fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits
fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 24.20892 | 2461276.70892 | 11.50 | 20:21:44.48 -17:16:21.1 | 4043 3569 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 24.21194 | 2461276.71194 | 11.45 | 20:21:44.35 -17:16:22.6 | 4049 3576 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 24.2104 2461276.7104 11.47 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9
26.64776 -27.49369 galactic Cap Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.4" and 9.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
287 Nephthys -0 0 0 11.5 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 24.20892 | 2461276.70892 | 13.03 | 20:38:40.05 -21:02:58.8 | 6578 1432 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 24.21194 | 2461276.71194 | 13.01 | 20:38:39.55 -21:02:58.8 | 6583 1440 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 24.2104 2461276.7104 13.02 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8
24.21281 -32.57203 galactic Cap Second-epoch detections are separated by 6.9" and 8.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
462 Eriphyla 1 -0 1 13.2 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8: 15.42 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8: 15.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Cap-02-Q1b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Cap-02-Q1b1x1 ########### Processing Cap-02-Q1b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 480956 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 480956 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.png' -> 'transient_report/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits_preview.png'
Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits
renamed 'Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.png' -> 'transient_report/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits_preview.png'
Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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= 969.4688 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 515.9016 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7903.7322 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1876.6064 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7833.4083 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1870.7659 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 8.15264 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.003 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 30.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 29.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.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 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[um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 306.666051000239 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9996150865456 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 38.3272222222222 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 178.468888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.61003689538778 / Airmass at frame center 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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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/d_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits :) Spent 0.536656 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/d_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 31.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 29.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/d_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits :) Spent 0.508644 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/d_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits
fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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: 2461276.70892438 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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 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: 20:26:40.503 -17:59:55.30 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Image size: 940.5'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 20:26:45.812 -17:58:23.22 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 20:26:40.503 -17:59:55.30 Second-epoch image center 20:26:45.812 -17:58:23.22 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0331 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Image size: 940.8'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 20:26:42.917 -17:59:01.83 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 20:26:40.503 -17:59:55.30 Second-epoch image center 20:26:42.917 -17:59:01.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0177 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 20:26:45.812 -17:58:23.22 Second-epoch second image center 20:26:42.917 -17:59:01.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01571 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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FHCiK21gdb Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rEuH040MrX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hhPJixNLip Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CdD0y2dpVg Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits and wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits and wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits and wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 10015 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 298.2232 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 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 298.2232 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 deg Loaded 8358 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): 6411 out of 6630 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6630 out of 10015 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.621300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.621300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.89 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.73 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.73
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 10015 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 298.2232 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 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 298.2232 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 deg Loaded 8358 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): 6411 out of 6630 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6630 out of 10015 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits (aperture=6.3) Read 9886 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 298.2069 to 315.1115 deg, Dec -23.2589 to -12.6185 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 298.2069 to 315.1115 deg, Dec -23.2589 to -12.6185 deg Loaded 8355 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): 6384 out of 6585 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6585 out of 9886 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits (aperture=6.3) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits 2.2 pix Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits 3.6 pix fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.7 mag. Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits 14.7 mag. Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits 13.3 mag. fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.3 (SNR ) 10.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.FHCiK21gdb (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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=610, bad_region=1, passed=10015 Got 10015 stars (including 9399 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10015 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4912 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4900 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10015 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4912 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10015 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10015 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4900 stars left (next iteration limit 5390) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits N_match=4900 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.449 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.423 n_q1=1148 n_q2=1239 n_q3=1234 n_q4=1279 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.144 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits -region wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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.rEuH040MrX (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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits 572.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=578, bad_region=0, passed=9886 Got 9886 stars (including 9300 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9886 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4909 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4896 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4908 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Excluding outliers - 4895 stars left (next iteration limit 5384) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits N_match=4895 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.519 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.461 n_q1=1202 n_q2=1123 n_q3=1307 n_q4=1263 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.199 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits -region wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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.hhPJixNLip (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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=220, bad_region=0, passed=3839 Got 3839 stars (including 3617 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3839 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013063 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010450 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3541 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3529 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3529 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3529 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3839 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3542 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3528 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3839 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3528 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3839 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 3528 stars left (next iteration limit 3881) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3528 robust_rms=9.848 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.347 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3528 robust_rms=0.439 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.511 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3528 robust_rms=0.374 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.490 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3 SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=3528 robust_rms_before=0.922 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.382 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.439 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.502 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.511 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.502 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits N_match=3528 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.485 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.293 n_q1=751 n_q2=752 n_q3=1089 n_q4=936 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.285 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.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.CdD0y2dpVg (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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=324, bad_region=0, passed=3799 Got 3799 stars (including 3471 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3799 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3401 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3389 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3389 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3389 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3799 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3403 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3390 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3799 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3390 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3799 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 3390 stars left (next iteration limit 3727) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3390 robust_rms=9.819 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.010 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3390 robust_rms=0.401 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.423 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3390 robust_rms=0.288 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.321 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3390 robust_rms_before=1.000 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.303 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.288 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.342 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.321 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.342 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits N_match=3390 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.307 n_q1=892 n_q2=776 n_q3=930 n_q4=792 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits sigma_overall=0.392 worst_q_ratio=1.144 ref2=Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits sigma_overall=0.433 worst_q_ratio=1.199 new1=fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits sigma_overall=0.378 worst_q_ratio=1.285 new2=fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits sigma_overall=0.313 worst_q_ratio=1.119 reference average sigma_overall=0.4125 worst_q_ratio=1.1715 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394_astrometric_residuals.png (4900 matched stars from wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277_astrometric_residuals.png (4895 matched stars from wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178_astrometric_residuals.png (3528 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179_astrometric_residuals.png (3390 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cap-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20670_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 20670_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 20:40:32.06 -17:03:28.