3144 robust_rms=6.601 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.721 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3144 robust_rms=0.551 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.656 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3144 robust_rms=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.431 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3144 robust_rms_before=0.854 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.389 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.426 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.431 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.426 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits N_match=3144 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.395 n_q1=1089 n_q2=578 n_q3=985 n_q4=492 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.130 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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=UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits sigma_overall=0.356 worst_q_ratio=1.185 ref2=UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits sigma_overall=0.366 worst_q_ratio=1.191 new1=fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits sigma_overall=0.406 worst_q_ratio=1.141 new2=fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits sigma_overall=0.389 worst_q_ratio=1.130 reference average sigma_overall=0.361 worst_q_ratio=1.188 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179_astrometric_residuals.png (4578 matched stars from wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180_astrometric_residuals.png (4577 matched stars from wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176_astrometric_residuals.png (3138 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177_astrometric_residuals.png (3144 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:42:47.980 +62:00:28.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:43:23.801 +62:01:44.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:42:47.980 +62:00:28.61 Second-epoch image center 13:43:23.801 +62:01:44.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0731 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 13:43:25.847 +62:01:44.05 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 13:42:47.980 +62:00:28.61 Second-epoch image center 13:43:25.847 +62:01:44.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0769 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 13:43:23.801 +62:01:44.01 Second-epoch second image center 13:43:25.847 +62:01:44.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00400 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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bc8ZdP5hZU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TxKHDpwrJW Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qA7AxvTNuP Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PrCNeWA1PU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits and wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits and wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits and wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 33815 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 186.3029 to 225.2621 deg, Dec +55.8938 to +67.2697 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 186.3029 to 225.2621 deg, Dec 55.8938 to 67.2697 deg Loaded 6170 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): 3809 out of 4122 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4122 out of 33815 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.529000 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.529000 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.15 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 33815 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 186.3029 to 225.2621 deg, Dec +55.8938 to +67.2697 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 186.3029 to 225.2621 deg, Dec 55.8938 to 67.2697 deg Loaded 6170 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): 3809 out of 4122 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4122 out of 33815 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (aperture=5.0) Read 33636 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 186.3037 to 225.2618 deg, Dec +55.8888 to +67.2587 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 186.3037 to 225.2618 deg, Dec 55.8888 to 67.2587 deg Loaded 6169 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): 3802 out of 4121 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4121 out of 33636 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits (aperture=5.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 27 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 2.2 pix UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits 2.2 pix fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 2.2 pix fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 15.4 mag. UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits 14.8 mag. fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 14.8 mag. fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 14.3 (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.bc8ZdP5hZU (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=18, blended=1409, bad_region=6082, passed=33797 Got 33797 stars (including 26535 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33797 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4886 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29241 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4886 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(), 29241 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29241 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4882 stars left (next iteration limit 5370) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits N_match=4882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.311 n_q1=1628 n_q2=986 n_q3=1423 n_q4=845 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.160 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits -region wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.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.TxKHDpwrJW (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.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/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=29, blended=1410, bad_region=6001, passed=33607 Got 33607 stars (including 26445 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33607 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4885 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4881 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29097 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) 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: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29097 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29097 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4881 stars left (next iteration limit 5369) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits N_match=4881 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.313 n_q1=1633 n_q2=987 n_q3=1424 n_q4=837 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.180 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits -region wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.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.qA7AxvTNuP (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=996, bad_region=3536, passed=24808 Got 24808 stars (including 20443 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24808 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 55.9 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.430 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=1694 n_q2=921 n_q3=1501 n_q4=757 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.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.PrCNeWA1PU (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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=985, bad_region=3508, passed=24676 Got 24676 stars (including 20337 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24676 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 56.0 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4872 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22052 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 729 to 788 (Dec 56.0 to 67.