fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits
fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 25.31234 | 2461277.81234 | 12.39 | 05:00:45.13 +28:14:38.5 | 4854 2137 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 25.31293 | 2461277.81293 | 12.39 | 05:00:45.15 +28:14:38.7 | 4859 2137 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 25.3126 2461277.8126 12.39 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6
175.01553 -8.52942 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 5.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
63 Ausonia -1 -1 2 12.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6: 15.64 +/- 0.20 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6: 16.29 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.64 +/- 0.20
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
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Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Aur-05-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Aur-05-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Aur-05-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 222700 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 222700 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.png' -> 'transient_report/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits_preview.png'
Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits
renamed 'Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.png' -> 'transient_report/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits_preview.png'
Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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... 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits :) Spent 0.503407 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 27.7900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 27.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-25T02:30:27.0890449' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-25T07:30:27.0890449' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61277.3128135302 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Aur-05' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '05 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+30 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20442 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20442 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 27.7900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 27.7900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 9.1 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 31.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 901.02 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 27.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 69.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 16.601328 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 7.600608 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits :) Spent 0.504677 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits
fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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: 2461277.81233900 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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Image size: 940.8'x624.4' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:04.576 +29:59:39.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:04.576 +29:59:39.13 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0128 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Image size: 940.7'x624.4' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:02.087 +29:59:39.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:02.087 +29:59:39.14 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0038 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 05:00:04.576 +29:59:39.13 Second-epoch second image center 05:00:02.087 +29:59:39.14 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00898 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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits &> /tmp/tmp.R3wnUphksG Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YF8VUVz7C6 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fLVsjKMABU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XwXt9HoFxp Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 16295 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec +24.3644 to +35.2863 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 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec 24.3644 to 35.2863 deg Loaded 8426 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): 6039 out of 6740 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6740 out of 16295 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.988300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.988300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 16295 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec +24.3644 to +35.2863 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 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec 24.3644 to 35.2863 deg Loaded 8426 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): 6039 out of 6740 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6740 out of 16295 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 16349 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6688 deg, Dec +24.3644 to +35.2864 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 65.5633 to 84.6688 deg, Dec 24.3644 to 35.2864 deg Loaded 8429 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): 6042 out of 6743 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6743 out of 16349 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 1.9 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 2.3 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 2.4 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 15.4 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 13.2 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 13.2 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.2 (SNR ) 10.7 (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.R3wnUphksG (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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=1498, bad_region=2648, passed=16295 Got 16295 stars (including 12280 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16295 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4802 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14059 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4802 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14059 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4802 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14059 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4802 stars left (next iteration limit 5283) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits N_match=4802 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.270 n_q1=2427 n_q2=542 n_q3=1323 n_q4=510 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.062 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.YF8VUVz7C6 (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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=1486, bad_region=2654, passed=16349 Got 16349 stars (including 12341 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16349 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4798 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4798 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4798 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4797 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4797 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 4797 stars left (next iteration limit 5277) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits N_match=4797 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.277 n_q1=2431 n_q2=544 n_q3=1317 n_q4=505 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.088 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.fLVsjKMABU (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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=158, bad_region=776, passed=2895 Got 2895 stars (including 1993 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2895 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1914 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2275 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1930 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2275 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2275 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58" Excluding outliers - 1916 stars left (next iteration limit 2106) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1916 robust_rms=6.043 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=6.422 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1916 robust_rms=0.661 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.741 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1916 robust_rms=0.593 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.618 