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20703_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 20703_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 10.86 20:40:32.06 -17:03:28.2 6743 3857 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:23:53.14 -12:49:17.9 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 Cap-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 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: 20:26:40.503 -17:59:55.30 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Image size: 940.5'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 20:26:45.812 -17:58:23.22 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 20:26:40.503 -17:59:55.30 Second-epoch image center 20:26:45.812 -17:58:23.22 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0331 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Image size: 940.8'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 20:26:42.917 -17:59:01.83 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 20:26:40.503 -17:59:55.30 Second-epoch image center 20:26:42.917 -17:59:01.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0177 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 20:26:45.812 -17:58:23.22 Second-epoch second image center 20:26:42.917 -17:59:01.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01571 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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YomWUVlICl Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits &> /tmp/tmp.N5cGhVBHiW Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bdXYcUuLCD Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits &> /tmp/tmp.o9EZ9neLFT Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits and wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 11.21 20:23:53.17 -12:49:18.4 4180 6281 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits .fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits and wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits and wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 76028 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 298.2134 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 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 298.2134 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 deg Loaded 8365 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): 6515 out of 7320 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7320 out of 76028 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.466900 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.466900 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.56 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.91 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.91
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 76028 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 298.2134 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 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 298.2134 to 315.1326 deg, Dec -23.2656 to -12.6179 deg Loaded 8365 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): 6515 out of 7320 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7320 out of 76028 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 74062 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 298.2069 to 315.1336 deg, Dec -23.2623 to -12.6186 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 298.2069 to 315.1336 deg, Dec -23.2623 to -12.6186 deg Loaded 8367 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): 6550 out of 7273 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7273 out of 74062 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits (aperture=4.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 17 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits 2.1 pix Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits 3.3 pix fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 2.3 pix fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.9 mag. Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits 14.9 mag. Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits 13.4 mag. fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 13.8 mag. fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 13.0 (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.YomWUVlICl (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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=19, blended=4260, bad_region=1, passed=76009 Got 76009 stars (including 71645 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 76009 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4909 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4897 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 76009 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4909 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 76009 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 76009 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 4897 stars left (next iteration limit 5386) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits N_match=4897 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.447 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.435 n_q1=1157 n_q2=1289 n_q3=1175 n_q4=1276 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.135 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits -region wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.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.N5cGhVBHiW (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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits 572.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits' -> 'wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=24, blended=4004, bad_region=1, passed=74038 Got 74038 stars (including 69938 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 74038 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4891 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 74038 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4902 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 74038 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 74038 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4889 stars left (next iteration limit 5379) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits N_match=4889 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.435 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.473 n_q1=1231 n_q2=1123 n_q3=1289 n_q4=1246 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.175 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits -region wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.