NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL

The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.

Processing fields Cet-02-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    13.56    01:03:49.73 +00:06:54.6   6669 4471   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    13.62    01:03:49.76 +00:06:55.1   6673 4463   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 08 18.3920  2461270.8920  13.59  01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8
129.67422 -62.59420 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 9.0 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
384 Burdigala               -0     -0       0  13.6     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8:  15.97 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8:  16.05 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Cet-02-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.80    00:50:51.27 +00:42:15.6   4707 4834   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    15.04    00:50:51.33 +00:42:15.5   4712 4826   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 08 18.3920  2461270.8920  14.92  00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6
122.61981 -62.16706 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 9.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
1735 ITA                     -1     -0       1  15.1     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6:  16.03 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6:  16.04 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Cet-02-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 2

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
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: 
Cet-02-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Cet-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Cet-02-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 324739 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 324739 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits_preview.png'
Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits

renamed 'Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits_preview.png'
Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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= 797.3932 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 475.0541 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1103.3878 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 494.5642 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1102.7437 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 495.0885 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.38374 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 = 19.8899993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 21.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-18T04:23:54.6211442' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-18T09:23:54.6211442' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61270.3916044096 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-18T09:24:04.5226348' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61270.3917190046 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 12.8540414500749 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -1.99987068855519 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 53.7358333333333 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 167.540833333333 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.23952945084389 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cet-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '00 51 26' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-02 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20435 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20435 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 19.8899993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 19.8899993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 10.0 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 48.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 904.71 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 21.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 34.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 1.800144 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits :) Spent 0.499745 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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 20.1100006103516 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 21.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-18T04:24:40.4183254' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-18T09:24:40.4183254' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61270.3921344676 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits :) Spent 0.493378 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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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: 2461270.89172015 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:26.200 -02:00:20.47 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.200 -02:00:20.47 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0055 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:24.498 -01:59:32.99 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:24.498 -01:59:32.99 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0095 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 00:51:26.200 -02:00:20.47 Second-epoch second image center 00:51:24.498 -01:59:32.99 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01497 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits &> /tmp/tmp.f75pMWgaQq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits &> /tmp/tmp.1mjbwsAQKc Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits &> /tmp/tmp.b6ygWUvLow Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits &> /tmp/tmp.WskTX6TeyL Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5517 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to +3.3142 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 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to 3.3142 deg Loaded 3965 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): 3226 out of 3364 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3364 out of 5517 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.864150 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.864150 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.70 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.16 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.16
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5517 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to +3.3142 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 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to 3.3142 deg Loaded 3965 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): 3226 out of 3364 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3364 out of 5517 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (aperture=5.9) Read 5460 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9695 to 20.8088 deg, Dec -7.2935 to +3.3227 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 4.9695 to 20.8088 deg, Dec -7.2935 to 3.3227 deg Loaded 3971 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): 3212 out of 3360 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3360 out of 5460 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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: 2.1 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 2.0 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.2 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 15.2 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 12.0 (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.f75pMWgaQq (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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=396, bad_region=1270, passed=5517 Got 5517 stars (including 3949 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5517 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3862 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 3862 stars left (next iteration limit 4248) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits N_match=3862 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.247 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.229 n_q1=1232 n_q2=744 n_q3=1161 n_q4=725 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.239 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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.1mjbwsAQKc (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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=414, bad_region=1257, passed=5460 Got 5460 stars (including 3880 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5460 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3799 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3794 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4442 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3799 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4442 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4442 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 3794 stars left (next iteration limit 4173) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits N_match=3794 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=1201 n_q2=734 n_q3=1146 n_q4=713 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.295 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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.b6ygWUvLow (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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=352, bad_region=1231, passed=5397 