NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR

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Processing fields Cet-07-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Reference image   2025 12 23.14393    2461032.64393    13.64    01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.0   6882 4031   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Discovery image 1   2025 12 23.14433    2461032.64433    13.54    01:28:48.29 -11:27:13.3   6883 4031   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    12.44    01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.1   2755 2228   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits
Discovery image 3   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    12.44    01:28:48.28 -11:27:13.4   2761 2222   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 08 17.4117  2461269.9117  12.44  01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3
153.98183 -72.03477 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 8.0 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 1"  GW Cet                        
Type: RRAB/BL
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
    12.400   V            13.900   V         2452519.79600          0.516648000000                                
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3:  13.59 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3:  13.55 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.57 +/- 0.03
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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Cet-07-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 1

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 reference image: Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 reference image: Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits
Field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Cet-07-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Cet-07-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Cet-07-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 588035 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 588035 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits_preview.png'
Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits

renamed 'Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits_preview.png'
Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits


Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 846.8130 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 499.7854 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1453.9279 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 516.7408 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1449.6313 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 515.3323 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.71694 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.003 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 20.9 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-17T04:52:08.9961441' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-17T09:52:08.9961441' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61269.4112152313 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-17T09:52:18.9035930' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61269.4113298957 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 25.7109127242787 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -9.99957506045337 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 44.3813888888889 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 160.400277777778 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.4282724205143 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cet-07' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '01 42 51' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-10 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29515 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29515 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 10.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 51.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 906.5 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 20.9 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 196.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 9.400752 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 8.300664 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/d_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits :) Spent 0.642826 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/d_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 23.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 20.9 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-17T04:53:14.4661854' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-17T09:53:14.4661854' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61269.4119729861 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/d_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits :) Spent 0.690667 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/d_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits


fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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: 2461269.91133097 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Image size: 941.0'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: 01:42:55.785 -10:04:10.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:55.785 -10:04:10.80 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0521 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Image size: 941.0'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: 01:42:53.550 -10:03:36.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:53.550 -10:03:36.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0406 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 01:42:55.785 -10:04:10.80 Second-epoch second image center 01:42:53.550 -10:03:36.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01322 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zVujAas7Hc Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lKrCtVlNLx Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Mtae7ppYir Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eLuDEBya3x Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5413 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 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 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 deg Loaded 4186 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): 3306 out of 3435 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3435 out of 5413 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.915050 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.915050 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.71 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.21 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.21
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5413 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 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 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 deg Loaded 4186 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): 3306 out of 3435 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3435 out of 5413 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (aperture=5.8) Read 5432 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.7140 to 33.9201 deg, Dec -15.3337 to -4.6054 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 17.7140 to 33.9201 deg, Dec -15.3337 to -4.6054 deg Loaded 4184 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): 3309 out of 3435 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3435 out of 5432 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (aperture=5.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 2.0 pix Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 2.5 pix fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 2.5 pix fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.2 mag. Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 15.2 mag. Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 11.9 (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 cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.zVujAas7Hc (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.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=369, bad_region=0, passed=5413 Got 5413 stars (including 5039 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5413 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4893 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5413 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5413 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5413 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4893 stars left (next iteration limit 5382) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=4893 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.269 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.273 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.247 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.240 n_q1=1185 n_q2=1227 n_q3=1231 n_q4=1250 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.280 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.