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1916 robust_rms_before=1.717 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.588 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.593 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.604 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.618 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.604 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits N_match=1916 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.584 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.600 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.627 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.613 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.627 n_q1=432 n_q2=292 n_q3=616 n_q4=576 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.073 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.XwXt9HoFxp (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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=166, bad_region=805, passed=2967 Got 2967 stars (including 2036 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2967 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (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 0.010452 (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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1952 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2326 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2326 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2326 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58" Excluding outliers - 1954 stars left (next iteration limit 2148) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1954 robust_rms=6.181 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=6.525 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1954 robust_rms=0.678 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.761 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1954 robust_rms=0.612 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.673 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1954 robust_rms_before=1.724 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.595 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.612 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.622 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.673 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.622 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits N_match=1954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.578 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.550 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.592 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.626 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.638 n_q1=450 n_q2=299 n_q3=619 n_q4=586 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.104 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits sigma_overall=0.392 worst_q_ratio=1.062 ref2=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits sigma_overall=0.375 worst_q_ratio=1.088 new1=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits sigma_overall=0.584 worst_q_ratio=1.073 new2=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits sigma_overall=0.578 worst_q_ratio=1.104 reference average sigma_overall=0.3835 worst_q_ratio=1.075 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362_astrometric_residuals.png (4802 matched stars from wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363_astrometric_residuals.png (4797 matched stars from wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201_astrometric_residuals.png (1916 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.54 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202_astrometric_residuals.png (1954 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.53 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21329_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 21329_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 05:10:32.22 +32:10:41.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 0s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Image size: 940.8'x624.4' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:04.576 +29:59:39.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:04.576 +29:59:39.13 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0128 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Image size: 940.7'x624.4' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:02.087 +29:59:39.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:02.087 +29:59:39.14 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0038 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 05:00:04.576 +29:59:39.13 Second-epoch second image center 05:00:02.087 +29:59:39.14 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00898 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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RMpLduolKs Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sUj0QR9JgE Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lPbIge7Lat Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H0JiNME7jh Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 10.52 05:10:32.23 +32:10:41.8 6161 4503 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 129003 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec +24.3225 to +35.3000 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 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec 24.3225 to 35.3000 deg Loaded 8484 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): 4942 out of 6872 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6872 out of 129003 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.844750 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.844750 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.26 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 129003 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec +24.3225 to +35.3000 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 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec 24.3225 to 35.3000 deg Loaded 8484 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): 4942 out of 6872 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6872 out of 129003 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (aperture=4.5) Read 129055 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6902 deg, Dec +24.3185 to +35.2955 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 65.5633 to 84.6902 deg, Dec 24.3185 to 35.2955 deg Loaded 8479 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): 4936 out of 6881 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6881 out of 129055 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (aperture=4.5) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 19 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.8 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 1.9 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 2.1 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 2.2 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 15.6 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 13.5 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 13.5 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.5 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.RMpLduolKs (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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=36, blended=14027, bad_region=17069, passed=128967 Got 128967 stars (including 98817 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 128967 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4838 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4808 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115105 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4838 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4807 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115105 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4807 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115105 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4807 stars left (next iteration limit 5288) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits N_match=4807 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.242 n_q1=2304 n_q2=551 n_q3=1396 n_q4=556 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.069 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.sUj0QR9JgE (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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=35, blended=13827, bad_region=17077, passed=129020 Got 129020 stars (including 99020 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 129020 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4803 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4803 stars left (next iteration limit 5283) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits N_match=4803 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.254 n_q1=2300 n_q2=559 n_q3=1387 n_q4=557 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.066 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.lPbIge7Lat (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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=738, bad_region=4483, passed=26702 Got 26702 stars (including 21656 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26702 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4827 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4782 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4782 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4782 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23628 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4822 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4781 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23628 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4781 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23628 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" Excluding outliers - 4781 stars left (next iteration limit 5260) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.