Got 5397 stars (including 3875 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5397 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3796 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3793 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3793 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3793 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4401 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3797 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4401 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4401 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 3794 stars left (next iteration limit 4172) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3794 robust_rms=7.057 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.843 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3794 robust_rms=0.433 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.559 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3794 robust_rms=0.334 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.378 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3794 robust_rms_before=1.015 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.333 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.334 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.377 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.378 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.377 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits N_match=3794 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.318 n_q1=1215 n_q2=657 n_q3=1234 n_q4=688 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.113 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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.WskTX6TeyL (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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=364, bad_region=1244, passed=5398 Got 5398 stars (including 3849 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5398 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3773 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3770 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3770 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3770 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4390 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3772 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3770 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4390 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3770 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4390 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 3770 stars left (next iteration limit 4147) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3770 robust_rms=7.024 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.010 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3770 robust_rms=0.463 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.633 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3770 robust_rms=0.348 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.400 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3770 robust_rms_before=1.040 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.339 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.348 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.372 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.400 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.372 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits N_match=3770 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.330 n_q1=1198 n_q2=660 n_q3=1228 n_q4=684 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits sigma_overall=0.264 worst_q_ratio=1.239 ref2=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits sigma_overall=0.314 worst_q_ratio=1.295 new1=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits sigma_overall=0.347 worst_q_ratio=1.113 new2=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits sigma_overall=0.346 worst_q_ratio=1.154 reference average sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.267 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061_astrometric_residuals.png (3862 matched stars from wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062_astrometric_residuals.png (3794 matched stars from wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446_astrometric_residuals.png (3794 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447_astrometric_residuals.png (3770 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:40:36.48 -00:23:09.3: 10.44 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:53:24.45 -01:50:29.1: 12.13 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:53:24.45 -01:50:29.1: 12.13 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:40:36.48 -00:23:09.3: 10.46 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.13 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.45 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:53:24.45 -01:50:29.1: ref_mag=12.13 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0908 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:40:36.48 -00:23:09.3: ref_mag=10.45 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.8118 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20186_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 20186_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    10.77    00:40:36.49 -00:23:09.5   3155 4180   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    10.86    00:40:36.48 -00:23:09.1   3159 4172   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21006_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 21006_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    12.09    00:53:24.46 -01:50:29.1   5087 3293   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    12.09    00:53:24.45 -01:50:29.1   5091 3285   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02584_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 02584_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    8.54    01:06:45.01 -01:28:53.6   7111 3493   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits **** FOUND 01:06:45.00 -01:28:53.6 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 Cet-02-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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:26.200 -02:00:20.47 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.200 -02:00:20.47 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0055 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:24.498 -01:59:32.99 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:24.498 -01:59:32.99 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0095 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 00:51:26.200 -02:00:20.47 Second-epoch second image center 00:51:24.498 -01:59:32.99 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01497 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits &> /tmp/tmp.WzqSu08kvV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hnBaO74lQq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FveOCPac2v Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3O3tRIkZKE Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 29514 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to +3.3164 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 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to 3.3164 deg Loaded 3973 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): 3194 out of 3433 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3433 out of 29514 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.758700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.758700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.42 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 29514 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to +3.3164 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 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to 3.3164 deg Loaded 3973 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): 3194 out of 3433 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3433 out of 29514 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 30077 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9695 to 20.8139 deg, Dec -7.2935 to +3.3255 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 4.9695 to 20.8139 deg, Dec -7.2935 to 3.3255 deg Loaded 3973 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): 3182 out of 3441 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3441 out of 30077 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (aperture=4.6) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 14 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 1.9 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 15.4 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 15.2 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 15.2 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.2 (SNR ) 14.