FITS images used in this processing run:

Field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461082.80575086 11.02.2026 07:20:06.874   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
First image: 2461082.80575086 11.02.2026 07:20:06.874   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Last  image: 2461269.95791345 17.08.2026 10:59:13.722   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.48
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 2 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  5829
Objects passed selection criteria:  5811
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 4171.5
Average stars matched: 4002 (95.9367 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   233320 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Fri Aug 14 19:27:11 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-191-g1c132b07
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-14)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Mon Aug 17 06:20:57 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461082.80575086 11.02.2026 07:20:06.874   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
First image: 2461082.80575086 11.02.2026 07:20:06.874   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Last  image: 2461269.95791345 17.08.2026 10:59:13.722   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 20
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.18
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 10 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  33092
Objects passed selection criteria:  33003
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 25006.8
Average stars matched: 24032 (96.1021 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   258436 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Fri Aug 14 19:27:11 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-191-g1c132b07
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-14)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Mon Aug 17 06:21:40 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
UMa-03-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting UMa-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing UMa-03-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 550407 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 550407 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits_preview.png'

UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits


renamed 'UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits_preview.png'

UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 501.7858
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 543.6529
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1838.4485
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 489.2839
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1898.2495
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 501.2510
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.66381
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.024
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
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     19.5599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 20.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/d_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits :)

Spent 0.503771 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/d_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     19.8999996185303 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 20.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/d_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits :)

Spent 0.488587 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/d_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits



fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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: 2461269.95703796
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Image size: 941.7'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: 10:17:03.334 +62:00:01.20 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Image size: 940.0'x625.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:17:24.164 +61:57:15.36 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 10:17:03.334 +62:00:01.20
Second-epoch image center 10:17:24.164 +61:57:15.36
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0615 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Image size: 940.0'x625.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:17:22.999 +61:57:46.60 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 10:17:03.334 +62:00:01.20
Second-epoch image center 10:17:22.999 +61:57:46.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0537 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  10:17:24.164 +61:57:15.36
Second-epoch second image center 10:17:22.999 +61:57:46.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00897 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GlcRlN8mG9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SLrAmIsNaV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits &> /tmp/tmp.M3XezPRSwy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits &> /tmp/tmp.tBf8gGffk5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits and wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits and wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits and wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7662 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 134.1787 to 172.7559 deg, Dec +55.2223 to +67.4795 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 134.1787 to 172.7559 deg, Dec 55.2223 to 67.4795 deg
Loaded 7307 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): 4357 out of 4609 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4609 out of 7662 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.872100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.872100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.48
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.39

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.39

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7662 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 134.1787 to 172.7559 deg, Dec +55.2223 to +67.4795 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 134.1787 to 172.7559 deg, Dec 55.2223 to 67.4795 deg
Loaded 7307 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): 4357 out of 4609 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4609 out of 7662 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 8236 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 134.1789 to 172.7561 deg, Dec +55.2223 to +67.4795 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 134.1789 to 172.7561 deg, Dec 55.2223 to 67.4795 deg
Loaded 7307 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): 4375 out of 4641 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4641 out of 8236 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.1 pix  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
 2.2 pix  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.4 mag.  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
 15.4 mag.  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.8 (SNR )  11.1 (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.GlcRlN8mG9 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=562, bad_region=1731, passed=7662
Got 7662 stars (including 5493 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7662 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
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: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6296 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
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: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6296 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6296 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5383)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.518 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.353 n_q1=1545 n_q2=846 n_q3=1565 n_q4=938 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.279
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits -region wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.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.SLrAmIsNaV (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=598, bad_region=1845, passed=8236
Got 8236 stars (including 5924 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8236 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
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: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6788 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6788 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6788 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4901 stars left (next iteration limit 5388)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits N_match=4901 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.350 n_q1=1572 n_q2=834 n_q3=1564 n_q4=931 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.168
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits -region wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.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.M3XezPRSwy (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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=179, bad_region=508, passed=2748
Got 2748 stars (including 2097 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2748 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013056 (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 0.010444 (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 728 to 788 (Dec 55.7 to 67.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2058 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2057 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2057 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2057 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2327 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 

