Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 08 12.4757  2461264.9757  12.79  22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5
 76.64693 -34.31494 galactic  Peg  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 5.7 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
225 Henrietta               -0      0       0  12.7    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5:  15.94 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5:  16.04 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits  wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -crosshair 3966.97729 2817.13818 image    wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -crosshair 3972.67603 2816.46924 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47568 22 19 07.80 +14 31 59.5          12.8 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47542 22 19 07.83 +14 31 59.6          12.9 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47594 22 19 07.78 +14 31 59.4          12.7 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 08 12.4757*  22 19 07.80 +14 31 59.5  12.8 U             Peg       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461264.9757,12.79,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260812.4757 12.79CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 08 12.4757  2461264.9757  11.38  22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7
 75.18555 -33.18372 galactic  Peg  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 5.4 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 2"  RS Peg                        
Type: M
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
     8.200   V            14.700   V         2445161.00000        415.400000000000   M6e-M9e                      
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7:  12.38 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7:  12.29 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.34 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits


Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs   wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits -crosshair 4626.68457 3521.93213 image    wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits -crosshair 4939.88184 2869.43091 image    wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -crosshair 4964.51172 2871.65747 image    wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -crosshair 4969.86523 2870.91821 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47568 22 12 16.21 +14 33 10.7          11.4 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47542 22 12 16.16 +14 33 10.9          11.4 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47594 22 12 16.27 +14 33 10.4          11.3 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 08 12.4757*  22 12 16.21 +14 33 10.7  11.4 U             Peg       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
RS Peg,2461264.9757,11.38,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
RS Peg 20260812.4757 11.38CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 08 12.4757  2461264.9757  10.26  22:14:02.55 +12:42:12.3
 74.03842 -34.82753 galactic  Peg  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 5.7 pix   This object is listed in neverexclude_list.txt    1.0"  RU Peg - radio detected CV and AAVSO NuSTAR campaign
The object was found in VSX
 1"  RU Peg                        
Type: UGSS+ZZ:
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
     9.500   V            13.000   V         2452495.80000          0.374600000000   pec(UG)+K0/5V                
The object was not found in astcheck.
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits


Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs   wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits -crosshair 4877.04395 2402.36914 image    wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits -crosshair 4681.71338 3986.45044 image    wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -crosshair 4634.69580 3965.96265 image    wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -crosshair 4640.29004 3965.16528 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47568 22 14 02.55 +12 42 12.3          10.3 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47542 22 14 02.54 +12 42 12.2          10.2 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 08 12.47594 22 14 02.57 +12 42 12.3          10.3 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 08 12.4757*  22 14 02.55 +12 42 12.3  10.3 U             Peg       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
RU Peg,2461264.9757,10.26,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
RU Peg 20260812.4757 10.26CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 reference image: Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 reference image: Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461208.85737810 17.06.2026 08:34:27.468   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
First image: 2461208.85737810 17.06.2026 08:34:27.468   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Last  image: 2461264.97594271 12.08.2026 11:25:11.450   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.65
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  10357
Objects passed selection criteria:  10308
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.4    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.4    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 6703
Average stars matched: 6399 (95.4647 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   236532 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Aug  6 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-190-gdf2934b0
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-06)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Wed Aug 12 06:28:23 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461208.85737810 17.06.2026 08:34:27.468   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
First image: 2461208.85737810 17.06.2026 08:34:27.468   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Last  image: 2461264.97594271 12.08.2026 11:25:11.450   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 11
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.38
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 12 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  62799
Objects passed selection criteria:  62601
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.5    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.5    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 42598
Average stars matched: 39903.5 (93.6746 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   284472 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Aug  6 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-190-gdf2934b0
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-06)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Wed Aug 12 06:29:08 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Peg-09-Q1b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Peg-09-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Peg-09-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 325037 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 325037 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.png' -> 'transient_report/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits_preview.png'

Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits


renamed 'Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.png' -> 'transient_report/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits_preview.png'

Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 614.3661
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 526.7711
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 17344.4682
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 3787.5698
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 19763.7137
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 4322.3366
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 28.2315
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.124
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
ERROR: passing clouds (SD ratio=0.124 soft threshold=0.12)
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     26.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 24.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
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Record 17: "YBINNING=                    1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0
Record 18: "GAIN    =                   30 / Sensor gain" status=0
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Record 25: "CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0'             / Sensor readout mode" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/d_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits :)

Spent 0.520876 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/d_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     26.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 24.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/d_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits :)