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.WzqSu08kvV (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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=1068, bad_region=5575, passed=29508 Got 29508 stars (including 23045 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29508 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4859 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 4859 stars left (next iteration limit 5344) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits N_match=4859 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.238 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.229 n_q1=1604 n_q2=899 n_q3=1497 n_q4=859 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.219 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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.hnBaO74lQq (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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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=11, blended=1115, bad_region=5717, passed=30066 Got 30066 stars (including 23434 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30066 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4863 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4857 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25562 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25562 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25562 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4858 stars left (next iteration limit 5342) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits N_match=4858 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.262 n_q1=1593 n_q2=894 n_q3=1493 n_q4=878 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.269 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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.FveOCPac2v (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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=11, blended=1088, bad_region=5356, passed=28120 Got 28120 stars (including 21887 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28120 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4844 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4836 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4836 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4836 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24025 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24025 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24025 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4837 stars left (next iteration limit 5319) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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=4837 robust_rms=6.893 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.882 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4837 robust_rms=0.445 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.553 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4837 robust_rms=0.340 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.386 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4837 robust_rms_before=0.998 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.335 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.340 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.378 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.386 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.378 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits N_match=4837 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.319 n_q1=1572 n_q2=834 n_q3=1526 n_q4=905 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.145 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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.3O3tRIkZKE (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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=22, blended=1098, bad_region=5466, passed=28414 Got 28414 stars (including 22051 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28414 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4832 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24255 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4838 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24255 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24255 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4832 stars left (next iteration limit 5315) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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=4832 robust_rms=6.892 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.894 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4832 robust_rms=0.475 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.621 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4832 robust_rms=0.358 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.406 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4832 robust_rms_before=1.021 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.344 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.358 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.377 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.406 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.377 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits N_match=4832 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.320 n_q1=1567 n_q2=836 n_q3=1520 n_q4=909 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.162 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:47:03.25 -02:38:02.2: 13.31 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:06:10.52 +01:57:42.1: 13.06 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:39:34.87 +00:51:37.0: 14.47 +/- 0.09 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:34:20.33 +01:40:24.6: 14.92 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:56:17.52 -02:24:52.2: 14.23 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:36:49.80 -05:35:54.4: 15.06 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:34:09.96 -03:14:12.7: 14.59 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:34:32.58 -05:43:24.5: 14.89 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:40:07.95 -04:05:09.0: 12.71 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8: 15.97 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:47:03.25 -02:38:02.2: 13.41 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:39:34.87 +00:51:37.0: 14.38 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:34:09.96 -03:14:12.7: 14.35 +/- 0.09 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:34:32.58 -05:43:24.5: 14.85 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:06:10.52 +01:57:42.1: 13.11 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8: 16.05 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:56:17.52 -02:24:52.2: 14.16 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:34:20.33 +01:40:24.6: 15.04 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:40:07.95 -04:05:09.0: 12.75 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:36:49.80 -05:35:54.4: 15.11 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.42 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.35 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.87 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.45 +/- 0.07 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.08 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.19 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:39:34.87 +00:51:37.0: ref_mag=14.42 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.2492 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:47:03.25 -02:38:02.2: ref_mag=13.35 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.6220 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:34:32.58 -05:43:24.5: ref_mag=14.87 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.7069 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:34:09.96 -03:14:12.7: ref_mag=14.45 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.3869 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:06:10.52 +01:57:42.1: ref_mag=13.08 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0625 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.97 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:56:17.52 -02:24:52.2: ref_mag=14.19 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.5576 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.73 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.09 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:34:20.33 +01:40:24.6: ref_mag=14.97 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.7718 delta=0.20 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:40:07.95 -04:05:09.0: ref_mag=12.73 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7680 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:36:49.80 -05:35:54.4: ref_mag=15.09 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7959 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:39:07.72 -05:28:27.7: 15.41 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:39:31.95 -04:50:44.4: 15.11 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:39:07.72 -05:28:27.7: 15.09 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:39:31.95 -04:50:44.4: 15.52 +/- 0.24 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.20 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.25 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:39:07.72 -05:28:27.7: ref_mag=15.20 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.8450 delta=0.36 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:39:31.95 -04:50:44.4: ref_mag=15.25 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.7668 delta=0.48 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out34440.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out37250.