fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits
fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 18.36523 | 2461270.86523 | 13.62 | 04:39:53.14 +17:06:06.7 | 6776 5062 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 18.36617 | 2461270.86617 | 13.68 | 04:39:53.22 +17:06:06.1 | 6770 5055 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 18.3657 2461270.8657 13.65 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4
181.09415 -19.13541 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 9.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
53 Kalypso -0 1 1 13.6 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits at 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4: 16.24 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits at 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4: 16.15 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 18.36523 | 2461270.86523 | 13.92 | 04:38:25.99 +16:18:51.4 | 6564 4584 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 18.36617 | 2461270.86617 | 14.00 | 04:38:25.93 +16:18:51.3 | 6557 4576 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 18.3657 2461270.8657 13.96 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3
181.52947 -19.89238 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 10.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
670 Ottegebe 1 -0 1 14.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits at 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits at 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## 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= ####################################### 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: Tau-06-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Tau-06-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Tau-06-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 348438 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 348438 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits_preview.png'
Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits
renamed 'Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits_preview.png'
Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits
Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 559.8035 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 711.9893 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1392.4233 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 644.6427 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1385.8650 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 644.0880 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.48734 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.001 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 19.3700008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 22.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" 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3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 66.6652903528503 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 13.9995345657305 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 23.6455555555556 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 88.485 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.48066565404021 / Airmass at frame center 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(x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/d_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits :) Spent 0.488191 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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/d_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 19.3299999237061 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 22.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/d_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits :) Spent 0.472477 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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/d_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits
fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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: 2461270.86523223 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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 04:26:39.840 +13:59:58.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Image size: 938.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 04:26:21.567 +13:59:41.20 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 04:26:39.840 +13:59:58.72 Second-epoch image center 04:26:21.567 +13:59:41.20 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0740 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Image size: 938.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 04:26:24.169 +14:00:26.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 04:26:39.840 +13:59:58.72 Second-epoch image center 04:26:24.169 +14:00:26.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0638 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 04:26:21.567 +13:59:41.20 Second-epoch second image center 04:26:24.169 +14:00:26.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01636 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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zAl7GwNGPv Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Bp8WdU2QGn Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZvJwfpmMCM Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nKKOrvuaMA Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits and wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits and wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits and wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 9344 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 58.3894 to 74.9279 deg, Dec +8.6217 to +19.2873 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 58.3894 to 74.9279 deg, Dec 8.6217 to 19.2873 deg Loaded 4391 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): 3406 out of 3669 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3669 out of 9344 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.989100 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.989100 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 9344 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 58.3894 to 74.9279 deg, Dec +8.6217 to +19.2873 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 58.3894 to 74.9279 deg, Dec 8.6217 to 19.2873 deg Loaded 4391 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): 3406 out of 3669 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3669 out of 9344 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 8488 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 58.4321 to 74.9939 deg, Dec +8.6216 to +19.2870 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 58.4321 to 74.9939 deg, Dec 8.6216 to 19.2870 deg Loaded 4407 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): 3395 out of 3650 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3650 out of 8488 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits (aperture=5.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 3 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits 2.0 pix Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 2.5 pix fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 2.4 pix fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits 15.3 mag. Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 11.8 (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.zAl7GwNGPv (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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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=728, bad_region=1955, passed=9344 Got 9344 stars (including 6757 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9344 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4874 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) 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: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7722 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4874 stars left (next iteration limit 5361) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits N_match=4874 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.269 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.270 n_q1=1649 n_q2=740 n_q3=1787 n_q4=698 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.242 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits -region wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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.Bp8WdU2QGn (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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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=679, bad_region=1868, passed=8488 Got 8488 stars (including 6040 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8488 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6950 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6950 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6950 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.483 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.257 n_q1=1626 n_q2=774 n_q3=1759 n_q4=714 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.402 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits -region wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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.ZvJwfpmMCM (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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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=357, bad_region=1552, passed=5731 Got 5731 stars (including 3920 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5731 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3825 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4488 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4488 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4488 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Excluding outliers - 3826 stars left (next iteration limit 4207) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3826 robust_rms=7.089 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.333 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3826 robust_rms=0.527 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.585 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3826 robust_rms=0.460 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.502 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3826 robust_rms_before=1.135 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.440 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.460 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.461 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.502 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.461 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits N_match=3826 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.443 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.422 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.457 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.451 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.478 n_q1=1161 n_q2=766 n_q3=1172 n_q4=727 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.077 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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.nKKOrvuaMA (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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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=389, bad_region=1584, passed=5789 Got 5789 stars (including 3917 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5789 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013031 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010424 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3829 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3821 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3821 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3821 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4526 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3829 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3822 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4526 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3822 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4526 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 3822 stars left (next iteration limit 4203) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3822 robust_rms=7.023 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.860 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3822 robust_rms=0.499 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.544 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3822 robust_rms=0.442 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.490 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3822 robust_rms_before=1.125 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.448 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.442 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.482 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.490 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.482 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits N_match=3822 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.505 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.442 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.496 n_q1=1153 n_q2=755 n_q3=1172 n_q4=742 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.109 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.242 ref2=Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits sigma_overall=0.345 worst_q_ratio=1.402 new1=fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits sigma_overall=0.443 worst_q_ratio=1.077 new2=fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits sigma_overall=0.456 worst_q_ratio=1.109 reference average sigma_overall=0.3245 worst_q_ratio=1.322 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151_astrometric_residuals.png (4874 matched stars from wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147_astrometric_residuals.png (4873 matched stars from wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406_astrometric_residuals.png (3826 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407_astrometric_residuals.png (3822 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20116_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 20116_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 04:27:51.56 +10:00:50.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02564_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 02564_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 10.50 04:27:51.55 +10:00:49.8 4967 0775 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:25:27.21 +16:33:21.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 06530_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 06530_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 10.04 04:25:27.21 +16:33:21.8 4676 4738 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:43:23.97 +11:35:06.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-06-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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 04:26:39.840 +13:59:58.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Image size: 938.