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.bdXYcUuLCD (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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=814, bad_region=0, passed=24045 Got 24045 stars (including 23195 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24045 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013063 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010450 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24045 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24045 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24045 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5374) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=9.247 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.265 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=0.483 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.563 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=0.412 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.560 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3 SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=4886 robust_rms_before=0.935 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.416 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.483 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.576 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.563 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.576 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.563 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.442 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.304 n_q1=1055 n_q2=1038 n_q3=1497 n_q4=1296 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.388 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.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.o9EZ9neLFT (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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=921, bad_region=0, passed=32526 Got 32526 stars (including 31560 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32526 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4906 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32526 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4908 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32526 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32526 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5383) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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=4894 robust_rms=9.186 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.300 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4894 robust_rms=0.420 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.441 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4894 robust_rms=0.305 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.350 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4894 robust_rms_before=0.999 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.307 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.305 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.341 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.350 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.341 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.284 n_q1=1180 n_q2=1119 n_q3=1419 n_q4=1176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits -region wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.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_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cap-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:15:04.20 -16:07:07.2: 12.82 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:30:19.34 -13:01:35.3: 12.90 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:03:38.53 -15:24:40.0: 12.71 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:45:20.66 -15:47:15.8: 12.42 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:57:38.19 -19:38:17.0: 12.61 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 19:57:09.67 -20:13:20.2: 11.78 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:05:24.54 -12:52:26.5: 12.45 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8: 15.42 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-06-22_03-53-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0394.fits at 20:18:57.31 -14:18:21.3: 12.79 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:15:04.20 -16:07:07.2: 12.77 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:03:38.53 -15:24:40.0: 12.59 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:57:38.19 -19:38:17.0: 12.61 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 19:57:09.67 -20:13:20.2: 11.65 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:45:20.66 -15:47:15.8: 12.57 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:05:24.54 -12:52:26.5: 12.38 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:30:19.34 -13:01:35.3: 12.88 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.79 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.65 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.61 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.71 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.48 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:15:04.20 -16:07:07.2: ref_mag=12.79 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.8867 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:03:38.53 -15:24:40.0: ref_mag=12.65 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6915 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.89 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:57:38.19 -19:38:17.0: ref_mag=12.61 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.3297 delta=0.28 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 19:57:09.67 -20:13:20.2: ref_mag=11.71 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0742 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:45:20.66 -15:47:15.8: ref_mag=12.48 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.4234 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:05:24.54 -12:52:26.5: ref_mag=12.42 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6067 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:30:19.34 -13:01:35.3: ref_mag=12.89 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.9612 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8: 15.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-20_02-00-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0277.fits at 20:18:57.31 -14:18:21.3: 12.69 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.74 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:18:57.31 -14:18:21.3: ref_mag=12.74 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.8582 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out92559.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out93179.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92364_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92364_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.26 20:57:38.21 -19:38:16.6 9261 2366 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92369_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92369_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.38 20:57:38.17 -19:38:17.3 9266 2372 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.60 20:05:24.51 -12:52:25.7 1445 6045 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92370_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92370_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.61 20:05:24.58 -12:52:27.3 1453 6052 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.23 19:57:09.73 -20:13:19.7 0673 1486 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92559_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 Preparing report for the candidate 92559_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92724_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92724_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.02 19:57:09.62 -20:13:20.7 0681 1493 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:08:01.73 -12:46:41.