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.lKrCtVlNLx (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.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=371, bad_region=0, passed=5432 Got 5432 stars (including 5057 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5432 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4890 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5432 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5432 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5432 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5379) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.240 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.236 n_q1=1186 n_q2=1241 n_q3=1226 n_q4=1237 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.256 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.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.Mtae7ppYir (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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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=271, bad_region=0, passed=4523 Got 4523 stars (including 4248 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4523 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 371 to 430 (Dec -15.7 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4162 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4157 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4157 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4157 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4523 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 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 371 to 430 (Dec -15.7 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4163 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4157 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4523 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4157 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4523 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4157 stars left (next iteration limit 4572) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4157 robust_rms=11.879 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.278 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4157 robust_rms=0.409 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.447 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4157 robust_rms=0.274 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.307 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4157 robust_rms_before=1.008 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.253 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.274 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.277 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.307 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.277 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits N_match=4157 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.247 n_q1=1081 n_q2=1042 n_q3=977 n_q4=1057 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.068 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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.eLuDEBya3x (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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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=262, bad_region=0, passed=4463 Got 4463 stars (including 4195 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4463 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 371 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4118 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4114 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4114 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4114 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4463 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" 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 371 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4119 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4114 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4463 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4114 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4463 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4114 stars left (next iteration limit 4525) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4114 robust_rms=11.976 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.560 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4114 robust_rms=0.405 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.427 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4114 robust_rms=0.290 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.305 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4114 robust_rms_before=0.982 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.275 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.290 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.296 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.305 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.296 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits N_match=4114 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.284 n_q1=1087 n_q2=1024 n_q3=965 n_q4=1038 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.015 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits sigma_overall=0.269 worst_q_ratio=1.280 ref2=Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits sigma_overall=0.266 worst_q_ratio=1.256 new1=fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits sigma_overall=0.261 worst_q_ratio=1.068 new2=fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits sigma_overall=0.285 worst_q_ratio=1.015 reference average sigma_overall=0.2675 worst_q_ratio=1.268 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111_astrometric_residuals.png (4893 matched stars from wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112_astrometric_residuals.png (4890 matched stars from wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442_astrometric_residuals.png (4157 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443_astrometric_residuals.png (4114 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:42:46.75 -10:34:39.3: 12.17 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:42:46.75 -10:34:39.3: 12.18 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.18 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:42:46.75 -10:34:39.3: ref_mag=12.18 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1597 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20375_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 20375_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    12.16    01:42:46.75 -10:34:39.2   4785 2889   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    12.16    01:42:46.74 -10:34:39.4   4790 2883   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Image size: 941.0'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: 01:42:55.785 -10:04:10.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:55.785 -10:04:10.80 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0521 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Image size: 941.0'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: 01:42:53.550 -10:03:36.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:53.550 -10:03:36.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0406 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 01:42:55.785 -10:04:10.80 Second-epoch second image center 01:42:53.550 -10:03:36.50 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01322 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kMAJYm4WFE Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits &> /tmp/tmp.tJ9GulHko3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dUfIP8X5PL Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YLpMSMCPX8 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 28292 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 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 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 deg Loaded 4228 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): 3275 out of 3520 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3520 out of 28292 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.828500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.828500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.50 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.33 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.33