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 04:26:21.567 +13:59:41.20 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 04:26:39.840 +13:59:58.72 Second-epoch image center 04:26:21.567 +13:59:41.20 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0740 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Image size: 938.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 04:26:24.169 +14:00:26.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 04:26:39.840 +13:59:58.72 Second-epoch image center 04:26:24.169 +14:00:26.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0638 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 04:26:21.567 +13:59:41.20 Second-epoch second image center 04:26:24.169 +14:00:26.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01636 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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xVNByM2pRF Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.in7MGCs2Da Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fLYpTzVfc0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uhBOEXKZVq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits and wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 3 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 11.49 04:43:23.97 +11:35:06.2 7286 1711 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits .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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits and wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits and wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 62263 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 58.3895 to 74.9801 deg, Dec +8.6217 to +19.2873 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 58.3895 to 74.9801 deg, Dec 8.6217 to 19.2873 deg Loaded 4417 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): 3083 out of 3672 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3672 out of 62263 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.852800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.852800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.23 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.62 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.62
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 62263 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 58.3895 to 74.9801 deg, Dec +8.6217 to +19.2873 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 58.3895 to 74.9801 deg, Dec 8.6217 to 19.2873 deg Loaded 4417 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): 3083 out of 3672 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3672 out of 62263 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits (aperture=4.5) Read 58309 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 58.4014 to 74.9981 deg, Dec +8.6064 to +19.2869 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 58.4014 to 74.9981 deg, Dec 8.6064 to 19.2869 deg Loaded 4433 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): 3131 out of 3673 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3673 out of 58309 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits (aperture=4.3) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 17 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits 1.8 pix Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 2.3 pix fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 2.3 pix fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits 15.5 mag. Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 14.3 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.xVNByM2pRF (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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=3506, bad_region=10392, passed=62251 Got 62251 stars (including 48725 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 62251 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 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: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53920 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53920 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53920 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4881 stars left (next iteration limit 5369) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits N_match=4881 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.258 n_q1=1624 n_q2=735 n_q3=1801 n_q4=721 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.213 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits -region wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.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.in7MGCs2Da (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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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=6, blended=3080, bad_region=9253, passed=58303 Got 58303 stars (including 46293 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 58303 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4880 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50853 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50853 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50854 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4880 stars left (next iteration limit 5368) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits N_match=4880 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.251 n_q1=1612 n_q2=760 n_q3=1786 n_q4=722 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.387 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits -region wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.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.fLYpTzVfc0 (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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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=6, blended=1422, bad_region=6538, passed=33002 Got 33002 stars (including 25460 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33002 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013032 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010426 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4885 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28053 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4896 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28053 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28053 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5373) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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=4886 robust_rms=6.898 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.725 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=0.530 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.586 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=0.460 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.507 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4886 robust_rms_before=1.137 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.431 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.460 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.450 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.507 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.450 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.481 n_q1=1482 n_q2=923 n_q3=1535 n_q4=946 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.102 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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.uhBOEXKZVq (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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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=5, blended=1436, bad_region=6650, passed=33384 Got 33384 stars (including 25716 