Spent 0.507140 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/d_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits



fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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: 2461264.97541766
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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits'
wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits'
wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits'
wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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: 22:13:23.871 +14:00:53.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Image size: 941.3'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:19.783 +13:59:53.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:23.871 +14:00:53.76
Second-epoch image center 22:13:19.783 +13:59:53.88
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0234 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Image size: 941.3'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:22.066 +13:59:46.86 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:23.871 +14:00:53.76
Second-epoch image center 22:13:22.066 +13:59:46.86
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0200 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  22:13:19.783 +13:59:53.88
Second-epoch second image center 22:13:22.066 +13:59:46.86
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00943 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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits &> /tmp/tmp.A1wGsmSG3A
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits &> /tmp/tmp.WDPssnPTm4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits &> /tmp/tmp.L9KcolIbN6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits &> /tmp/tmp.S6MpzPXEVx
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits and wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits and wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits and wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits) and catalog (wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 10872 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 325.0562 to 341.5470 deg, Dec +8.6476 to +19.2847 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
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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 325.0562 to 341.5470 deg, Dec 8.6476 to 19.2847 deg
Loaded 7933 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): 6465 out of 6670 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6670 out of 10872 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.722000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.722000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.65
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.07

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.07

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 10872 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 325.0562 to 341.5470 deg, Dec +8.6476 to +19.2847 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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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 325.0562 to 341.5470 deg, Dec 8.6476 to 19.2847 deg
Loaded 7933 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): 6465 out of 6670 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6670 out of 10872 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits (aperture=6.4)
Read 11441 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 325.0622 to 341.5504 deg, Dec +8.6947 to +19.2751 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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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 325.0622 to 341.5504 deg, Dec 8.6947 to 19.2751 deg
Loaded 7885 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): 6468 out of 6725 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6725 out of 11441 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.3 pix  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
 2.3 pix  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
 2.8 pix  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
 2.8 pix  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.1 mag.  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
 15.2 mag.  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
 13.1 mag.  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
 13.1 mag.  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.1 (SNR )  10.4 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.A1wGsmSG3A (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits' -> 'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=579, bad_region=0, passed=10872
Got 10872 stars (including 10284 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10872 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4694 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4667 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4667 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4667 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10872 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4694 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4667 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10872 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4667 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10872 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 4667 stars left (next iteration limit 5133)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits N_match=4667 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.478 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.468 n_q1=1135 n_q2=1038 n_q3=1237 n_q4=1257 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.138
The image catalog is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits -region wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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.WDPssnPTm4 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits' -> 'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=656, bad_region=0, passed=11441
Got 11441 stars (including 10776 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11441 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4702 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4674 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11441 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4703 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4675 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11441 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11441 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Excluding outliers - 4673 stars left (next iteration limit 5140)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits N_match=4673 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.463 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.536 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.490 n_q1=1194 n_q2=1322 n_q3=988 n_q4=1169 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.157
The image catalog is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits -region wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.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.L9KcolIbN6 (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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=306, bad_region=0, passed=2395
Got 2395 stars (including 2085 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2395 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.4 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2395 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.4 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2395 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2395 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 1958 stars left (next iteration limit 2156)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1958 robust_rms=11.249 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.491 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1958 robust_rms=0.396 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.411 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1958 robust_rms=0.313 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.370 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1958 robust_rms_before=0.852 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.364 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.313 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.422 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.370
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:19.807 +13:59:53.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 2395 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1984732.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.852 -> 0.313 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits N_match=1958 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.343 n_q1=503 n_q2=537 n_q3=413 n_q4=505 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.165
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -region wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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.S6MpzPXEVx (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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=339, bad_region=0, passed=2236
Got 2236 stars (including 1896 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2236 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.4 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1786 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1778 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2236 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.4 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1786 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1777 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2236 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1777 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2236 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Excluding outliers - 1777 stars left (next iteration limit 1955)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1777 robust_rms=11.409 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.226 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1777 robust_rms=0.400 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.442 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1777 robust_rms=0.313 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.349 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1777 robust_rms_before=0.863 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.375 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.313 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.442 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.349
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:22.089 +13:59:46.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 2236 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1984719.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.863 -> 0.313 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits N_match=1777 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.359 n_q1=462 n_q2=489 n_q3=374 n_q4=452 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.106
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -region wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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=Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits sigma_overall=0.420 worst_q_ratio=1.138
ref2=Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits sigma_overall=0.463 worst_q_ratio=1.157
new1=fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits sigma_overall=0.330 worst_q_ratio=1.165
new2=fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits sigma_overall=0.337 worst_q_ratio=1.106
reference average sigma_overall=0.4415 worst_q_ratio=1.1475
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368_astrometric_residuals.png (4667 matched stars from wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471_astrometric_residuals.png (4673 matched stars from wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368_astrometric_residuals.png (1958 matched stars from wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369_astrometric_residuals.png (1777 matched stars from wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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: 22:13:23.871 +14:00:53.76 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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Image size: 941.3'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:19.783 +13:59:53.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
###################################
# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:23.871 +14:00:53.76
Second-epoch image center 22:13:19.783 +13:59:53.88
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0234 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
###################################
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Image size: 941.3'x626.7'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 22:13:22.066 +13:59:46.86 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
###################################
# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 22:13:23.871 +14:00:53.76
Second-epoch image center 22:13:22.066 +13:59:46.86
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0200 deg.
###################################
###################################
# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  22:13:19.783 +13:59:53.88
Second-epoch second image center 22:13:22.066 +13:59:46.86
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00943 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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits &> /tmp/tmp.noRWt47u0J
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KVslpCHZBJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oaqu7pkEQf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits &> /tmp/tmp.S7adZkR4EF
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits and wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits and wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits and wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits) and catalog (wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 66519 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 325.0563 to 341.5469 deg, Dec +8.6259 to +19.2851 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 325.0563 to 341.5469 deg, Dec 8.6259 to 19.2851 deg
Loaded 7951 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): 6095 out of 6879 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6879 out of 66519 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.599200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.599200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.38
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.22