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 728 to 788 (Dec 55.7 to 67.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2058 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2057 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2327 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2057 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2327 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 2057 stars left (next iteration limit 2262)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2057 robust_rms=5.759 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.946 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2057 robust_rms=0.682 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.796 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2057 robust_rms=0.455 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.527 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2057 robust_rms_before=1.590 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.437 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.455 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.496 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.527
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.496 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits N_match=2057 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.495 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.376 n_q1=659 n_q2=282 n_q3=732 n_q4=384 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.136
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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.tBf8gGffk5 (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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=172, bad_region=511, passed=2737
Got 2737 stars (including 2088 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2737 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013056 (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 0.010444 (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 728 to 788 (Dec 55.7 to 67.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2055 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2054 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2054 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2054 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 

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 728 to 788 (Dec 55.7 to 67.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2055 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2054 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2054 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 2054 stars left (next iteration limit 2259)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2054 robust_rms=6.063 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.649 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2054 robust_rms=0.658 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.762 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2054 robust_rms=0.467 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.494 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2054 robust_rms_before=1.680 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.432 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.467 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.479 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.494
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.479 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits N_match=2054 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.451 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.491 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.399 n_q1=653 n_q2=290 n_q3=730 n_q4=381 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.120
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits sigma_overall=0.405 worst_q_ratio=1.279
ref2=UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits sigma_overall=0.389 worst_q_ratio=1.168
new1=fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits sigma_overall=0.436 worst_q_ratio=1.136
new2=fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits sigma_overall=0.439 worst_q_ratio=1.120
reference average sigma_overall=0.397 worst_q_ratio=1.2235
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305_astrometric_residuals.png (4894 matched stars from wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276_astrometric_residuals.png (4901 matched stars from wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544_astrometric_residuals.png (2057 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545_astrometric_residuals.png (2054 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.40 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Image size: 941.7'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: 10:17:03.334 +62:00:01.20 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Image size: 940.0'x625.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:17:24.164 +61:57:15.36 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 10:17:03.334 +62:00:01.20
Second-epoch image center 10:17:24.164 +61:57:15.36
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0615 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Image size: 940.0'x625.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:17:22.999 +61:57:46.60 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 10:17:03.334 +62:00:01.20
Second-epoch image center 10:17:22.999 +61:57:46.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0537 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  10:17:24.164 +61:57:15.36
Second-epoch second image center 10:17:22.999 +61:57:46.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00897 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vp5Ft0cay6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fo1gXMQiV9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AaJcXR0gz1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KoJDZ3QRwD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits and wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits and wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits and wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 42564 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 134.1787 to 172.8806 deg, Dec +55.2066 to +67.4896 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 134.1787 to 172.8806 deg, Dec 55.2066 to 67.4896 deg
Loaded 7342 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): 4149 out of 4659 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4659 out of 42564 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.753000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.753000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.18
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.57

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.57

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 42564 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 134.1787 to 172.8806 deg, Dec +55.2066 to +67.4896 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 134.1787 to 172.8806 deg, Dec 55.2066 to 67.4896 deg
Loaded 7342 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): 4149 out of 4659 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4659 out of 42564 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 43256 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 134.1789 to 172.8802 deg, Dec +55.2070 to +67.4875 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 134.1789 to 172.8802 deg, Dec 55.2070 to 67.4875 deg
Loaded 7342 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): 4110 out of 4664 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4664 out of 43256 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits (aperture=4.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 1.9 pix  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
 2.0 pix  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.6 mag.  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
 15.6 mag.  UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
 14.0 mag.  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
 13.9 mag.  fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.9 (SNR )  13.5 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.vp5Ft0cay6 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=1976, bad_region=7480, passed=42551
Got 42551 stars (including 33430 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42551 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4901 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4897 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36768 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4901 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36768 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36768 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4897 stars left (next iteration limit 5386)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits N_match=4897 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.486 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.328 n_q1=1515 n_q2=834 n_q3=1604 n_q4=944 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.274
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits -region wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.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.fo1gXMQiV9 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=2194, bad_region=7722, passed=43242
Got 43242 stars (including 33674 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 43242 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4902 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 726 to 789 (Dec 55.2 to 67.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4902 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4898 stars left (next iteration limit 5387)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.430 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.327 n_q1=1520 n_q2=828 n_q3=1602 n_q4=948 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.164
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits -region wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.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.AaJcXR0gz1 (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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=728, bad_region=3023, passed=18289
Got 18289 stars (including 14659 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18289 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013056 (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 0.010444 (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 374 to 788 (Dec -15.1 to 67.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4884 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16019 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 