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33384 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013031 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010424 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4883 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28354 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28354 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28354 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 4883 stars left (next iteration limit 5371) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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=6.788 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.945 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4883 robust_rms=0.506 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.532 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4883 robust_rms=0.448 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.488 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4883 robust_rms_before=1.125 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.436 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.448 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.475 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.488 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.475 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits N_match=4883 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.474 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.444 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.474 n_q1=1488 n_q2=921 n_q3=1531 n_q4=943 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.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_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/wcs_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits at 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4: 16.24 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits at 04:19:16.11 +16:12:56.1: 14.99 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits at 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-22-35_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0151.fits at 04:15:55.49 +13:09:50.6: 14.48 +/- 0.09 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits at 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4: 16.15 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits at 04:15:55.49 +13:09:50.6: 14.24 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits at 04:19:16.11 +16:12:56.1: 15.29 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_22-19-16_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0147.fits at 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.09 +/- 0.09 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.34 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:19:16.11 +16:12:56.1: ref_mag=15.09 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.7381 delta=0.35 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:15:55.49 +13:09:50.6: ref_mag=14.34 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.2801 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out79472.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out80367.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 75336_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 75336_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 04:19:54.85 +10:10:24.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 76420_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 76420_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.63 04:19:54.77 +10:10:22.6 3785 0891 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:26:24.85 +15:35:08.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 78154_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 78154_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 11.97 04:26:24.86 +15:35:08.3 4806 4149 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:21:59.67 +14:06:14.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 78355_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 78355_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.29 04:21:59.68 +14:06:14.8 4145 3265 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:38:35.54 +17:25:28.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 78724_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 78724_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.38 04:38:35.56 +17:25:28.0 6583 5250 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:30:08.16 +15:39:58.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 78802_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 78802_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.38 04:30:08.15 +15:39:59.1 5348 4190 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:30:13.69 +15:39:25.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 78923_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 78923_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.57 04:30:13.68 +15:39:26.3 5361 4185 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:35:39.11 +16:08:29.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79069_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 79069_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.51 04:35:39.16 +16:08:29.4 6152 4472 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:33:58.27 +10:13:55.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79409_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 79409_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.46 04:33:58.30 +10:13:57.0 5880 0897 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:33:52.77 +13:15:17.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79472_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 Preparing report for the candidate 79472_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79480_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 79480_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.62 04:33:52.82 +13:15:17.6 5880 2728 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:21:31.35 +14:25:59.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 79693_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 79693_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.71 04:21:31.39 +14:25:59.1 4080 3465 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:20:48.61 +13:50:46.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 80257_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 80257_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.68 04:20:48.59 +13:50:45.3 3968 3113 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:34:19.06 +12:36:41.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 80367_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 Preparing report for the candidate 80367_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82241_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 82241_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 13.77 04:34:19.07 +12:36:39.9 5942 2339 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 18.36523 2461270.86523 14.49 04:15:55.37 +13:09:49.1 3246 2724 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82322_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 82322_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 14.19 04:15:55.62 +13:09:52.1 3240 2717 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 18.36523 2461270.86523 14.63 04:19:16.17 +16:12:56.2 3782 4558 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-45-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0406.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 56370_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 The candidate 56370_fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 14.96 04:19:16.06 +16:12:55.9 3775 4550 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits **** FOUND 04:43:23.95 +11:35:05.