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 28292 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 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 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 deg Loaded 4228 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): 3275 out of 3520 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3520 out of 28292 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 28381 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6971 to 33.9326 deg, Dec -15.3394 to -4.5622 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 17.6971 to 33.9326 deg, Dec -15.3394 to -4.5622 deg Loaded 4228 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): 3270 out of 3519 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3519 out of 28381 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.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: 1.9 pix Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 1.9 pix Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 15.3 mag. Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 14.9 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 14.9 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 14.3 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.kMAJYm4WFE (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.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=5, blended=1018, bad_region=4, passed=28287 Got 28287 stars (including 27224 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28287 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28287 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28287 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28287 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4895 stars left (next iteration limit 5384) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=4895 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.241 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.233 n_q1=1255 n_q2=1199 n_q3=1251 n_q4=1190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.250 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.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.tJ9GulHko3 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.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=13, blended=1046, bad_region=4, passed=28368 Got 28368 stars (including 27282 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28368 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4900 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28368 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28368 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28368 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4900 stars left (next iteration limit 5390) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits N_match=4900 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.230 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.238 n_q1=1255 n_q2=1189 n_q3=1250 n_q4=1206 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.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.dUfIP8X5PL (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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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=11, blended=662, bad_region=34, passed=22434 Got 22434 stars (including 21712 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22434 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 371 to 430 (Dec -15.7 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4890 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22434 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 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 371 to 430 (Dec -15.7 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22434 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22434 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5379) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=11.200 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.440 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.415 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.462 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.281 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.309 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4890 robust_rms_before=1.014 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.260 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.281 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.281 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.309 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.281 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.265 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.252 n_q1=1219 n_q2=1200 n_q3=1191 n_q4=1280 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.055 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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.YLpMSMCPX8 (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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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=7, blended=761, bad_region=38, passed=22855 Got 22855 stars (including 22021 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22855 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 371 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4890 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22855 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" 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 371 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22855 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22855 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5379) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=10.943 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.360 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.421 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.296 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.313 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4890 robust_rms_before=0.989 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.281 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.296 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.299 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.313 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.299 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.286 n_q1=1210 n_q2=1210 n_q3=1190 n_q4=1280 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.005 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.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_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:19:33.47 -08:46:15.9: 10.76 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:47:43.43 -08:55:02.4: 14.96 +/- 0.13 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:22:05.25 -10:40:19.3: 15.05 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:52:45.56 -12:42:23.3: 13.04 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:53:30.57 -08:50:31.4: 13.80 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3: 13.59 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:53:30.57 -08:50:31.4: 13.82 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:52:45.56 -12:42:23.3: 13.01 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:19:33.47 -08:46:15.9: 10.78 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:47:43.43 -08:55:02.4: 14.92 +/- 0.13 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:22:05.25 -10:40:19.3: 15.10 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.81 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.02 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.77 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.07 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.94 +/- 0.09 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:52:45.56 -12:42:23.3: ref_mag=13.02 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0615 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:53:30.57 -08:50:31.4: ref_mag=13.81 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7700 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:22:05.25 -10:40:19.3: ref_mag=15.07 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.6129 delta=0.46 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:19:33.47 -08:46:15.9: ref_mag=10.77 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.0443 delta=-0.28 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:47:43.43 -08:55:02.4: ref_mag=14.94 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.8975 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3: 13.55 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.57 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3: ref_mag=13.57 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.4420 delta=1.13 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out24667.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. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31858_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 31858_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    11.03    01:19:33.47 -08:46:16.6   1258 3744   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    11.06    01:19:33.47 -08:46:15.3   1264 3738   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32165_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32165_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    12.97    01:31:51.35 -04:57:29.7   2947 6171   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits **** FOUND 01:31:51.34 -04:57:29.