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s 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 31861_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 31861_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.47    00:56:17.52 -02:24:51.9   5521 2945   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.69    00:56:17.52 -02:24:52.5   5525 2937   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31864_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 31864_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.38    00:34:09.98 -03:14:13.0   2174 2455   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.39    00:34:09.94 -03:14:12.4   2178 2447   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31866_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 31866_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    13.62    00:47:03.24 -02:38:02.2   4126 2818   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    13.62    00:47:03.26 -02:38:02.2   4131 2810   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33228_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 33228_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    12.77    00:40:07.95 -04:05:09.0   3078 1941   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    12.77    00:40:07.95 -04:05:09.1   3082 1933   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33667_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 33667_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    13.06    01:06:10.52 +01:57:42.1   7033 5592   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    13.06    01:06:10.52 +01:57:42.1   7038 5584   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34440_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 Preparing report for the candidate 34440_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35786_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 35786_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.24    00:39:34.89 +00:51:36.6   3001 4936   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.26    00:39:34.86 +00:51:37.4   3005 4928   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36614_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 36614_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.62    00:34:32.45 -05:43:24.1   2228 0943   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.84    00:34:32.72 -05:43:25.0   2233 0935   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36880_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 36880_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.66    00:34:20.34 +01:40:25.4   2203 5437   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.96    00:34:20.31 +01:40:23.8   2207 5428   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36896_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 36896_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.75    00:36:49.85 -05:35:55.9   2576 1020   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.86    00:36:49.75 -05:35:52.9   2580 1013   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36913_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 36913_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.74    00:39:07.65 -05:28:26.6   2924 1098   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    15.02    00:39:07.78 -05:28:28.8   2928 1089   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36996_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 36996_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 18.39172    2461270.89172    14.76    00:39:31.86 -04:50:44.7   2986 1480   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-23-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0446.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    14.78    00:39:32.04 -04:50:44.2   2991 1472   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37250_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 Preparing report for the candidate 37250_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 14091_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 The candidate 14091_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 08 18.39225    2461270.89225    8.58    01:06:45.01 -01:28:53.5   7111 3493   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-18_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_043847_TTUQ2b1x1_1286713_zgtC08QL/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-08-18_04-24-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0447.fits **** FOUND 01:06:45.00 -01:28:53.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 8s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6 ########### Completed Cet-02-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 #### 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6 ################################################################################### 01:03:49.74 +00:06:54.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:50:51.30 +00:42:15.6 -- 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)2461270.89172015 -observatory V36 09:13:24.00 +17:32:45.9 Mercury (-1.5mag) 12:37:25.36 -05:56:04.7 Venus (-4.5mag) 06:18:36.25 +23:42:03.7 Mars (1.3mag) 08:52:01.17 +18:06:45.3 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:55:23.19 +03:06:06.5 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:12:44.32 +20:59:33.2 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:15:26.01 +00:08:22.7 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:27:11.63 -23:33:53.2 Pluto (14.5mag) 14:05:14.23 -18:13:33.7 Moon (-9.9mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Aug 18 04:42 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461270.89172015: 08:52:08.44 +18:06:13.3 Io (6.1mag) 08:52:02.02 +18:06:42.4 Europa (6.3mag) 08:51:50.18 +18:07:34.8 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:51:42.73 +18:08:06.9 Callisto (6.8mag) 08:49:29.03 +18:12:22.0 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:51:59.20 +18:06:54.7 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:49:06.81 +18:08:56.3 Elara (17.7mag) 08:56:09.76 +17:41:39.4 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:54:30.77 +18:19:21.9 Carme (19.0mag) 00:55:34.88 +03:06:01.4 Titan (8.4mag) 00:55:25.80 +03:06:07.8 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:55:55.03 +03:07:01.8 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:55:38.94 +03:05:46.9 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:54:32.78 +02:58:00.2 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 18 04:42 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461270.89172015: 19:49:18.85 -16:58:51.4 JWST 11:42:27.26 +46:54:50.1 Chandra 11:22:19.51 -60:23:04.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 18 04:42 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461270.89172015 -observatory V36 03:24:29.31 +18:10:07.2 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 17:59:59.73 -34:31:47.1 14.1mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:03:02.32 -69:18:41.6 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:12:18.27 +33:12:58.1 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:11:34.18 +41:20:21.5 17.3mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:30:06.09 +30:43:24.2 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:53:17.49 +26:21:29.8 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:31:00.93 +28:01:14.8 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:35:40.15 +05:18:26.3 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:14:35.64 -12:42:12.6 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 20:57:55.94 +64:41:33.9 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:39:06.78 -13:52:26.7 14.5mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:19:09.83 +31:49:05.2 15.5mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:50.84 +15:32:34.1 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:51:03.15 +43:27:15.9 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:55:25.77 +49:38:05.1 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:22:56.63 -12:53:56.9 15.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:02:26.79 +22:20:11.4 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 10:47:24.30 +20:14:06.4 17.1mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:04:38.12 +01:38:42.5 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:06:21.56 +76:45:47.4 16.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:09:49.18 +46:19:54.7 17.2mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 11:55:23.31 +09:33:52.2 17.4mag A/2026 E1 22:08:44.21 -31:06:56.5 7.0mag 10P/Tempel 11:35:12.28 -04:03:06.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:28:22.70 +01:18:54.9 17.4mag 63P/Wild 00:52:43.11 -05:53:37.3 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 05:58:13.19 +20:24:53.1 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:29:00.02 -24:37:31.2 17.5mag 84P/Giclas 03:09:25.63 +14:20:33.6 16.9mag 88P/Howell 08:21:07.85 +26:11:56.6 16.3mag 93P/Lovas 04:35:39.66 +20:51:02.8 17.3mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:29:48.91 +28:58:14.7 16.1mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:42:26.45 +24:50:38.6 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:04:18.81 -14:07:45.7 17.2mag 124P/Mrkos 05:51:14.69 +21:05:31.3 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:45:33.21 +18:20:56.3 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 00:00:58.74 +03:13:21.2 17.5mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:14:01.05 -18:46:43.6 13.1mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 07:50:38.59 +38:07:01.4 16.0mag 162P/Siding Spring 11:56:04.28 +35:31:37.4 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:00:17.06 +09:29:51.2 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 16:47:48.71 -10:50:38.4 17.9mag 235P/LINEAR 20:17:15.20 -52:15:25.5 17.9mag 259P/Garradd 03:51:46.86 +29:18:45.5 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:35:43.83 +37:19:41.6 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:14:20.93 +02:00:12.7 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:10:08.39 +17:52:10.0 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.3K Aug 18 04:42 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 04:42 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 04:42 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 04:42 tns_transients_list.txt

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