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3 ########### Completed Tau-06-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 #### 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3 ################################################################################### 04:39:53.18 +17:06:06.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 04:38:25.96 +16:18:51.3 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461270.86523223 -observatory V36 09:13:11.14 +17:33:32.7 Mercury (-1.5mag) 12:37:20.02 -05:55:19.9 Venus (-4.5mag) 06:18:31.71 +23:42:04.1 Mars (1.3mag) 08:51:59.75 +18:06:50.7 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:55:23.40 +03:06:08.3 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:12:44.19 +20:59:32.9 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:15:26.13 +00:08:23.5 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:27:11.78 -23:33:52.6 Pluto (14.5mag) 14:03:31.15 -18:07:31.9 Moon (-9.9mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 18 04:02 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461270.86523223: 08:52:06.83 +18:06:19.7 Io (6.1mag) 08:52:00.15 +18:06:49.9 Europa (6.3mag) 08:51:49.00 +18:07:39.1 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:51:41.51 +18:08:11.5 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:49:27.62 +18:12:26.4 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:51:57.91 +18:06:59.7 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:49:05.39 +18:09:01.0 Elara (17.7mag) 08:56:08.35 +17:41:45.5 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:54:29.47 +18:19:26.9 Carme (19.0mag) 00:55:35.14 +03:06:02.8 Titan (8.4mag) 00:55:26.17 +03:06:09.1 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:55:55.22 +03:07:03.2 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:55:39.15 +03:05:48.4 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:54:33.03 +02:58:02.1 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 18 04:02 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461270.86523223: 19:49:14.71 -17:00:30.4 JWST 11:11:21.70 +43:50:14.7 Chandra 11:03:35.68 -59:36:30.4 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 18 04:02 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461270.86523223 -observatory V36 03:24:27.77 +18:10:00.3 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 17:59:59.84 -34:31:48.6 14.1mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:03:00.91 -69:18:37.4 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:12:17.92 +33:12:55.9 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:11:30.31 +41:19:52.0 17.3mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:30:07.46 +30:43:32.2 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:53:16.01 +26:21:31.5 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:30:59.44 +28:01:18.9 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:35:39.08 +05:18:26.5 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:14:35.23 -12:42:08.5 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 20:57:57.83 +64:41:48.4 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:39:07.91 -13:52:18.1 14.5mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:19:08.15 +31:49:00.5 15.5mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:50.92 +15:32:35.0 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:51:04.91 +43:27:14.6 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:55:28.21 +49:38:03.2 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:22:55.47 -12:53:57.0 15.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:02:25.89 +22:20:28.7 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 10:47:21.95 +20:14:12.9 17.1mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:04:37.02 +01:38:49.4 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:06:20.14 +76:45:58.8 16.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:09:49.07 +46:19:53.8 17.2mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:55:21.91 +09:33:43.3 17.4mag A/2026 E1 22:08:42.91 -31:06:26.3 7.0mag 10P/Tempel 11:35:11.27 -04:02:59.9 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:28:19.45 +01:19:26.0 17.4mag 63P/Wild 00:52:43.52 -05:53:32.4 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:58:09.73 +20:24:56.7 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:29:01.38 -24:37:22.0 17.5mag 84P/Giclas 03:09:24.54 +14:20:28.4 16.9mag 88P/Howell 08:21:04.02 +26:12:11.0 16.3mag 93P/Lovas 04:35:34.96 +20:50:25.0 17.3mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:29:43.76 +28:58:29.6 16.1mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:42:22.72 +24:50:56.3 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:04:15.50 -14:07:10.0 17.2mag 124P/Mrkos 05:51:12.46 +21:05:32.5 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:45:30.61 +18:21:01.9 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:00:59.27 +03:13:23.9 17.5mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:14:02.59 -18:46:47.0 13.1mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:50:33.32 +38:07:00.3 16.0mag 162P/Siding Spring 11:56:28.24 +35:33:46.5 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:00:14.64 +09:29:52.9 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:47:47.58 -10:50:31.3 17.9mag 235P/LINEAR 20:17:15.79 -52:15:35.7 17.9mag 259P/Garradd 03:51:42.28 +29:18:07.9 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:35:39.15 +37:19:46.6 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:14:20.22 +02:00:23.4 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:10:06.94 +17:52:14.8 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.3K Aug 18 04:02 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40 AT2026wdy 2026-08-5.05 16.08 22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90 AT2026wek 2026-08-3.82 17.17 14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60 ASASSN-26ev 2026-08-2.15 14.02 12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20 SN2026wgm 2026-08-1.73 15.61 16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00 ASASSN-26er 2026-07-25.82 15.09 01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00 SN2026vbh 2026-07-25.61 15.97 21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90 ASASSN-26eq 2026-07-24.37 15.13 18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60 ASASSN-26ep 2026-07-23.47 -4.06 12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50 ASASSN-26et 2026-07-22.76 13.98 13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60 SN2026uwk 2026-07-21.75 16.38 18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90 ASASSN-26en 2026-07-21.77 14.63 14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10 ASASSN-26es 2026-07-20.79 15.36 20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00 ASASSN-26em 2026-07-20.94 16.83 18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70 ASASSN-26eu 2026-07-20.93 14.86 03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40 AT2026ugi 2026-07-20.03 17.12 18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80 ASASSN-26eo 2026-07-19.36 16.16 04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80 ASASSN-26ej 2026-07-16.17 17.02 18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90 ASASSN-26ek 2026-07-16.24 15.73 17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50 ASASSN-26el 2026-07-15.86 16.01 14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30 ASASSN-26ei 2026-07-16.17 16.46 10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10 AT 2023mhb 2026-07-14.73 16.67 14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20 AT 2026unl 2026-07-15.27 