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92795_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92795_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.68 20:08:01.74 -12:46:41.1 1837 6141 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 19:58:09.38 -14:57:52.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92819_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92819_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.56 19:58:09.41 -14:57:50.6 0502 4689 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.32 20:45:20.59 -15:47:16.3 7405 4647 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92901_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92901_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.52 20:45:20.73 -15:47:15.2 7411 4654 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.69 20:03:38.48 -15:24:40.8 1329 4484 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92962_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92962_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.69 20:03:38.57 -15:24:39.2 1337 4491 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.81 20:15:04.19 -16:07:09.6 3030 4193 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92976_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92976_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.98 20:15:04.21 -16:07:04.9 3037 4200 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.88 20:30:19.38 -13:01:34.3 5128 6209 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 92978_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 92978_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 13.05 20:30:19.30 -13:01:36.3 5134 6215 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 24.20892 2461276.70892 12.86 20:18:57.35 -14:18:21.7 3513 5327 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 93179_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 Preparing report for the candidate 93179_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 93194_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 93194_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.86 20:18:57.28 -14:18:20.9 3519 5334 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:29:47.55 -15:54:37.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86699_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 86699_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 13.36 20:29:47.58 -15:54:37.5 5157 4468 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:48:08.55 -14:47:02.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86593_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 86593_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.75 20:48:08.59 -14:47:01.3 7801 5279 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:11:03.18 -13:19:00.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 48094_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 48094_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 11.89 20:11:03.23 -13:19:00.3 2313 5848 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:07:16.45 -13:15:19.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32988_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 The candidate 32988_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 11.41 20:07:16.45 -13:15:19.5 1751 5842 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits **** FOUND 20:10:33.32 -18:19:57.5 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 Cap-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8 Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/monitoring_positions.txt Read 24047 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 297.8815 to 315.0493 deg, Dec -23.4932 to -12.1638 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 297.8815 to 315.0493 deg, Dec -23.4932 to -12.1638 deg Loaded 9089 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): 7021 out of 7278 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7278 out of 24047 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits via Tycho-2 util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461276.70892 (FITS header) Observing site: lat= +33.748056 deg lon= -101.958333 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords) Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 306.68996 deg Dec= -17.97390 deg Frame center: alt= +38.270 deg az= 178.628 deg airmass= 1.6108 Header cross-check: CENTALT= 38.327 deg (difference -0.057 deg) Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.6100 (we compute 1.6108) Airmass zero-point fit: REJECT_K_RANGE k= +1.1857 +/- 0.0285 mag/airmass N= 4589 airmass span 1.4440-1.8663 scatter 0.2105 mag Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-00-41_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0178.fits: REJECT_K_RANGE +1.938122 -1.185661 1.6108 +1.1857 4589 0.4223 0.2105 1.4440 1.8663 Read 32533 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 297.8799 to 315.0391 deg, Dec -23.5155 to -12.1645 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 297.8799 to 315.0391 deg, Dec -23.5155 to -12.1645 deg Loaded 9097 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): 7119 out of 7369 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7369 out of 32533 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits via Tycho-2 util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461276.71194 (FITS header) Observing site: lat= +33.748056 deg lon= -101.958333 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords) Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 306.67790 deg Dec= -17.98462 deg Frame center: alt= +38.267 deg az= 180.231 deg airmass= 1.6109 Header cross-check: CENTALT= 38.341 deg (difference -0.074 deg) Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.6095 (we compute 1.6109) Airmass zero-point fit: OK k= +0.3769 +/- 0.0278 mag/airmass N= 4623 airmass span 1.4467-1.8651 scatter 0.2094 mag Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits: OK +0.627272 -0.376887 1.6109 +0.3769 4623 0.4184 0.2094 1.4467 1.8651 ########### Completed Cap-02-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8 ################################################################################### 20:21:44.42 -17:16:21.9 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 20:38:39.80 -21:02:58.8 -- 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)2461276.70892438 -observatory V36 09:59:47.01 +14:06:44.0 Mercury (-1.8mag) 12:56:01.12 -08:37:13.9 Venus (-4.5mag) 06:35:05.69 +23:36:33.2 Mars (1.3mag) 08:57:06.73 +17:46:38.5 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:54:31.62 +02:59:14.1 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:09.52 +21:00:37.8 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:14:59.18 +00:05:15.1 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:26:41.10 -23:35:47.2 Pluto (14.5mag) 19:08:22.95 -26:56:31.0 Moon (-11.