FITS images used in this processing run:

Field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461082.79736027 11.02.2026 07:08:01.927   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
First image: 2461082.79736027 11.02.2026 07:08:01.927   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Last  image: 2461280.81165315 28.08.2026 07:28:36.832   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.53
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  8393
Objects passed selection criteria:  8344
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.3    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.3    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 5065
Average stars matched: 4921.25 (97.1619 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   234540 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Mon Aug 24 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-195-gae6eb4b1
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Aug 28 02:33:53 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461082.79736027 11.02.2026 07:08:01.927   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
First image: 2461082.79736027 11.02.2026 07:08:01.927   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Last  image: 2461280.81165315 28.08.2026 07:28:36.832   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 9
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.25
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 14 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  48045
Objects passed selection criteria:  47863
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.4    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.4    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 30164
Average stars matched: 29107 (96.4958 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   269972 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Mon Aug 24 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-195-gae6eb4b1
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Aug 28 02:34:55 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
UMa-01-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting UMa-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing UMa-01-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1034900 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1034900 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits_preview.png'

UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits


renamed 'UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits_preview.png'

UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 533.1221
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 561.4736
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 10689.8330
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 2802.6674
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 10654.9133
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 2751.0649
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 20.0514
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.019
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     23.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/d_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits :)

Spent 0.580462 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/d_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     23.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/d_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits :)

Spent 0.617942 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/d_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits



fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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: 2461280.81110685
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.2'  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: 09:36:20.346 +69:59:16.26 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Image size: 941.7'x628.0'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.90"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:36:53.613 +69:59:55.75 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 09:36:20.346 +69:59:16.26
Second-epoch image center 09:36:53.613 +69:59:55.75
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0487 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Image size: 941.8'x628.0'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.90"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:36:56.743 +70:00:22.43 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 09:36:20.346 +69:59:16.26
Second-epoch image center 09:36:56.743 +70:00:22.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0550 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  09:36:53.613 +69:59:55.75
Second-epoch second image center 09:36:56.743 +70:00:22.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00865 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits &> /tmp/tmp.S394UW39di
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NWj9PWUPBj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Hq0oQTR33g
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits &> /tmp/tmp.clGDmI3ZzS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits and wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits and wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits and wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8779 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 117.0324 to 171.9972 deg, Dec +62.9079 to +75.4793 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 117.0324 to 171.9972 deg, Dec 62.9079 to 75.4793 deg
Loaded 9306 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): 5117 out of 5413 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5413 out of 8779 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.870000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.870000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.53
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.34