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=4781 robust_rms=5.905 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=6.525 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4781 robust_rms=0.682 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.744 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4781 robust_rms=0.627 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.651 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4781 robust_rms_before=1.694 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.582 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.627 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.622 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.651 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.622 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits N_match=4781 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.587 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.596 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.614 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.619 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.576 n_q1=1018 n_q2=698 n_q3=1571 n_q4=1494 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.H0JiNME7jh (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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=742, bad_region=4608, passed=26564 Got 26564 stars (including 21386 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26564 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (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 0.010452 (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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4821 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23381 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4819 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23381 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23382 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" Excluding outliers - 4779 stars left (next iteration limit 5256) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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=4779 robust_rms=6.049 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=6.490 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4779 robust_rms=0.693 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.768 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4779 robust_rms=0.630 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.705 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4779 robust_rms_before=1.703 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.577 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.630 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.600 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.705 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.600 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits N_match=4779 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.581 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.555 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.647 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.612 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.594 n_q1=1020 n_q2=721 n_q3=1546 n_q4=1492 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.114 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry 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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.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_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6: 15.64 +/- 0.20 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 04:44:36.83 +26:37:17.6: 11.97 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6: 16.29 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 04:44:36.83 +26:37:17.6: 12.02 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.64 +/- 0.20 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6: ref_mag=15.64 +/- 0.20 new_mean_mag=12.3886 delta=3.26 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.99 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:44:36.83 +26:37:17.6: ref_mag=11.99 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2118 delta=-0.22 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out152156.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 16s 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 149641_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 149641_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 05:05:16.16 +32:38:14.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 149644_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 149644_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.80 05:05:16.18 +32:38:14.5 5491 4782 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 25.31234 2461277.81234 12.20 04:44:36.83 +26:37:16.3 2651 1230 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-29-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0201.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 149645_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 149645_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.23 04:44:36.82 +26:37:18.8 2656 1230 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 04:42:31.61 +31:29:54.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 150798_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 150798_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.36 04:42:31.57 +31:29:54.3 2556 4197 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 04:56:57.87 +33:05:59.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 150860_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 150860_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 11.88 04:56:57.85 +33:05:59.6 4444 5082 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 04:41:14.17 +28:37:42.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151178_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 151178_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 11.98 04:41:14.19 +28:37:42.4 2277 2472 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:18:18.04 +33:47:33.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151625_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 151625_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 11.87 05:18:18.01 +33:47:33.6 7141 5498 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 04:56:56.92 +33:06:51.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151756_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 151756_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.33 04:56:56.97 +33:06:51.3 4442 5091 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:15:29.73 +32:42:36.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 152156_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 Preparing report for the candidate 152156_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 152430_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 152430_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.33 05:15:29.73 +32:42:36.7 6793 4832 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 04:51:22.00 +28:31:16.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 152437_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 152437_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.53 04:51:21.98 +28:31:15.7 3620 2340 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:14:46.50 +31:23:49.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 153648_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 153648_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.59 05:14:46.44 +31:23:49.5 6708 4035 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:19:43.60 +26:10:35.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 153904_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 153904_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.36 05:19:43.61 +26:10:35.9 7409 0883 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:04:33.03 +30:24:59.