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.22

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 66519 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 325.0563 to 341.5469 deg, Dec +8.6259 to +19.2851 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 325.0563 to 341.5469 deg, Dec 8.6259 to 19.2851 deg
Loaded 7951 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): 6095 out of 6879 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6879 out of 66519 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits (aperture=5.0)
Read 73059 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 325.0608 to 341.5670 deg, Dec +8.6687 to +19.2801 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 325.0608 to 341.5670 deg, Dec 8.6687 to 19.2801 deg
Loaded 7919 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): 6034 out of 6894 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6894 out of 73059 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 10 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
 2.1 pix  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
 2.6 pix  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
 2.6 pix  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.2 mag.  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
 15.3 mag.  Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
 13.2 mag.  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
 13.2 mag.  fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.2 (SNR )  12.6 (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.noRWt47u0J (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits' -> 'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=35, blended=3884, bad_region=0, passed=66484
Got 66484 stars (including 62515 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 66484 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4672 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4648 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4649 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4648 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 66484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4672 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4648 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 66484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4648 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 66484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Excluding outliers - 4648 stars left (next iteration limit 5112)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits N_match=4648 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.460 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.465 n_q1=1135 n_q2=1039 n_q3=1196 n_q4=1278 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.116
The image catalog is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits -region wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.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.KVslpCHZBJ (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits' -> 'wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.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/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=41, blended=4327, bad_region=0, passed=73018
Got 73018 stars (including 68604 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 73018 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4679 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4657 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4658 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4657 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 73018 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4680 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4657 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 73018 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4657 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 73018 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 4657 stars left (next iteration limit 5122)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits N_match=4657 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.521 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.463 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.475 n_q1=1183 n_q2=1319 n_q3=981 n_q4=1174 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.147
The image catalog is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits -region wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.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.oaqu7pkEQf (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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=5, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=475, bad_region=1, passed=16391
Got 16391 stars (including 15884 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16391 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4689 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4662 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4662 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4662 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16391 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4690 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4661 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4661 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 4661 stars left (next iteration limit 5128)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits N_match=4661 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.455 n_q1=1246 n_q2=1289 n_q3=1026 n_q4=1100 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.126
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -region wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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.S7adZkR4EF (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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=4, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=486, bad_region=1, passed=15689
Got 15689 stars (including 15179 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15689 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4689 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4664 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15689 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4692 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4665 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15689 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4665 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15689 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 4665 stars left (next iteration limit 5130)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits N_match=4665 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.452 n_q1=1249 n_q2=1301 n_q3=1033 n_q4=1082 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.132
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -region wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/wcs_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 22:14:23.02 +17:12:31.2:  12.39 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 21:43:07.74 +13:38:13.5:  11.63 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 21:46:17.51 +16:24:30.3:  10.68 +/- 0.00  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5:  15.94 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-06-17_03-34-27_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0368.fits at 22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7:  12.38 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5:  16.04 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 21:43:07.74 +13:38:13.5:  11.71 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 21:46:17.51 +16:24:30.3:  10.68 +/- 0.00  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 22:14:23.02 +17:12:31.2:  12.39 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.67 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  10.68 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.39 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:43:07.74 +13:38:13.5: ref_mag=11.67 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9131 delta=-0.24 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:46:17.51 +16:24:30.3: ref_mag=10.68 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.7900 delta=-0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:14:23.02 +17:12:31.2: ref_mag=12.39 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4588 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_05-09-57_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0471.fits at 22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7:  12.29 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.34 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7: ref_mag=12.34 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.3812 delta=0.96 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out33488.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out87228.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 4s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
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Considering the candidate 86716_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 86716_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 08 12.47542    2461264.97542    11.85    21:43:07.78 +13:38:14.3   9219 3627   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    12.02    21:43:07.70 +13:38:12.8   9225 3626   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 86717_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 86717_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 08 12.47542    2461264.97542    10.79    21:46:17.49 +16:24:31.2   8808 1928   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    10.79    21:46:17.53 +16:24:29.3   8813 1928   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 86997_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 86997_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    12.15    22:41:30.59 +10:47:30.3   0482 4810   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