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.34

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 8779 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 117.0324 to 171.9972 deg, Dec +62.9079 to +75.4793 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 117.0324 to 171.9972 deg, Dec 62.9079 to 75.4793 deg
Loaded 9306 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): 5117 out of 5413 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5413 out of 8779 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 8894 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 117.0326 to 171.9963 deg, Dec +62.9079 to +75.4793 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 117.0326 to 171.9963 deg, Dec 62.9079 to 75.4793 deg
Loaded 9306 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): 5133 out of 5416 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5416 out of 8894 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.1 pix  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
 2.1 pix  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
 2.7 pix  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
 2.7 pix  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.3 mag.  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
 15.4 mag.  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
 12.4 mag.  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
 12.4 mag.  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  12.4 (SNR )  10.1 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.S394UW39di (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=680, bad_region=0, passed=8779
Got 8779 stars (including 8092 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8779 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 764 to 829 (Dec 62.9 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 764 to 829 (Dec 62.9 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5374)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.507 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.300 n_q1=1067 n_q2=1443 n_q3=1095 n_q4=1281 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.381
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits -region wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.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.NWj9PWUPBj (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=664, bad_region=0, passed=8894
Got 8894 stars (including 8220 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8894 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 764 to 829 (Dec 62.9 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4892 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 764 to 829 (Dec 62.9 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4892 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5374)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.498 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=1066 n_q2=1431 n_q3=1117 n_q4=1272 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.353
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits -region wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.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.Hq0oQTR33g (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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=157, bad_region=0, passed=1343
Got 1343 stars (including 1184 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1343 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 767 to 828 (Dec 63.6 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1152 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1149 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1339 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 767 to 828 (Dec 63.6 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1152 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1339 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1339 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 1149 stars left (next iteration limit 1263)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1149 robust_rms=8.017 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=14.486 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1149 robust_rms=0.604 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=1.086 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1149 robust_rms=0.410 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.538 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1149 robust_rms_before=1.322 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.427 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.410 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.545 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.538
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.545 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits N_match=1149 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.557 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.492 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.413 n_q1=252 n_q2=219 n_q3=403 n_q4=275 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.305
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.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.clGDmI3ZzS (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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=156, bad_region=0, passed=1354
Got 1354 stars (including 1197 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1354 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 767 to 828 (Dec 63.6 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1165 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1163 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1163 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1163 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1350 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 767 to 828 (Dec 63.6 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1165 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1163 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1351 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1163 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1350 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 1163 stars left (next iteration limit 1279)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1163 robust_rms=7.964 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.336 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1163 robust_rms=0.578 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.767 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1163 robust_rms=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.511 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1163 robust_rms_before=1.274 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.430 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.542 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.511
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.542 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits N_match=1163 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.524 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.551 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.417 n_q1=256 n_q2=220 n_q3=406 n_q4=281 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.274
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits sigma_overall=0.367 worst_q_ratio=1.381
ref2=UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits sigma_overall=0.368 worst_q_ratio=1.353
new1=fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits sigma_overall=0.427 worst_q_ratio=1.305
new2=fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits sigma_overall=0.433 worst_q_ratio=1.274
reference average sigma_overall=0.3675 worst_q_ratio=1.367
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292_astrometric_residuals.png (4886 matched stars from wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293_astrometric_residuals.png (4886 matched stars from wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228_astrometric_residuals.png (1149 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229_astrometric_residuals.png (1163 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.40 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.2'  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: 09:36:20.346 +69:59:16.26 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"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Image size: 941.7'x628.0'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.90"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:36:53.613 +69:59:55.75 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 09:36:20.346 +69:59:16.26
Second-epoch image center 09:36:53.613 +69:59:55.75
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0487 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Image size: 941.8'x628.0'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.90"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:36:56.743 +70:00:22.43 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 09:36:20.346 +69:59:16.26
Second-epoch image center 09:36:56.743 +70:00:22.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0550 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  09:36:53.613 +69:59:55.75
Second-epoch second image center 09:36:56.743 +70:00:22.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00865 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ejJBjdW57u
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits &> /tmp/tmp.e5CTOSxnDr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits &> /tmp/tmp.azJ2CdNf6P
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4wDwo44JZF
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits and wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits and wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits and wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 51532 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 116.7731 to 172.6868 deg, Dec +62.8119 to +75.4848 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 116.7731 to 172.6868 deg, Dec 62.8119 to 75.4848 deg
Loaded 9545 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): 4865 out of 5490 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5490 out of 51532 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.754400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.754400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.25
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.50

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.50

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 51532 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 116.7731 to 172.6868 deg, Dec +62.8119 to +75.4848 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 116.7731 to 172.6868 deg, Dec 62.8119 to 75.4848 deg
Loaded 9545 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): 4865 out of 5490 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5490 out of 51532 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 51887 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 116.6991 to 172.5281 deg, Dec +62.8124 to +75.4915 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 116.6991 to 172.5281 deg, Dec 62.8124 to 75.4915 deg
Loaded 9544 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): 4853 out of 5491 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5491 out of 51887 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 1.9 pix  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
 1.9 pix  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.5 mag.  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
 15.5 mag.  UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
 12.7 mag.  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
 12.8 mag.  fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  12.7 (SNR )  12.4 (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.ejJBjdW57u (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=2624, bad_region=3, passed=51519
Got 51519 stars (including 48797 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51519 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 764 to 829 (Dec 62.8 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 764 to 829 (Dec 62.8 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5383)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.496 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.286 n_q1=1073 n_q2=1412 n_q3=1115 n_q4=1294 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.422
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits -region wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0292.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.e5CTOSxnDr (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=24, blended=2687, bad_region=5, passed=51863
Got 51863 stars (including 49074 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51863 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 764 to 829 (Dec 62.8 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4896 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51863 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 764 to 829 (Dec 62.8 to 75.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51863 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4896 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51863 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Excluding outliers - 4896 stars left (next iteration limit 5385)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits N_match=4896 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.469 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.303 n_q1=1092 n_q2=1397 n_q3=1115 n_q4=1292 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.361
The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits -region wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-11_01-08-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0293.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.azJ2CdNf6P (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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=247, bad_region=0, passed=9045
Got 9045 stars (including 8778 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9045 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 767 to 828 (Dec 63.5 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4879 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9045 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 767 to 828 (Dec 63.5 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9045 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9045 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 
Excluding outliers - 4871 stars left (next iteration limit 5360)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.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=4871 robust_rms=8.157 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=14.655 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4871 robust_rms=0.766 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=1.140 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4871 robust_rms=0.605 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.778 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4871 robust_rms_before=1.413 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.593 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.605 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.776 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.778
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.776 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits N_match=4871 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.569 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.757 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.679 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.505 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.472 n_q1=1025 n_q2=858 n_q3=1777 n_q4=1211 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.329
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.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.4wDwo44JZF (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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=229, bad_region=0, passed=9061
Got 9061 stars (including 8821 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9061 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 767 to 828 (Dec 63.6 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4879 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4870 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9061 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 