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57431_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 57431_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.76 05:04:33.08 +30:24:59.0 5382 3441 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 04:54:58.24 +31:19:13.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 143713_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 143713_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.99 04:54:58.08 +31:19:13.0 4155 4013 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:10:32.21 +32:10:41.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 105568_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 105568_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 10.64 05:10:32.22 +32:10:41.6 6161 4503 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:15:47.38 +26:45:15.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 121914_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 121914_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.21 05:15:47.33 +26:45:16.2 6869 1226 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:09:38.49 +28:39:28.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 121345_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 121345_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.18 05:09:38.60 +28:39:27.9 6041 2375 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:03:15.42 +28:42:53.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 107910_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 The candidate 107910_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 12.23 05:03:15.48 +28:42:54.5 5197 2416 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-25_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_023704_TTUQ2b1x1_1080386_VBw6YRoz/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-25_02-30-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits **** FOUND 05:09:07.34 +26:08:21.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 17s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6 ########### Completed Aur-05-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6 ################################################################################### 05:00:45.14 +28:14:38.6 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461277.81233900 -observatory V36 10:08:19.30 +13:21:27.7 Mercury (-1.9mag) 12:59:26.25 -09:06:59.1 Venus (-4.5mag) 06:38:11.96 +23:34:49.8 Mars (1.3mag) 08:58:04.17 +17:42:48.5 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:54:20.58 +02:57:48.9 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:13.53 +21:00:48.1 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:14:53.81 +00:04:37.8 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:26:35.49 -23:36:07.7 Pluto (14.5mag) 20:04:09.17 -23:42:30.8 Moon (-11.9mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Aug 25 02:39 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461277.81233900: 08:58:09.42 +17:42:25.3 Io (6.1mag) 08:58:01.66 +17:43:01.2 Europa (6.3mag) 08:57:55.72 +17:43:27.4 Ganymede (5.6mag) 08:58:12.38 +17:42:13.5 Callisto (6.9mag) 08:55:33.71 +17:52:33.4 Himalia (15.7mag) 08:58:05.45 +17:42:43.0 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:55:13.60 +17:47:56.7 Elara (17.7mag) 09:02:10.41 +17:14:53.3 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:00:04.87 +17:57:08.3 Carme (19.0mag) 00:54:07.07 +02:57:57.0 Titan (8.4mag) 00:54:17.14 +02:57:33.3 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:54:56.34 +02:59:57.1 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:54:14.34 +02:58:14.2 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:53:21.83 +02:48:53.9 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 25 02:39 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461277.81233900: 20:30:25.27 -11:38:36.0 JWST 18:03:53.32 +28:14:00.3 Chandra 05:44:45.08 +35:57:40.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 25 02:39 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461277.81233900 -observatory V36 03:30:53.08 +18:37:54.1 17.5mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:00:04.06 -34:25:57.7 14.2mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:09:01.91 -69:37:47.2 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:13:43.11 +33:22:38.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:27:44.65 +43:06:27.8 17.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:24:13.42 +30:05:54.6 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 06:59:31.97 +26:13:37.3 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:37:27.55 +27:43:45.0 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:40:15.30 +05:17:29.0 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:16:32.85 -13:00:43.9 18.0mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS) 20:50:17.81 +63:34:18.6 18.0mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:34:46.39 -14:29:55.2 14.6mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:26:13.77 +32:09:45.9 15.6mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:41.75 +15:28:23.5 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:43:56.85 +43:28:56.1 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:44:57.08 +49:41:18.6 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:27:46.44 -12:54:29.9 15.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:06:07.37 +21:03:22.1 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 10:57:42.74 +19:44:46.0 17.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:09:31.66 +01:07:57.3 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:14:32.71 +75:55:01.4 16.4mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:09:42.80 +46:20:48.1 17.3mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:01:28.25 +10:11:24.4 17.4mag A/2026 E1 22:15:02.37 -33:03:34.4 7.2mag 10P/Tempel 11:39:37.25 -04:31:32.1 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:42:23.16 -00:56:03.5 17.4mag 63P/Wild 00:50:38.15 -06:16:07.6 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:13:02.92 +20:05:40.0 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:23:39.82 -25:15:15.0 17.4mag 84P/Giclas 03:13:35.90 +14:39:40.7 17.0mag 88P/Howell 08:37:19.43 +25:07:02.9 16.5mag 93P/Lovas 04:56:36.98 +23:34:34.9 17.2mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 06:51:56.84 +27:44:39.6 16.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 09:58:27.75 +23:31:14.7 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:18:41.89 -16:41:33.9 17.3mag 124P/Mrkos 06:00:46.00 +20:58:23.4 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 06:56:37.27 +17:54:19.3 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 23:58:28.95 +02:59:33.2 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 03:05:23.61 -18:30:17.2 12.6mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 08:13:05.14 +38:05:19.1 16.2mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:36:06.41 +25:56:08.9 12.3mag 169P/NEAT 03:10:14.47 +09:17:02.1 17.6mag 220P/McNaught 20:16:06.87 -51:24:25.8 18.0mag 259P/Garradd 04:11:46.10 +31:55:13.4 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 07:55:48.62 +36:52:48.0 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:17:40.06 +01:13:11.3 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:16:21.73 +17:31:00.5 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.3K Aug 25 02:39 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 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+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 25 02:39 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2 PNV J19450648+1822422 2026-08-25.1278 9.0mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Aug 25 02:39 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:42:32.703 +24:48:57.93 AT 2026xqb 2026-08-05.100 18.58 16:33:55.780 -21:38:59.14 AT 2026xqa 2026-08-03.18 18.0148 21:55:59.445 +07:05:12.88 AT 2026xpz 2026-08-05.35 19.863 16:45:38.067 +72:51:22.66 AT 2026xpy 2026-08-05.91 20.09 16:42:36.347 +57:19:39.63 AT 2026xpx 2026-08-05.92 19.14 11:49:41.968 +31:31:29.11 AT 2026xpw 2026-01-27.50 20.88 09:24:00.803 +39:35:33.95 AT 2026xpv 2026-01-19.40 20.33 12:49:17.559 +46:39:17.78 AT 2026xpu 2026-01-19.61 21.02 09:21:30.163 +36:17:37.77 AT 2026xpt 2026-01-19.40 20.66 07:49:07.955 +40:36:24.67 AT 2026xps 2026-01-18.38 20.96 13:27:11.570 +33:26:06.06 AT 2026xpr 2026-01-17.59 20.66 12:35:40.338 +14:59:49.24 AT 2026xpq 2026-01-17.53 20.38 13:05:21.770 +10:09:12.94 AT 2026xpp 2026-01-16.58 20.11 10:23:27.739 +49:29:35.53 AT 2026xpo 2026-01-14.60 21.05 01:23:04.564 +12:23:08.97 AT 2026xpn 2026-07-29.54 20.19 16:47:23.438 +66:28:39.91 AT 2026xpm 2026-08-05.89 19.92 23:34:35.589 +29:43:01.68 AT 2026xpl 2026-07-27.51 20.27 20:31:23.535 -10:54:59.72 AT 2026xpk 2026-08-03.43 20.33 10:34:15.921 +52:45:00.65 AT 2026xpj 2026-01-14.61 20.82 10:40:15.540 -22:57:09.71 AT 2026xpi 2026-01-27.59 20.18 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 87K Aug 25 02:39 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 08 25.31293 2461277.81293 11.63 05:09:07.30 +26:08:20.7 5967 0849 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