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22052 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22052 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4872 stars left (next iteration limit 5359) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits N_match=4872 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.394 n_q1=1694 n_q2=922 n_q3=1498 n_q4=758 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.116 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.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_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/wcs_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits at 14:00:10.44 +65:10:15.9: 12.10 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits at 13:59:20.48 +58:20:50.8: 13.75 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits at 14:23:56.93 +58:27:28.1: 14.56 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits at 13:59:20.48 +58:20:50.8: 13.89 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits at 14:00:10.44 +65:10:15.9: 12.08 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.81 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.09 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:59:20.48 +58:20:50.8: ref_mag=13.81 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1261 delta=-0.31 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:00:10.44 +65:10:15.9: ref_mag=12.09 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4262 delta=-0.34 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-10-53_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits at 14:20:03.93 +59:06:03.6: 15.17 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits at 14:23:56.93 +58:27:28.1: 14.54 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.55 +/- 0.08 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:23:56.93 +58:27:28.1: ref_mag=14.55 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.4000 delta=0.15 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-08_01-11-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0180.fits at 14:20:03.93 +59:06:03.6: 15.12 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.14 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:20:03.93 +59:06:03.6: ref_mag=15.14 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.6975 delta=0.45 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51857_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51857_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 12.24182    2461264.74182    14.12    13:59:20.40 +58:20:51.4   3547 5401   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.13    13:59:20.56 +58:20:50.2   3549 5401   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51860_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51860_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 12.24182    2461264.74182    12.41    14:00:10.45 +65:10:15.6   3703 1271   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    12.45    14:00:10.43 +65:10:16.2   3705 1271   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51862_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51862_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    11.45    13:55:38.16 +65:26:07.8   3999 1124   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits **** FOUND 13:55:38.18 +65:26:07.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51893_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51893_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    10.91    13:07:23.78 +64:25:58.5   7119 1546   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51910_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51910_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    11.93    14:44:08.10 +65:19:53.6   0940 0773   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51922_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51922_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    12.11    14:32:53.86 +60:15:14.4   1093 3964   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (16.5") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51924_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51924_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    12.20    14:44:24.38 +63:46:09.8   0711 1700   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (13.8") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51965_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51965_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.24    14:29:18.17 +58:40:03.5   1201 4964   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (16.9") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51971_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51971_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.02    14:17:49.88 +59:31:29.4   2168 4570   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (16.7") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51977_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51977_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.17    14:24:57.05 +58:10:14.0   1498 5316   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51978_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 51978_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.04    13:34:43.92 +59:35:05.0   5470 4654   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (16.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52003_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52003_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.32    14:15:56.68 +65:50:40.3   2750 0776   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.5") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52014_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52014_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.41    14:04:32.29 +62:37:35.4   3320 2791   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (14.0") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52040_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52040_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.83    13:45:24.48 +60:49:23.1   4651 3925   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits **** FOUND 13:45:24.43 +60:49:22.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52048_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52048_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.89    13:45:41.90 +60:01:41.5   4631 4405   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits **** FOUND 13:45:41.89 +60:01:41.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52070_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52070_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.52    13:41:17.49 +59:22:06.5   4971 4801   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (17.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52071_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52071_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.89    14:12:08.92 +57:54:40.0   2505 5594   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.0") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52078_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52078_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.99    14:24:29.32 +60:16:20.3   1725 4054   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits **** FOUND 14:24:29.43 +60:16:19.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52123_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52123_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.05    14:39:35.97 +64:57:45.0   1179 1058   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52134_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52134_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.43    13:57:23.97 +59:58:02.8   3746 4426   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits **** FOUND 13:57:23.92 +59:58:04.