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 767 to 828 (Dec 63.6 to 75.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4878 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9061 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9061 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 
Excluding outliers - 4868 stars left (next iteration limit 5355)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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=4868 robust_rms=8.194 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=14.578 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4868 robust_rms=0.753 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.970 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4868 robust_rms=0.599 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.791 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4868 robust_rms_before=1.374 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.592 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.599 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.803 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.791
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.803 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits N_match=4868 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.567 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.767 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.694 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.497 n_q1=1015 n_q2=855 n_q3=1788 n_q4=1210 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.351
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.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_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
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Done pre-generating finding charts.
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Considering the candidate 65383_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 65383_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    10.21    08:09:04.08 +69:05:27.1   0124 3246   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (26.3") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 65410_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 65410_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    10.75    09:15:25.74 +71:51:17.2   3725 4297   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.4") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 65524_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 65524_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    11.64    09:34:12.09 +69:50:11.8   4652 3087   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

**** FOUND  09:34:12.00 +69:50:12.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 65703_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 65703_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    12.63    08:45:09.57 +71:30:43.4   2275 4236   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (26.6") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 08003_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 08003_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    11.36    08:04:00.26 +73:24:30.9   0720 5816   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

**** FOUND  08:04:00.26 +73:24:30.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 07628_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 07628_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    10.94    10:55:39.95 +71:52:08.7   8342 5103   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

**** FOUND  10:55:39.98 +71:52:08.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 34988_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 34988_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    11.30    09:35:34.40 +65:17:04.4   4843 0355   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

**** FOUND  09:35:34.35 +65:17:04.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 23914_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229
The candidate 23914_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 08 28.31165    2461280.81165    7.58    10:44:37.82 +68:46:33.3   8454 3153   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits

**** FOUND  10:44:37.78 +68:46:32.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-08-28_CI_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_023126_TTUQ1b1x1_371623_KyzzGJBc/monitoring_positions.txt
Read 9048 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 116.1253 to 172.4795 deg, Dec +63.5180 to +75.3138 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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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 116.1253 to 172.4795 deg, Dec 63.5180 to 75.3138 deg
Loaded 8888 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): 5031 out of 5117 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5117 out of 9048 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461280.81111 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748056 deg  lon= -101.958333 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 144.22084 deg  Dec= +69.99803 deg
Frame center: alt= +15.011 deg  az= 9.285 deg  airmass= 3.7938
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 14.864 deg (difference +0.146 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 3.8435 (we compute 3.7938)
Airmass zero-point fit: OK  k= +0.2735 +/- 0.0060 mag/airmass  N= 3895  airmass span 2.5683-7.0961  scatter 0.3179 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-27-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0228.fits: OK +1.019828 -0.273464 3.7938 +0.2735 3895 4.5279 0.3179 2.5683 7.0961
Read 9063 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 116.1254 to 172.4787 deg, Dec +63.5547 to +75.3146 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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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 116.1254 to 172.4787 deg, Dec 63.5547 to 75.3146 deg
Loaded 8846 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): 5016 out of 5095 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5095 out of 9063 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461280.81165 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748056 deg  lon= -101.958333 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 144.23388 deg  Dec= +70.00544 deg
Frame center: alt= +15.038 deg  az= 9.356 deg  airmass= 3.7872
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 14.887 deg (difference +0.152 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 3.8380 (we compute 3.7872)
Airmass zero-point fit: OK  k= +0.2748 +/- 0.0058 mag/airmass  N= 3945  airmass span 2.5642-7.0315  scatter 0.3072 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_UMa-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-28_02-28-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0229.fits: OK +1.034112 -0.274840 3.7872 +0.2748 3945 4.4673 0.3072 2.5642 7.0315
########### Completed UMa-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461280.81110685 -observatory V36
10:30:52.59 +11:11:47.7 Mercury (-1.9mag)
13:08:30.41 -10:26:22.2 Venus (-4.6mag)
06:46:35.10 +23:29:02.4 Mars (1.3mag)
09:00:39.13 +17:32:22.2 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:53:48.70 +02:53:46.5 Saturn (0.5mag)
04:13:23.11 +21:01:12.7 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:14:38.78 +00:02:54.1 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:26:20.65 -23:37:01.2 Pluto (14.5mag)
22:30:38.21 -09:16:33.1 Moon (-12.7mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461280.81110685:
09:00:34.56 +17:32:45.1 Io (6.2mag)
09:00:30.65 +17:33:03.4 Europa (6.3mag)
09:00:42.80 +17:32:07.8 Ganymede (5.7mag)
09:01:07.66 +17:30:09.4 Callisto (6.9mag)
08:58:10.93 +17:43:49.7 Himalia (15.7mag)
09:00:41.38 +17:32:12.9 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:57:51.05 +17:38:46.6 Elara (17.7mag)
09:04:43.42 +17:03:18.7 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
09:02:27.13 +17:47:28.4 Carme (19.0mag)
00:53:41.08 +02:53:19.8 Titan (8.4mag)
00:53:44.71 +02:53:52.9 Rhea (9.7mag)
00:54:22.70 +02:56:15.0 Iapetus (11.1mag)
00:53:33.25 +02:53:51.5 Hyperion (14.4mag)
00:52:46.46 +02:44:31.6 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461280.81110685:
20:50:18.16 -08:58:04.4 JWST
18:42:06.57 +15:07:14.1 Chandra
10:43:52.41 -58:34:29.8 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461280.81110685 -observatory V36
03:33:23.30 +18:48:50.1 17.5mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:00:25.03 -34:23:07.1 14.2mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:11:32.52 -69:46:35.7 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:14:15.39 +33:26:58.4 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:34:01.56 +43:44:50.5 17.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:21:41.62 +29:47:48.9 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
07:02:07.25 +26:10:10.2 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:40:14.88 +27:36:26.6 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:42:13.42 +05:16:50.3 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
20:47:19.01 +63:02:07.3 18.0mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
15:33:14.86 -14:45:59.4 14.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:29:10.15 +32:19:13.7 15.6mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:05:46.25 +15:26:22.9 17.8mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:41:11.80 +43:26:52.6 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
20:40:28.46 +49:39:13.8 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:29:43.99 -12:55:29.5 15.2mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
07:07:33.83 +20:29:22.0 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
11:02:17.12 +19:31:37.3 17.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:11:45.37 +00:54:13.3 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:19:28.22 +75:31:11.6 16.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:09:14.07 +46:19:42.6 17.3mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:04:09.28 +10:26:59.0 17.5mag A/2026 E1
22:17:38.31 -33:42:42.7 7.3mag 10P/Tempel
11:41:34.10 -04:44:14.8 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
11:48:26.54 -01:54:11.3 17.5mag 63P/Wild
00:49:28.99 -06:26:42.3 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
06:19:18.38 +19:55:35.8 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
20:21:39.79 -25:29:23.6 17.3mag 84P/Giclas