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Aug 24 00:10 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461276.70892438: 08:57:08.64 +17:46:29.5 Io (6.1mag) 08:57:00.71 +17:47:07.5 Europa (6.3mag) 08:57:12.67 +17:46:09.1 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:57:03.69 +17:46:55.6 Callisto (6.9mag) 08:54:35.67 +17:55:44.7 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:57:10.37 +17:46:23.0 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:54:15.37 +17:51:18.5 Elara (17.7mag) 09:01:13.53 +17:19:09.2 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 08:59:12.08 +18:00:41.4 Carme (19.0mag) 00:54:20.37 +02:59:32.6 Titan (8.4mag) 00:54:25.64 +02:59:17.2 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:55:07.51 +03:01:12.9 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:54:30.79 +02:59:39.5 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:53:34.19 +02:50:26.6 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 24 00:10 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461276.70892438: 20:23:59.61 -12:35:01.7 JWST 15:45:34.41 +51:32:22.4 Chandra 09:41:05.86 -54:25:43.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 24 00:10 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461276.70892438 -observatory V36 03:29:55.30 +18:33:42.0 17.5mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 17:59:59.27 -34:26:58.5 14.2mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:08:05.59 -69:34:37.3 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:13:30.52 +33:21:03.5 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:25:18.95 +42:51:11.2 17.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:25:09.59 +30:12:17.5 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:58:33.69 +26:14:53.1 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:36:25.87 +27:46:29.1 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:39:31.63 +05:17:41.3 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:16:12.58 -12:57:42.8 18.0mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 20:51:26.88 +63:45:42.0 18.0mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:35:23.20 -14:23:59.3 14.6mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:25:07.66 +32:06:21.8 15.6mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:41.34 +15:29:06.9 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:45:00.77 +43:29:18.4 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:46:36.81 +49:41:33.2 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:27:01.89 -12:54:14.5 15.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:05:34.06 +21:15:45.7 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 10:56:02.67 +19:49:32.6 17.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:08:43.41 +01:12:57.0 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:12:56.37 +76:03:32.2 16.4mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:09:49.36 +46:20:57.3 17.3mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:00:29.33 +10:05:34.9 17.4mag A/2026 E1 22:14:04.91 -32:47:23.0 7.2mag 10P/Tempel 11:38:54.55 -04:26:55.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:40:09.25 -00:34:36.6 17.4mag 63P/Wild 00:51:01.42 -06:12:21.0 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:10:43.08 +20:09:06.3 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:24:27.35 -25:09:42.4 17.4mag 84P/Giclas 03:13:01.94 +14:37:00.5 16.9mag 88P/Howell 08:34:47.50 +25:17:37.3 16.4mag 93P/Lovas 04:53:13.10 +23:08:30.0 17.2mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:48:27.16 +27:57:21.4 16.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:55:55.27 +23:44:10.9 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:16:22.90 -16:17:16.5 17.3mag 124P/Mrkos 05:59:16.53 +20:59:41.8 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:54:53.10 +17:58:45.6 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 23:58:55.43 +03:02:04.1 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:07:04.87 -18:33:04.1 12.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 08:09:33.91 +38:06:15.5 16.1mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:45:39.33 +27:23:08.1 12.3mag 169P/NEAT 03:08:45.51 +09:19:41.9 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 20:16:09.91 -51:33:52.8 18.0mag 259P/Garradd 04:08:36.04 +31:30:57.6 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:52:38.56 +36:57:37.7 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:17:06.21 +01:20:42.0 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:15:22.45 +17:34:23.8 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.3K Aug 24 00:10 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60 SN 2026sfn 2026-08-16.3 17.09 23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00 SN 2026yib 2026-08-14.85 17.36 00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70 SN 2026whu 2026-08-14.96 16.5 19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90 ASASSN-26ew 2026-08-13.82 14.73 13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00 SN 2026wkv 2026-08-10.12 15.83 05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10 TCP J05210763+2338194 2026-08-10.59 9.34 01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10 SN2026wpd 2026-08-9.34 16.37 23:47:50.87 +49:28:49.80 SN2026wjs 2026-08-9.35 17.12 16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70 AT2026xau 2026-08-9.3 17.71 01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50 SN2026weo 2026-08-7.46 15.76 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 14:23:56.72 -58:37:47.60 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.64 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 24 00:10 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 18:25:12.76 -22:25:29.3 TCP J18251276-2225293 2026-08-19.1062 9.4mag 18:03:09.04 +12:18:14.0 TCP J18030904+1218140 2026-08-19.5199 14.9mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Aug 24 00:10 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 22:06:02.745 +21:38:59.91 AT 2026xnu 2026-06-14.54 20.68 12:04:33.241 +13:31:43.77 AT 2026xnt 2026-06-16.29 20.66 17:16:17.969 +32:53:41.29 AT 2026xns 2026-06-16.34 20.59 21:48:32.425 -29:28:38.76 AT 2026xnr 2026-06-16.55 19.93 20:44:08.930 -34:45:08.04 AT 2026xnq 2026-06-19.50 20.93 01:40:01.549 +15:24:08.32 AT 2026xnp 2026-06-21.59 20.11 22:59:54.981 +08:47:20.37 AT 2026xno 2026-06-22.57 20.61 22:34:44.112 -34:25:16.33 AT 2026xnn 2026-06-22.58 20.31 15:39:00.625 +01:51:45.97 AT 2026xnm 2026-07-09.30 20.53 22:18:23.260 +08:49:07.23 AT 2026xnl 2026-07-11.59 20.23 23:45:11.366 +23:12:01.58 AT 2026xnk 2026-07-16.50 20.23 17:52:40.604 +30:20:41.11 AT 2026xnj 2026-07-16.29 20.57 22:13:49.877 +15:15:41.07 AT 2026xni 2026-06-22.52 20.47 21:55:12.218 -25:50:43.90 AT 2026xnh 2026-07-08.51 20.23 17:42:05.047 +67:58:50.95 AT 2026xng 2026-08-05.89 19.07 15:05:35.464 +22:40:42.04 AT 2026xnf 2026-07-06.38 20.83 21:55:10.326 +01:47:27.63 AT 2026xne 2026-07-16.55 20.92 17:33:02.208 +23:15:50.89 AT 2026xnd 2026-07-19.39 20.4 17:58:43.835 +19:48:45.18 AT 2026xnc 2026-07-19.39 20.44 00:10:15.437 -16:32:23.98 AT 2026xnb 2026-07-20.58 20.44 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 24 00:10 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 08 24.21194 2461276.71194 12.95 20:10:33.30 -18:19:58.7 2495 2817 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-24_CI_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_000737_TTUQ1b1x1_852440_x827AYsk/fd_Cap-02-Q1b1x1_2026-08-24_00-05-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0179.fits