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 374 to 788 (Dec -15.1 to 67.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16019 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16019 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 
Excluding outliers - 4883 stars left (next iteration limit 5372)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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=4883 robust_rms=5.579 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.924 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4883 robust_rms=0.702 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.824 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4883 robust_rms=0.512 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.600 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4883 robust_rms_before=1.604 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.476 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.512 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.559 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.600
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.559 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits N_match=4883 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.460 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.483 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.531 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.405 n_q1=1626 n_q2=737 n_q3=1600 n_q4=920 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.125
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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.KoJDZ3QRwD (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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=723, bad_region=2952, passed=17947
Got 17947 stars (including 14378 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17947 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013056 (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 0.010444 (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 728 to 788 (Dec 55.7 to 67.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4886 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4881 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15730 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

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 728 to 788 (Dec 55.7 to 67.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15730 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15730 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Excluding outliers - 4882 stars left (next iteration limit 5369)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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=4882 robust_rms=5.907 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.632 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4882 robust_rms=0.716 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.765 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4882 robust_rms=0.532 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.567 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4882 robust_rms_before=1.692 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.472 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.532 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.527 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.567
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.527 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits N_match=4882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.476 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.499 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.537 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.422 n_q1=1638 n_q2=736 n_q3=1588 n_q4=920 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.130
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
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The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.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_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/wcs_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_01-20-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0305.fits at 09:48:20.19 +59:03:28.3:  11.84 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_00-30-42_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0276.fits at 09:48:20.19 +59:03:28.3:  11.83 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.83 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 09:48:20.19 +59:03:28.3: ref_mag=11.83 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.9698 delta=-0.14 (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.
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Considering the candidate 52681_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 52681_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 08 17.45704    2461269.95704    12.02    09:48:20.27 +59:03:28.6   2462 1663   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-57-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0544.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    11.92    09:48:20.12 +59:03:28.0   2463 1657   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 52866_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 52866_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    12.32    10:50:19.10 +65:29:11.3   6950 5374   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (28.7") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 52976_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 52976_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    12.71    10:37:40.43 +65:51:10.5   6148 5544   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.5") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 53086_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 53086_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    13.10    10:20:53.87 +59:02:59.9   4984 1429   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

**** FOUND  10:20:53.83 +59:03:00.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 53189_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 53189_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    13.28    10:55:33.74 +64:16:10.2   7355 4673   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (28.9") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 53213_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 53213_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    13.36    10:13:49.55 +63:29:18.7   4590 4126   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

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Considering the candidate 53222_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 53222_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    13.28    10:46:06.42 +64:10:07.3   6738 4555   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.9") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 53249_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 53249_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    13.35    10:47:52.45 +65:28:27.3   6797 5353   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

**** FOUND  10:47:52.44 +65:28:26.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 53329_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 53329_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    13.45    10:47:02.83 +64:19:59.8   6793 4659   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.7") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 11034_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 11034_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    11.89    10:36:17.13 +59:56:09.6   6164 1967   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