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32178_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32178_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    13.02    01:52:45.58 -12:42:23.4   6326 1688   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    13.11    01:52:45.54 -12:42:23.1   6331 1683   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32377_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32377_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    13.48    01:54:25.96 -11:51:23.2   6552 2207   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits **** FOUND 01:54:26.00 -11:51:24.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32397_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32397_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    13.67    01:53:30.59 -08:50:31.7   6318 4020   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    13.92    01:53:30.55 -08:50:31.1   6323 4014   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32418_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32418_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    14.01    01:23:53.90 -05:48:15.0   1782 5580   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits **** FOUND 01:23:53.94 -05:48:15.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32680_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32680_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    14.15    02:06:48.08 -10:36:23.7   8357 3042   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (9.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32693_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32693_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    14.54    01:22:05.22 -10:40:18.9   1724 2625   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    14.82    01:22:05.28 -10:40:19.7   1730 2619   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32793_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 The candidate 32793_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 17.41133    2461269.91133    14.87    01:47:43.50 -08:55:05.1   5460 3928   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-52-08_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0442.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 17.41209    2461269.91209    14.97    01:47:43.36 -08:54:59.7   5465 3923   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_045438_TTUQ1b1x1_1341759_M5altIyR/fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 24667_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 Preparing report for the candidate 24667_fd_Cet-07-Q1b1x1_2026-08-17_04-53-14_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0443 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 5s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3 ########### Completed Cet-07-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 #### 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3 ################################################################################### 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3 -- 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) 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3 -- a known variable star Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 1 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Adding the following to the exclusion list #### 01:28:48.27 -11:27:13.3 #################################################### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461269.91133097 -observatory V36 09:05:30.61 +18:00:38.0 Mercury (-1.4mag) 12:34:11.72 -05:28:19.7 Venus (-4.4mag) 06:15:48.16 +23:42:22.3 Mars (1.3mag) 08:51:09.20 +18:10:07.5 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:55:30.76 +03:07:09.6 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:12:39.39 +20:59:20.6 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:15:30.27 +00:08:52.7 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:27:16.94 -23:33:33.0 Pluto (14.5mag) 13:19:20.91 -13:20:31.4 Moon (-9.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 17 04:57 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461269.91133097: 08:51:05.61 +18:10:24.0 Io (6.1mag) 08:51:00.75 +18:10:46.7 Europa (6.3mag) 08:51:09.90 +18:10:02.4 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:50:59.03 +18:10:51.1 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:48:37.20 +18:15:08.2 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:51:13.63 +18:09:48.7 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:48:14.54 +18:11:53.4 Elara (17.7mag) 08:55:17.89 +17:45:26.8 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:53:42.85 +18:22:29.9 Carme (19.0mag) 00:55:42.84 +03:06:53.0 Titan (8.4mag) 00:55:34.89 +03:06:54.2 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:56:01.18 +03:07:52.5 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:55:45.62 +03:06:41.6 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:54:41.56 +02:59:10.5 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 17 04:57 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461269.91133097: 19:44:06.15 -17:38:31.1 JWST 18:06:59.10 +26:41:55.7 Chandra 06:30:19.08 +17:13:04.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 17 04:57 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461269.91133097 -observatory V36 03:23:30.99 +18:05:53.7 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:00:04.17 -34:32:30.6 14.1mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:02:10.09 -69:16:08.1 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:12:05.10 +33:11:38.4 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:09:05.71 +41:02:56.0 17.2mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:30:56.05 +30:48:13.2 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:52:22.69 +26:22:35.6 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:30:06.16 +28:03:47.2 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:35:00.93 +05:18:30.4 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:14:20.97 -12:39:40.3 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 20:59:05.58 +64:50:15.4 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:39:49.62 -13:47:05.3 14.5mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:18:07.91 +31:46:15.9 15.5mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:54.41 +15:33:05.0 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:52:08.31 +43:26:12.8 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:56:55.16 +49:36:42.3 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:22:13.60 -12:54:04.6 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:01:53.29 +22:30:54.0 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 10:45:58.35 +20:18:08.6 17.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:03:58.29 +01:42:56.9 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:05:34.54 +76:52:31.7 16.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:09:43.41 +46:19:26.0 17.2mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:54:32.44 +09:28:19.9 17.4mag A/2026 E1 22:07:48.02 -30:47:36.1 7.0mag 10P/Tempel 11:34:35.36 -03:59:11.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:26:23.40 +01:38:06.6 17.4mag 63P/Wild 00:52:56.77 -05:50:40.9 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:56:04.67 +20:27:07.9 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:29:49.27 -24:31:38.7 17.6mag 84P/Giclas 03:08:43.16 +14:17:22.5 16.8mag 88P/Howell 08:18:46.42 +26:20:50.4 16.3mag 93P/Lovas 04:32:45.47 +20:27:54.1 17.3mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:26:38.34 +29:07:28.3 16.1mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:40:09.17 +25:01:32.7 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:02:18.04 -13:45:42.7 17.2mag 124P/Mrkos 05:49:51.80 +21:06:18.9 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:43:57.05 +18:24:27.5 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:01:16.78 +03:14:54.8 17.5mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:14:54.37 -18:48:57.4 13.