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52145_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52145_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.10    13:07:05.73 +61:34:39.3   7398 3255   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (15.0") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52150_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52150_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 12.24182    2461264.74182    14.32    14:23:57.00 +58:27:28.2   1601 5153   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.54    14:23:56.86 +58:27:28.0   1604 5154   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52152_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52152_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    13.99    13:55:09.73 +58:30:42.6   3885 5314   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (17.0") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52155_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52155_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.26    14:02:45.85 +57:46:09.1   3255 5738   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52213_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52213_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.52    13:40:59.86 +64:10:29.8   4935 1895   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.6") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52245_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52245_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.70    14:05:10.90 +64:53:42.8   3375 1417   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52249_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 The candidate 52249_fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 12.24182    2461264.74182    14.69    14:20:04.02 +59:06:01.7   1960 4805   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0176.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 12.24238    2461264.74238    14.70    14:20:03.84 +59:06:05.5   1963 4805   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_022802_TTUQ2b1x1_151924_1VVB0Kcf/fd_UMa-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-12_00-48-51_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0177.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed UMa-05-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461264.74181530 -observatory V36 08:25:16.12 +19:46:50.5 Mercury (-1.0mag) 12:16:45.71 -02:59:53.5 Venus (-4.4mag) 06:00:56.01 +23:40:55.8 Mars (1.3mag) 08:46:33.08 +18:27:45.7 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:56:05.17 +03:12:09.8 Saturn (0.6mag) 04:12:10.21 +20:58:05.4 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:15:51.36 +00:11:22.9 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:27:45.60 -23:31:41.9 Pluto (14.5mag) 09:01:02.27 +17:45:22.5 Moon (-8.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 12 02:30 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461264.74181530: 08:46:28.32 +18:28:07.4 Io (6.1mag) 08:46:44.19 +18:26:57.2 Europa (6.3mag) 08:46:19.17 +18:28:49.0 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:47:02.29 +18:25:38.5 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:44:03.36 +18:29:35.8 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:46:32.00 +18:27:51.4 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:43:37.88 +18:27:20.0 Elara (17.7mag) 08:50:41.38 +18:05:22.2 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:49:27.84 +18:38:55.7 Carme (19.0mag) 00:55:57.32 +03:11:45.4 Titan (8.4mag) 00:56:05.54 +03:11:51.2 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:56:25.17 +03:11:44.6 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:56:02.74 +03:11:29.2 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:55:22.47 +03:04:49.4 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 12 02:30 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461264.74181530: 19:19:58.44 -20:53:34.6 JWST 18:25:21.00 +23:58:56.4 Chandra 09:42:31.49 -54:38:14.0 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 12 02:30 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461264.74181530 -observatory V36 03:18:08.56 +17:42:23.1 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:00:48.69 -34:35:51.4 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 06:57:30.03 -69:03:15.5 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:10:51.44 +33:04:45.6 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 03:55:19.61 +39:18:22.9 17.0mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:35:17.98 +31:11:27.2 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:47:26.92 +26:28:15.0 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:25:17.58 +28:17:23.5 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:31:33.42 +05:18:31.2 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:13:11.79 -12:26:41.5 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 21:05:29.66 +65:32:31.9 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:44:01.57 -13:18:37.6 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:12:33.92 +31:31:44.0 15.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:23.01 +15:35:24.0 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:58:09.33 +43:17:01.8 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 21:04:44.61 +49:25:37.7 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:18:19.12 -12:55:40.8 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 06:58:47.87 +23:26:42.9 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 07:32:26.79 -16:42:28.7 17.9mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) 10:38:32.01 +20:38:54.1 17.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:00:35.67 +02:04:46.2 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:03:03.62 +77:26:15.1 16.7mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:08:46.07 +46:15:35.0 17.2mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:50:07.82 +08:58:02.0 17.3mag A/2026 E1 22:02:40.32 -28:55:29.0 6.9mag 10P/Tempel 11:31:23.18 -03:39:00.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 04:44:09.03 +32:48:55.4 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 11:15:52.88 +03:19:31.4 17.3mag 63P/Wild 00:53:51.57 -05:36:25.5 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:44:37.76 +20:36:54.1 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:34:20.45 -23:58:51.0 17.7mag 84P/Giclas 03:04:31.93 +13:58:34.0 16.8mag 88P/Howell 08:06:04.91 +27:06:16.8 16.2mag 93P/Lovas 04:17:43.44 +18:26:18.7 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:09:45.08 +29:51:01.5 16.2mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:28:00.86 +25:57:29.2 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley 11:51:46.76 -11:48:25.7 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos 05:42:27.41 +21:09:31.3 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:35:21.53 +18:41:54.3 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:02:38.18 +03:21:26.3 17.5mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:18:30.61 -19:00:58.7 13.6mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:29:59.51 +37:59:04.0 15.9mag 162P/SidingSpring 13:50:58.29 +41:21:44.4 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 02:50:12.02 +09:33:04.0 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:43:48.40 -10:23:01.5 17.8mag 235P/LINEAR 20:19:55.98 -52:42:49.0 17.9mag 259P/Garradd 03:33:51.58 +26:50:56.7 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:17:28.72 +37:36:15.8 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:11:51.18 +02:41:38.5 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:04:33.30 +18:10:41.4 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.5K Aug 12 02:30 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 12 02:30 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 12 02:30 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 15:46:09.135 -15:58:25.09 AT 2026wkw 2026-07-31.36 19.8 13:53:14.217 +00:26:52.06 SN 2026wkv 2026-07-30.74 18.054 12:46:12.738 -00:32:22.57 AT 2026wku 2026-07-27.73 17.881 14:59:06.616 -33:33:54.40 AT 2026wkt 2026-07-30.35 19.38 14:27:45.342 -34:56:01.55 AT 2026wks 2026-07-20.35 19.67 13:56:36.306 +24:20:19.94 AT 2026wkr 2026-07-26.26 20.79 04:21:40.519 +01:35:37.73 AT 2026wkq 2026-07-29.49 19.7461 04:42:25.636 -13:42:39.90 AT 2026wkp 2026-07-30.82 17.8 14:14:51.942 +05:35:17.78 AT 2026wko 2026-07-25.27 19.34 17:23:28.659 +34:49:50.41 AT 2026wkn 2026-07-25.40 20.48 21:27:14.390 -59:26:36.58 AT 2026wkm 2026-07-27.52 19.04 23:14:16.708 -62:43:02.28 AT 2026wkl 2026-07-27.60 19.31 01:06:45.509 -33:11:24.27 AT 2026wkk 2026-07-28.65 19.45 14:49:28.663 -40:20:05.28 AT 2026wkj 2026-07-30.38 19.15 19:41:08.176 +60:49:17.78 AT 2026wki 2026-07-29.24 18.4015 03:20:44.582 +37:42:47.78 AT 2026wkh 2026-07-22.48 20.6516 00:18:49.899 -10:22:01.22 AT 2026wkg 2026-07-29.46 19.8195 01:06:24.322 -02:43:25.85 AT 2026wkf 2026-06-17.47 19.3892 02:53:58.624 +77:22:57.15 AT 2026wke 2026-07-29.51 18.8918 02:09:48.759 +28:17:55.95 AT 2026wkd 2026-07-08.47 20.3205 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 12 02:30 tns_transients_list.txt

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