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Considering the candidate 32948_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545
The candidate 32948_fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 17.45791    2461269.95791    12.61    10:04:59.45 +65:57:53.0   4133 5663   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-17_CI_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_061840_TTUQ2b1x1_1363336_guKw536A/fd_UMa-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-17_05-59-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0545.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (31.8") between the two second-epoch detections
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed UMa-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461269.95703796 -observatory V36
09:05:52.70 +17:59:23.5 Mercury (-1.4mag)
12:34:21.00 -05:29:37.6 Venus (-4.4mag)
06:15:55.99 +23:42:22.1 Mars (1.3mag)
08:51:11.64 +18:09:58.1 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:55:30.40 +03:07:06.7 Saturn (0.5mag)
04:12:39.62 +20:59:21.2 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:15:30.07 +00:08:51.3 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:27:16.69 -23:33:33.9 Pluto (14.5mag)
13:22:23.88 -13:34:55.5 Moon (-9.6mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461269.95703796:
08:51:07.51 +18:10:17.2 Io (6.1mag)
08:51:03.07 +18:10:37.9 Europa (6.3mag)
08:51:11.70 +18:09:56.0 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:51:01.04 +18:10:43.8 Callisto (6.8mag)
08:48:39.63 +18:15:00.6 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:51:15.39 +18:09:42.5 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:48:16.99 +18:11:45.2 Elara (17.7mag)
08:55:20.32 +17:45:16.3 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:53:45.09 +18:22:21.3 Carme (19.0mag)
00:55:42.50 +03:06:50.6 Titan (8.4mag)
00:55:34.67 +03:06:51.9 Rhea (9.7mag)
00:56:00.89 +03:07:50.1 Iapetus (11.1mag)
00:55:45.33 +03:06:39.1 Hyperion (14.4mag)
00:54:41.15 +02:59:07.2 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461269.95703796:
19:44:18.09 -17:35:34.9 JWST
18:12:10.06 +25:03:56.0 Chandra
06:46:08.80 +08:18:52.8 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461269.95703796 -observatory V36
03:23:33.68 +18:06:05.7 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:00:03.95 -34:32:28.2 14.1mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:02:12.53 -69:16:15.4 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:12:05.72 +33:11:42.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:09:12.38 +41:03:48.0 17.2mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:30:53.70 +30:47:59.8 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:52:25.25 +26:22:32.7 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:30:08.73 +28:03:40.2 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:35:02.77 +05:18:30.2 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:14:21.66 -12:39:47.4 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
20:59:02.28 +64:49:51.0 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
15:39:47.62 -13:47:20.2 14.5mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:18:10.82 +31:46:24.0 15.5mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:05:54.25 +15:33:03.5 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:52:05.25 +43:26:15.6 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
20:56:50.98 +49:36:46.2 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:22:15.61 -12:54:04.2 15.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
07:01:54.86 +22:30:24.3 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
10:46:02.38 +20:17:57.4 17.1mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:04:00.16 +01:42:45.0 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:05:36.79 +76:52:12.4 16.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:09:43.65 +46:19:27.7 17.2mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:54:34.85 +09:28:35.5 17.4mag A/2026 E1
22:07:50.38 -30:48:29.2 7.0mag 10P/Tempel
11:34:37.10 -03:59:22.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
11:26:29.01 +01:37:12.9 17.4mag 63P/Wild
00:52:56.10 -05:50:49.0 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
05:56:10.65 +20:27:02.1 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
20:29:46.92 -24:31:54.7 17.6mag 84P/Giclas
03:08:45.10 +14:17:31.8 16.8mag 88P/Howell
08:18:53.05 +26:20:25.9 16.3mag 93P/Lovas
04:32:53.50 +20:28:59.3 17.3mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
06:26:47.23 +29:07:03.4 16.1mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
09:40:15.61 +25:01:02.6 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley
12:02:23.73 -13:46:44.5 17.2mag 124P/Mrkos
05:49:55.66 +21:06:16.9 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
06:44:01.54 +18:24:17.9 17.9mag 131P/Mueller
00:01:15.91 +03:14:50.5 17.5mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
03:14:51.88 -18:48:51.5 13.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
07:47:32.75 +38:06:26.3 16.0mag 162P/Siding Spring
12:11:01.82 +36:45:38.6 12.0mag 169P/NEAT
02:58:49.28 +09:30:51.0 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:47:09.57 -10:46:25.0 17.9mag 235P/LINEAR
20:17:33.71 -52:20:42.1 17.9mag 259P/Garradd
03:49:03.68 +28:56:49.5 15.3mag 260P/McNaught
07:32:58.76 +37:22:41.1 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:13:56.51 +02:06:32.3 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski
09:09:17.66 +17:55:00.3 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70  SN 2026pel  2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30  ASASSN-26dy  2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30  ASASSN-26dv  2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70  ASASSN-26dw  2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20  SN 2026mke  2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50  SN 2026nmv  2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50  AT2026oxh  2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90  ASASSN-26dx  2026-06-22.02 14.72
14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10  AT2026pvk  2026-06-22.06 16.53