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:47:23.62 +38:06:23.7 16.0mag 162P/Siding Spring 12:11:46.32 +36:49:07.0 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 02:58:45.07 +09:30:53.5 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:47:07.64 -10:46:12.7 17.9mag 235P/LINEAR 20:17:34.76 -52:20:58.8 17.9mag 259P/Garradd 03:48:55.81 +28:55:44.3 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:32:50.67 +37:22:49.2 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:13:55.30 +02:06:50.8 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:09:15.16 +17:55:08.5 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.3K Aug 17 04:57 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40 AT2026wdy 2026-08-5.05 16.08 22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90 AT2026wek 2026-08-3.82 17.17 14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60 ASASSN-26ev 2026-08-2.15 14.02 12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20 SN2026wgm 2026-08-1.73 15.61 16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00 ASASSN-26er 2026-07-25.82 15.09 01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00 SN2026vbh 2026-07-25.61 15.97 21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90 ASASSN-26eq 2026-07-24.37 15.13 18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60 ASASSN-26ep 2026-07-23.47 -4.06 12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50 ASASSN-26et 2026-07-22.76 13.98 13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60 SN2026uwk 2026-07-21.75 16.38 18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90 ASASSN-26en 2026-07-21.77 14.63 14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10 ASASSN-26es 2026-07-20.79 15.36 20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00 ASASSN-26em 2026-07-20.94 16.83 18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70 ASASSN-26eu 2026-07-20.93 14.86 03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40 AT2026ugi 2026-07-20.03 17.12 18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80 ASASSN-26eo 2026-07-19.36 16.16 04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80 ASASSN-26ej 2026-07-16.17 17.02 18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90 ASASSN-26ek 2026-07-16.24 15.73 17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50 ASASSN-26el 2026-07-15.86 16.01 14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30 ASASSN-26ei 2026-07-16.17 16.46 10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10 AT 2023mhb 2026-07-14.73 16.67 14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20 AT 2026unl 2026-07-15.27 17.11 10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80 ASASSN-26eh 2026-07-14.72 16.58 19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80 ASASSN-22le 2026-07-14.15 15.5 02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30 ASASSN-26ef 2026-07-12.35 15.86 23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70 SN 2026qtn 2026-07-12.22 16.47 02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40 ASASSN-26ec 2026-07-11.53 2.78 18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50 AT2026stb 2026-07-11.28 -1.29 13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00 AT2026pjf 2026-07-10.18 -0.72 17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70 SN2026pir 2026-07-9.86 -0.66 11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30 ASASSN-26ed 2026-07-8.8 -1.3 23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10 AT2026qil 2026-07-9.3 16.15 20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10 ASASSN-26ee 2026-07-7.22 15.53 19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80 AT2026ryu 2026-07-7.17 14.88 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 AT2026qqg 2026-07-5.01 16.82 19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30 AT2026qly 2026-07-5.02 17.31 17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10 ASASSN-26ea 2026-07-5.07 16.67 19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30 ASASSN-26eb 2026-07-4.97 15.52 18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20 SN 2026qqp 2026-07-5.03 -0.92 19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90 ASASSN-26dz 2026-07-5.14 15.91 19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90 AT 2026rdg 2026-07-3.43 11.81 04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40 AT 2026qpr 2026-06-30.4 15.96 13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80 SN 2026pub 2026-06-30.09 16.01 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 SN 2026pel 2026-06-26.38 16.07 10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30 ASASSN-26dy 2026-06-25.99 15.63 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 ASASSN-26dv 2026-06-23.03 14.62 13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70 ASASSN-26dw 2026-06-23.04 16.09 00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20 SN 2026mke 2026-06-22.39 17.13 11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50 SN 2026nmv 2026-06-22.06 16.56 21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50 AT2026oxh 2026-06-22.15 17.14 17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90 ASASSN-26dx 2026-06-22.02 14.72 14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10 AT2026pvk 2026-06-22.06 16.53 20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20 AT2026plb 2026-06-21.31 16.4 15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30 SN2026ore 2026-06-21.29 17.57 23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30 AT2026oxl 2026-06-21.52 17.64 17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20 AT2026ouj 2026-06-20.92 15.15 00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20 AT2026ntk 2026-06-18.09 17.34 20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20 ASASSN-26du 2026-06-15.39 15.93 23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00 SN2026oxc 2026-06-14.35 16.83 02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.6 15.52 21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05 17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62 13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24 00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22 14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32 12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69 12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02 10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75 13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58 00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58 01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15 21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24 06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63 11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90 ASASSN-26no 2026-05-24.03 8.35 19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60 ASASSN-26dp 2026-05-22.31 -3.28 14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.59 11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86 00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34 15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44 11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55 13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96 02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37 17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7 01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8 16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8 09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63 21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9 14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21 14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89 12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5 13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23 09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.88 10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30 ASASSN-26df 2026-05-8.21 16.52 22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60 2026lda 2026-05-7.56 16.2 21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30 ASASSN-26de 2026-05-6.29 14.51 16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.15 15.93 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 17 04:57 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:43:17.29 +41:26:48.6 PNV J00431729+4126486 2026-08-14.0920 16.8mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Aug 17 04:57 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 17:33:41.626 +03:55:57.27 AT 2026wvz 2026-07-19.23 21.0254 17:50:01.721 +10:25:24.49 AT 2026wvy 2026-07-26.20 20.1407 16:10:31.606 +03:57:43.31 AT 2026wvx 2026-07-17.26 20.7944 20:33:52.488 +03:24:38.01 AT 2026wvw 2026-07-23.32 20.8661 00:41:33.169 +41:10:12.40 AT 2026wvv 2026-08-02.89 17.1 23:45:36.740 -03:05:35.56 AT 2026wvu 2026-07-25.60 21.95 22:40:08.792 -06:25:00.39 AT 2026wvt 2026-07-24.51 21.53 18:01:34.940 +35:37:53.90 AT 2026wvs 2026-07-23.31 21.74 23:25:28.465 -20:01:24.81 AT 2026wvr 2026-07-26.54 20.7 23:40:24.824 -24:40:33.31 AT 2026wvq 2026-07-26.54 20.89 21:22:15.890 -02:33:52.37 AT 2026wvp 2026-07-25.44 21.07 22:10:23.762 +16:20:18.77 AT 2026wvo 2026-07-25.45 21.13 23:06:39.906 +05:33:08.21 AT 2026wvn 2026-07-24.57 21.75 00:44:57.801 +25:20:50.30 AT 2026wvm 2026-07-23.55 21.26 23:50:27.739 -03:51:06.21 AT 2026wvl 2026-07-25.58 20.96 00:25:21.084 +26:42:45.70 AT 2026wvk 2026-07-23.55 20.96 23:37:13.087 -06:14:48.44 AT 2026wvj 2026-07-25.59 22.23 00:43:40.407 -30:43:14.55 AT 2026wvi 2026-07-26.58 20.68 22:42:59.067 -07:40:12.15 AT 2026wvh 2026-07-24.50 21.36 22:23:10.327 -02:22:08.97 AT 2026wvg 2026-07-24.49 20.89 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 17 04:57 tns_transients_list.txt

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