17.11 10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80 ASASSN-26eh 2026-07-14.72 16.58 19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80 ASASSN-22le 2026-07-14.15 15.5 02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30 ASASSN-26ef 2026-07-12.35 15.86 23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70 SN 2026qtn 2026-07-12.22 16.47 02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40 ASASSN-26ec 2026-07-11.53 2.78 18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50 AT2026stb 2026-07-11.28 -1.29 13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00 AT2026pjf 2026-07-10.18 -0.72 17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70 SN2026pir 2026-07-9.86 -0.66 11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30 ASASSN-26ed 2026-07-8.8 -1.3 23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10 AT2026qil 2026-07-9.3 16.15 20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10 ASASSN-26ee 2026-07-7.22 15.53 19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80 AT2026ryu 2026-07-7.17 14.88 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 AT2026qqg 2026-07-5.01 16.82 19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30 AT2026qly 2026-07-5.02 17.31 17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10 ASASSN-26ea 2026-07-5.07 16.67 19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30 ASASSN-26eb 2026-07-4.97 15.52 18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20 SN 2026qqp 2026-07-5.03 -0.92 19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90 ASASSN-26dz 2026-07-5.14 15.91 19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90 AT 2026rdg 2026-07-3.43 11.81 04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40 AT 2026qpr 2026-06-30.4 15.96 13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80 SN 2026pub 2026-06-30.09 16.01 16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 SN 2026pel 2026-06-26.38 16.07 10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30 ASASSN-26dy 2026-06-25.99 15.63 14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 ASASSN-26dv 2026-06-23.03 14.62 13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70 ASASSN-26dw 2026-06-23.04 16.09 00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20 SN 2026mke 2026-06-22.39 17.13 11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50 SN 2026nmv 2026-06-22.06 16.56 21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50 AT2026oxh 2026-06-22.15 17.14 17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90 ASASSN-26dx 2026-06-22.02 14.72 14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10 AT2026pvk 2026-06-22.06 16.53 20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20 AT2026plb 2026-06-21.31 16.4 15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30 SN2026ore 2026-06-21.29 17.57 23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30 AT2026oxl 2026-06-21.52 17.64 17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20 AT2026ouj 2026-06-20.92 15.15 00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20 AT2026ntk 2026-06-18.09 17.34 20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20 ASASSN-26du 2026-06-15.39 15.93 23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00 SN2026oxc 2026-06-14.35 16.83 02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.6 15.52 21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05 17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62 13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24 00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22 14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32 12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69 12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02 10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75 13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58 00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58 01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15 21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24 06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02 20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12 11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63 11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90 ASASSN-26no 2026-05-24.03 8.35 19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60 ASASSN-26dp 2026-05-22.31 -3.28 14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.59 11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46 21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86 00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34 15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44 11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55 13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96 02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37 17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7 01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8 16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8 09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63 21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9 14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21 14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89 12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5 13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23 09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51 15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.07 13.88 10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30 ASASSN-26df 2026-05-8.21 16.52 22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60 2026lda 2026-05-7.56 16.2 21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30 ASASSN-26de 2026-05-6.29 14.51 16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.15 15.93 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 18 04:02 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:42:52.82 +41:10:58.6 PNV J00425282+4110586 2026-08-17.7723 19.9mag 00:42:52.83 +41:10:59.6 PNV J00425283+4110596 2026-08-18.6119 19.3mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Aug 18 04:02 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 20:42:19.872 +11:23:33.24 AT 2026wyg 2026-07-27.36 20.362 22:23:18.161 -03:42:46.81 AT 2026wyf 2026-08-02.43 19.8981 23:01:54.687 -22:43:32.99 SN 2026wye 2026-08-02.38 19.1478 21:53:38.707 -07:26:43.02 AT 2026wyd 2026-08-02.36 19.6168 22:49:50.870 -46:36:08.90 AT 2026wyc 2026-08-03.35 17.2 21:36:41.623 +15:19:50.35 AT 2026wyb 2026-07-18.75 20.3 21:50:57.870 +21:21:44.04 AT 2026wya 2026-07-18.75 20.78 14:05:12.660 -00:47:11.60 AT 2026wxz 2026-08-01.61 20.44 04:58:05.316 +09:12:46.13 AT 2026wxy 2026-07-29.49 17.3027 19:55:18.916 +04:09:22.19 AT 2026wxx 2026-07-23.35 20.806 16:04:20.254 -02:01:58.81 AT 2026wxw 2026-07-05.20 20.2659 18:46:54.548 +16:48:18.74 AT 2026wxv 2026-06-24.31 19.7189 23:46:24.941 +43:49:43.79 AT 2026wxu 2026-07-03.43 19.6427 18:51:17.703 +37:10:07.59 AT 2026wxt 2026-07-04.30 20.0164 01:01:55.949 +41:41:30.57 AT 2026wxs 2026-07-01.41 19.2645 14:20:50.231 +61:16:12.38 AT 2026wxr 2026-07-12.22 19.9923 19:31:40.957 -26:44:38.76 AT 2026wxq 2026-07-24.28 19.6734 13:18:44.218 -20:30:38.57 AT 2026wxp 2026-04-17.43 20.98 12:55:43.929 +27:34:40.69 AT 2026wxo 2026-04-21.42 21.19 10:15:49.208 -16:52:33.53 AT 2026wxn 2026-04-22.26 20.69 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 18 04:02 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 08 18.36617 2461270.86617 11.48 04:43:23.94 +11:35:06.0 7286 1711 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_035254_TTUQ2b1x1_1930021_iEpbkA0n/fd_Tau-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_03-47-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0407.fits