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Considering the candidate 87027_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 87027_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    12.38    22:40:47.46 +14:32:02.7   0804 2555   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

**** FOUND  22:40:47.49 +14:32:02.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 87081_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 87081_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    12.29    22:10:44.32 +11:38:23.5   5085 4635   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

**** FOUND  22:10:44.31 +11:38:23.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 87120_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 87120_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 08 12.47542    2461264.97542    12.55    22:14:22.97 +17:12:31.5   4762 1255   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-24-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    12.40    22:14:23.08 +17:12:30.9   4767 1254   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 87228_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
Preparing report for the candidate 87228_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
  
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Considering the candidate 30496_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 30496_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 12.47594    2461264.97594    10.58    22:03:33.92 +14:00:30.5   6218 3272   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-12_CI_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_062559_TTUQ1b1x1_1969875_1p53Y2fd/fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits

**** FOUND  22:03:33.91 +14:00:30.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 33488_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
Preparing report for the candidate 33488_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
  
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Considering the candidate 21757_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
Preparing report for the candidate 21757_fd_Peg-09-Q1b1x1_2026-08-12_06-25-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Peg-09-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7
22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5
########### Completed Peg-09-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5
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22:19:07.80 +14:31:59.5  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7  -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list)
22:14:02.55 +12:42:12.3  -- listed in neverexclude_list.txt (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7  -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list)
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7  -- a known variable star
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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1 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO   ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Adding the following to the exclusion list ####
22:12:16.21 +14:33:10.7
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The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461264.97541766 -observatory V36
08:27:00.52 +19:43:36.6 Mercury (-1.0mag)
12:17:34.65 -03:06:39.6 Venus (-4.4mag)
06:01:36.63 +23:41:08.3 Mars (1.3mag)
08:46:45.73 +18:26:58.4 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:03.77 +03:11:57.5 Saturn (0.6mag)
04:12:11.66 +20:58:09.3 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:15:50.44 +00:11:16.4 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:27:44.26 -23:31:47.1 Pluto (14.5mag)
09:18:19.12 +16:38:21.1 Moon (99.9mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461264.97541766:
08:46:42.33 +18:27:14.9 Io (6.1mag)
08:46:55.56 +18:26:15.4 Europa (6.3mag)
08:46:32.88 +18:27:57.6 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:47:14.63 +18:24:52.2 Callisto (6.8mag)
08:44:15.84 +18:28:57.2 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:46:46.59 +18:26:55.0 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:43:50.50 +18:26:38.7 Elara (17.7mag)
08:50:54.06 +18:04:28.6 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:49:39.52 +18:38:11.6 Carme (19.0mag)
00:55:56.92 +03:11:30.9 Titan (8.4mag)
00:56:05.79 +03:11:39.0 Rhea (9.7mag)
00:56:24.32 +03:11:35.3 Iapetus (11.1mag)
00:56:02.32 +03:11:16.0 Hyperion (14.4mag)
00:55:20.76 +03:04:35.3 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461264.97541766:
19:20:19.90 -20:40:41.8 JWST
18:46:04.87 +12:48:21.6 Chandra
12:15:39.40 -61:58:19.1 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461264.97541766 -observatory V36
03:18:23.53 +17:43:30.5 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:00:45.86 -34:35:41.7 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:57:42.91 -69:03:49.6 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:10:54.94 +33:05:04.3 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