03:14:56.58 +14:46:09.5 17.0mag 88P/Howell
08:44:06.05 +24:37:55.7 16.5mag 93P/Lovas
05:05:57.44 +24:45:17.7 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
07:01:21.68 +27:08:18.4 16.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
10:05:20.00 +22:55:35.4 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley
12:25:01.90 -17:47:08.0 17.3mag 124P/Mrkos
06:04:45.67 +20:54:29.7 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
07:01:16.56 +17:41:53.3 17.9mag 131P/Mueller
23:57:12.66 +02:52:07.2 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
03:00:05.31 -18:21:56.9 12.4mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
08:22:31.63 +38:01:33.2 16.2mag 162P/Siding Spring
10:14:43.79 +22:19:40.4 12.5mag 169P/NEAT
03:14:03.77 +09:08:35.2 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
04:20:19.51 +32:59:39.1 15.3mag 260P/McNaught
08:04:20.30 +36:38:39.5 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:19:15.90 +00:52:46.4 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski
09:19:01.97 +17:21:46.9 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90  AT2026zjy  2026-08-23.03 15.91
03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50  SN2026ymb  2026-08-23.4 16.44
20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30  SN2026yid  2026-08-22.82 15.13
04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60  ASASSN-26ey  2026-08-20.02 15.55
16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80  ASASSN-26ex  2026-08-18.78 3.63
21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60  SN 2026sfn  2026-08-16.3 17.09
23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00  SN 2026yib  2026-08-14.85 17.36
00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70  SN 2026whu  2026-08-14.96 16.5
19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90  ASASSN-26ew  2026-08-13.82 14.73
13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00  SN 2026wkv  2026-08-10.12 15.83
05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-10.59 9.34
01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10  SN2026wpd  2026-08-9.34 16.37
23:47:50.87 +49:28:49.80  SN2026wjs  2026-08-9.35 17.12
16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70  AT2026xau  2026-08-9.3 17.71
01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50  SN2026weo  2026-08-7.46 15.76
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70  SN 2026pel  2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30  ASASSN-26dy  2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30  ASASSN-26dv  2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70  ASASSN-26dw  2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20  SN 2026mke  2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50  SN 2026nmv  2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50  AT2026oxh  2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90  ASASSN-26dx  2026-06-22.02 14.72
14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10  AT2026pvk  2026-06-22.06 16.53
20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20  AT2026plb  2026-06-21.31 16.4
15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30  SN2026ore  2026-06-21.29 17.57
23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30  AT2026oxl  2026-06-21.52 17.64
17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20  AT2026ouj  2026-06-20.92 15.15
00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20  AT2026ntk  2026-06-18.09 17.34
20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20  ASASSN-26du  2026-06-15.39 15.93
23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00  SN2026oxc  2026-06-14.35 16.83
02:02:26.78 +32:04:21.30  AT2026ovz  2026-06-14.59 15.39
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
11:44:32.95 -68:48:30.00  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24 8.41
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
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
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
00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3  PNV J00425465+4122593  2026-08-25.4712  18.9mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
23:24:16.986 -39:54:38.19  AT 2026xsr  2026-08-01.59 19.34
14:05:54.276 -15:52:29.96  AT 2026xsq  2026-02-17.61 20.88
16:00:02.823 +12:57:02.46  AT 2026xsp  2026-02-13.59 21.18
13:18:25.859 +25:17:53.19  AT 2026xso  2026-02-17.52 21.43
14:46:41.619 +11:38:04.02  AT 2026xsn  2026-02-17.55 20.37
14:12:17.965 +35:36:02.21  AT 2026xsm  2026-02-17.60 20.93
00:28:22.210 -09:16:55.88  AT 2026xsl  2026-08-06.67 20.38
13:40:02.666 +27:45:49.66  AT 2026xsk  2026-02-17.50 21.05
13:18:58.760 +35:13:29.33  AT 2026xsj  2026-02-17.49 21.16
14:58:55.200 +08:49:53.06  AT 2026xsi  2026-02-13.58 21.13
12:22:18.795 +12:08:10.55  AT 2026xsh  2026-02-16.62 20.67
11:46:22.552 +13:15:39.41  AT 2026xsg  2026-02-16.57 20.7
08:55:07.272 +15:47:59.14  AT 2026xsf  2026-02-13.30 20.98
07:34:01.728 +10:29:15.79  AT 2026xse  2026-02-14.26 20.11
07:29:49.030 +19:09:23.06  AT 2026xsd  2026-02-13.26 20.62
07:42:52.595 +22:58:08.19  AT 2026xsc  2026-02-13.26 20.93
04:42:06.854 +06:56:13.00  AT 2026xsb  2026-02-06.24 21.16
05:10:23.116 -06:04:42.26  AT 2026xsa  2026-02-05.30 20.59
05:17:11.087 -07:32:29.20  AT 2026xrz  2026-02-02.30 20.34
08:18:15.789 -07:48:37.88  AT 2026xry  2026-01-28.38 20.53
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Fri Aug 28 02:33:28 CDT 2026
=======================================
TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 4s (0.07 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 2s (0.03 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 34s (0.57 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 1s (0.02 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 6s (0.10 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 50s (0.83 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 5 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 4 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 16s (0.27 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 12s (0.20 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 32s (0.53 min)
FIELD_UMa-01-Q1b1x1: 102s (1.70 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 105s (1.75 min)
Finished: Fri Aug 28 02:35:13 CDT 2026