20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20  AT2026plb  2026-06-21.31 16.4
15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30  SN2026ore  2026-06-21.29 17.57
23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30  AT2026oxl  2026-06-21.52 17.64
17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20  AT2026ouj  2026-06-20.92 15.15
00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20  AT2026ntk  2026-06-18.09 17.34
20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20  ASASSN-26du  2026-06-15.39 15.93
23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00  SN2026oxc  2026-06-14.35 16.83
02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70  AT2026ovz  2026-06-14.6 15.52
21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50  AT2026nwc  2026-06-11 17.05
17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20  SN 2026odc  2026-06-11.23 17.62
13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20  SN 2026nyq  2026-06-11.1 16.24
00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90  ASASSN-26dt  2026-06-11.13 10.22
14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60  SN2026nyp  2026-06-10.3 16.32
12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50  SN2026mta  2026-06-8.29 16.69
12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20  SN2026oao  2026-06-9.32 17.02
10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60  AT2026nvf  2026-06-8.12 16.75
13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00  SN2026npn  2026-06-8.02 17.58
00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20  ASASSN-26dq  2026-06-7.43 13.58
01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70  SN 2026obc  2026-06-7.43 15.15
21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90  ASASSN-26dr  2026-06-7.24 16.24
06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00  ASASSN-26ds  2026-06-2.97 15.02
20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40  SN2026mho  2026-05-25.18 -1.12
11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10  AT2026min  2026-05-24.21 16.63
11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24.03 8.35
19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60  ASASSN-26dp  2026-05-22.31 -3.28
14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40  ASASSN-26dn  2026-05-20.01 14.59
11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60  AT2026nma  2026-05-20.29 15.46
21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10  AT2026lli  2026-05-19.34 15.86
00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70  AT2026nad  2026-05-19.39 15.34
15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40  ASASSN-26dm  2026-05-19.03 14.44
11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10  ASASSN-26dl  2026-05-18.02 13.55
13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00  ASASSN-26dk  2026-05-18.16 12.96
02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60  ASASSN-26dh  2026-05-18.43 15.37
17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90  ASASSN-26dj  2026-05-17.05 15.7
01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10  ASASSN-26dg  2026-05-13.41 16.8
16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40  AT2026mhn  2026-05-12.33 15.8
09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00  ASASSN-26di  2026-05-12.14 14.63
21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00  AT2026kwu  2026-05-12.26 16.9
14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90  AT2026ktm  2026-05-12.06 17.21
14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40  AT2026lkm  2026-05-11.18 16.89
12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80  SN2026kep  2026-05-9.06 17.5
13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90  AT2026lkd  2026-05-9.09 17.23
09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60  SN2026kmo  2026-05-8.99 17.51
15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40  AT2026lxf  2026-05-8.07 13.88
10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30  ASASSN-26df  2026-05-8.21 16.52
22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60  2026lda  2026-05-7.56 16.2
21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30  ASASSN-26de  2026-05-6.29 14.51
16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60  ASASSN-26dd  2026-05-5.15 15.93
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
00:42:38.68 +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
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
17:51:01.145 +28:04:31.44  AT 2026wwn  2026-06-16.34 20.29
13:59:34.236 +13:34:54.41  AT 2026wwm  2026-06-16.35 20.45
22:28:20.484 -22:41:20.26  AT 2026wwl  2026-06-20.57 20.76
21:20:41.821 -35:51:59.52  AT 2026wwk  2026-06-21.55 20.87
15:09:14.987 +30:26:41.33  AT 2026wwj  2026-06-23.38 21.07
15:30:23.118 +13:34:29.96  AT 2026wwi  2026-07-11.35 20.81
22:32:05.129 +23:00:08.69  AT 2026wwh  2026-07-16.47 20.31
21:48:46.336 +12:51:57.86  AT 2026wwg  2026-07-18.42 20.12
20:30:00.247 -29:42:23.75  AT 2026wwf  2026-07-19.45 21.19
18:05:32.981 +27:18:52.93  AT 2026wwe  2026-07-23.27 21.3
23:06:21.715 -06:46:41.77  AT 2026wwd  2026-07-26.50 20.74
15:24:44.198 +52:21:46.59  AT 2026wwc  2026-07-23.21 19.9308
16:41:27.957 +36:06:32.72  AT 2026wwb  2026-07-19.25 20.4689
15:51:04.695 -12:17:11.19  SN 2026wwa  2026-07-28.21 19.6373
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
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Mon Aug 17 06:20:29 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 1 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 25s (0.42 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 5s (0.08 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 2s (0.03 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 35s (0.58 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 6 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 2 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 11s (0.18 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 29s (0.48 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 1s (0.02 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 43s (0.72 min)
FIELD_UMa-03-Q2b1x1: 91s (1.52 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 103s (1.72 min)
Finished: Mon Aug 17 06:22:12 CDT 2026