03:55:57.95 +39:23:50.7 17.0mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:35:06.10 +31:10:28.8 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:47:40.58 +26:28:00.6 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:25:30.70 +28:16:46.3 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:31:42.89 +05:18:32.0 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:13:14.65 -12:27:15.5 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:05:11.50 +65:30:44.4 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
15:43:49.26 -13:19:54.6 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:12:49.40 +31:32:23.5 15.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:06:21.40 +15:35:18.4 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:57:52.31 +43:17:33.5 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:04:23.36 +49:26:15.3 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:18:29.99 -12:55:34.8 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:58:56.63 +23:24:13.7 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:32:32.26 -16:44:31.6 17.9mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:38:52.08 +20:37:59.1 17.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:00:44.65 +02:03:48.2 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:03:07.14 +77:24:44.3 16.7mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:08:49.50 +46:15:50.0 17.2mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:50:19.80 +08:59:26.7 17.3mag A/2026 E1
22:02:53.08 -29:00:50.5 6.9mag 10P/Tempel
11:31:31.85 -03:39:53.7 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:44:25.79 +32:50:13.1 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
11:16:21.64 +03:14:56.1 17.3mag 63P/Wild
00:53:49.52 -05:37:01.5 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
05:45:09.18 +20:36:33.5 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
20:34:07.49 -24:00:21.9 17.7mag 84P/Giclas
03:04:44.08 +13:59:30.5 16.8mag 88P/Howell
08:06:40.06 +27:04:18.0 16.2mag 93P/Lovas
04:18:23.60 +18:31:49.8 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
06:10:31.24 +29:49:16.7 16.2mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
09:28:34.13 +25:55:01.5 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:52:15.35 -11:53:45.6 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos
05:42:47.79 +21:09:25.7 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
06:35:45.19 +18:41:10.3 17.9mag 131P/Mueller
00:02:34.81 +03:21:12.4 17.5mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
03:18:22.78 -19:00:26.8 13.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
07:30:47.45 +37:59:34.9 15.9mag 162P/SidingSpring
13:46:09.28 +41:15:57.8 12.0mag 169P/NEAT
02:50:35.91 +09:33:06.4 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:43:56.78 -10:24:03.0 17.8mag 235P/LINEAR
20:19:47.47 -52:42:01.4 17.9mag 259P/Garradd
03:34:32.27 +26:56:45.6 15.3mag 260P/McNaught
07:18:10.84 +37:35:47.8 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:11:56.44 +02:40:04.6 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski
09:04:46.17 +18:09:59.8 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
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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
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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
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
00:46:53.172 -41:36:56.08  AT 2026wli  2026-07-12.35 18.756
23:37:44.176 -05:47:08.04  AT 2026wlh  2026-06-15.45 20.031
15:13:06.867 -06:24:02.21  AT 2026wlg  2026-07-15.39 20.16
14:50:57.510 -15:22:39.37  AT 2026wlf  2026-07-31.36 20.04
15:33:15.988 -14:19:26.46  SN 2026wle  2026-07-31.36 19.78
14:57:04.519 -24:27:04.17  AT 2026wld  2026-07-31.36 19.84
01:48:32.921 +10:34:25.26  AT 2026wlc  2026-07-29.55 19.78
21:12:04.792 -04:08:57.90  AT 2026wlb  2026-07-24.54 21.12
00:26:56.598 -22:33:55.36  AT 2026wla  2026-07-29.55 19.66
16:26:00.354 +35:41:37.01  AT 2026wkz  2026-07-23.36 20.62
15:50:19.131 -12:47:03.59  AT 2026wky  2026-07-30.37 19.56
15:47:55.942 -14:13:03.69  AT 2026wkx  2026-07-31.37 19.78
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
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Wed Aug 12 06:27:52 CDT 2026
=======================================
TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 23s (0.38 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 6s (0.10 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 35s (0.58 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 7 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 2 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 13s (0.22 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 10s (0.17 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 6s (0.10 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 31s (0.52 min)
FIELD_Peg-09-Q1b1x1: 79s (1.32 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 94s (1.57 min)
Finished: Wed Aug 12 06:29:26 CDT 2026