fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits
fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 08 29.23270 | 2461281.73270 | 11.64 | 21:01:44.27 -08:18:05.8 | 1171 3929 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 08 29.23324 | 2461281.73324 | 11.58 | 21:01:44.19 -08:18:05.6 | 1176 3934 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 29.2330 2461281.7330 11.61 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7
40.74576 -32.68266 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 7.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
389 Industria -1 -0 1 11.9 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits at 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7: 15.37 +/- 0.31 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits at 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7: 15.57 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.37 +/- 0.31
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
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Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-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: Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 ########### Processing Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 823946 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 823946 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits
renamed 'Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits
Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 875.7239 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 519.3655 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 10152.3148 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 2097.6112 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 10156.5765 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 2107.3374 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 11.5931 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.005 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/d_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits :) Spent 0.769041 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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/d_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 27.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-08-29T00:35:41.9036099' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-29T05:35:41.9036099' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61281.2331238771 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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= 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Aqr-03' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '21 25 43' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-10 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29520 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29520 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 12.3 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 40.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.69 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 27.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 15.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 11.200896 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 7.900632 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/d_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits :) Spent 0.685363 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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/d_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits
fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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: 2461281.73269505 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:25:43.484 -09:59:39.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Image size: 940.7'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:25:33.134 -09:55:44.10 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:25:43.484 -09:59:39.66 Second-epoch image center 21:25:33.134 -09:55:44.10 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0780 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Image size: 940.7'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:25:30.970 -09:56:13.53 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:25:43.484 -09:59:39.66 Second-epoch image center 21:25:30.970 -09:56:13.53 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0769 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 21:25:33.134 -09:55:44.10 Second-epoch second image center 21:25:30.970 -09:56:13.53 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01207 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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits &> /tmp/tmp.t4l0QD1Sgr Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pyMULcL65R Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NZozyEc44u Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GXjVzkgHL0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits and wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits and wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits and wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 8874 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 313.3905 to 329.4911 deg, Dec -15.2504 to -4.7005 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 313.3905 to 329.4911 deg, Dec -15.2504 to -4.7005 deg Loaded 6721 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): 5451 out of 5615 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5615 out of 8874 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.692700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.692700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.84 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.85 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.85
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 8874 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 313.3905 to 329.4911 deg, Dec -15.2504 to -4.7005 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 313.3905 to 329.4911 deg, Dec -15.2504 to -4.7005 deg Loaded 6721 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): 5451 out of 5615 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5615 out of 8874 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits (aperture=6.4) Read 9225 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 313.3619 to 329.4904 deg, Dec -15.2503 to -4.7004 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 313.3619 to 329.4904 deg, Dec -15.2503 to -4.7004 deg Loaded 6736 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): 5526 out of 5688 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5688 out of 9225 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits (aperture=6.6) ____ 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: 2.3 pix Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits 2.4 pix Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits 3.0 pix fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 3.1 pix fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.9 mag. Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits 14.9 mag. Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits 13.5 mag. fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 13.5 mag. fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.5 (SNR ) 10.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.t4l0QD1Sgr (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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=515, bad_region=0, passed=8874 Got 8874 stars (including 8351 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8874 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4740 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4713 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8874 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4741 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8874 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8874 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4713 stars left (next iteration limit 5184) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits N_match=4713 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.381 n_q1=1329 n_q2=1012 n_q3=1266 n_q4=1106 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.239 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits -region wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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.pyMULcL65R (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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=511, bad_region=0, passed=9225 Got 9225 stars (including 8705 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9225 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4738 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4710 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4710 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4710 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9225 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4738 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4709 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9225 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4709 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9225 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4709 stars left (next iteration limit 5181) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits N_match=4709 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.618 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.585 n_q1=1094 n_q2=1301 n_q3=996 n_q4=1318 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.362 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits -region wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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.NZozyEc44u (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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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=313, bad_region=0, passed=3190 Got 3190 stars (including 2871 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3190 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2740 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2730 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3190 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 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2741 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3190 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3190 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 2729 stars left (next iteration limit 3001) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2729 robust_rms=9.148 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=15.982 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2729 robust_rms=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.418 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2729 robust_rms=0.315 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.385 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2729 robust_rms_before=0.878 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.327 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.315 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.392 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.385 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.392 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits N_match=2729 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.268 n_q1=787 n_q2=576 n_q3=792 n_q4=574 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.171 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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.GXjVzkgHL0 (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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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=309, bad_region=0, passed=3197 Got 3197 stars (including 2885 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3197 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2755 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2741 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2741 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2741 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3197 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 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2756 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2739 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3197 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2739 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3197 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 2739 stars left (next iteration limit 3015) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2739 robust_rms=9.327 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=15.976 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2739 robust_rms=0.374 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.400 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2739 robust_rms=0.311 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.375 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2739 robust_rms_before=0.888 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.328 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.311 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.391 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.375 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.391 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits N_match=2739 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.276 n_q1=787 n_q2=588 n_q3=796 n_q4=568 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.130 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.239 ref2=Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits sigma_overall=0.453 worst_q_ratio=1.362 new1=fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits sigma_overall=0.332 worst_q_ratio=1.171 new2=fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits sigma_overall=0.324 worst_q_ratio=1.130 reference average sigma_overall=0.4065 worst_q_ratio=1.3005 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387_astrometric_residuals.png (4713 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198_astrometric_residuals.png (4709 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212_astrometric_residuals.png (2729 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213_astrometric_residuals.png (2739 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-03-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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:25:43.484 -09:59:39.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Image size: 940.7'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:25:33.134 -09:55:44.10 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:25:43.484 -09:59:39.66 Second-epoch image center 21:25:33.134 -09:55:44.10 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0780 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Image size: 940.7'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 21:25:30.970 -09:56:13.53 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 21:25:43.484 -09:59:39.66 Second-epoch image center 21:25:30.970 -09:56:13.53 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0769 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 21:25:33.134 -09:55:44.10 Second-epoch second image center 21:25:30.970 -09:56:13.53 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01207 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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3p4AY6w5bB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IyxsxP7Vuc Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kwLUXXuS8a Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aSazAdk0GT Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits and wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits and wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits and wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 53069 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 313.3814 to 329.5453 deg, Dec -15.2618 to -4.6695 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 313.3814 to 329.5453 deg, Dec -15.2618 to -4.6695 deg Loaded 6771 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): 5405 out of 5966 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5966 out of 53069 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.562200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.562200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.56 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.00 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.00
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 53069 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 313.3814 to 329.5453 deg, Dec -15.2618 to -4.6695 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 313.3814 to 329.5453 deg, Dec -15.2618 to -4.6695 deg Loaded 6771 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): 5405 out of 5966 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5966 out of 53069 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits (aperture=5.0) Read 51567 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 313.3495 to 329.5140 deg, Dec -15.2503 to -4.6788 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 313.3495 to 329.5140 deg, Dec -15.2503 to -4.6788 deg Loaded 6759 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): 5424 out of 5938 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5938 out of 51567 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits (aperture=5.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 7 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits 2.3 pix Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits 2.8 pix fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 2.7 pix fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.0 mag. Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits 15.0 mag. Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 13.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.3p4AY6w5bB (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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=18, blended=2577, bad_region=1, passed=53051 Got 53051 stars (including 50399 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 53051 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4728 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4711 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4711 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4711 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53051 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4728 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4710 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53051 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4710 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53051 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4710 stars left (next iteration limit 5182) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits N_match=4710 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.371 n_q1=1352 n_q2=1001 n_q3=1239 n_q4=1118 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.199 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits -region wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.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.IyxsxP7Vuc (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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=17, blended=3043, bad_region=1, passed=51550 Got 51550 stars (including 48424 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51550 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4720 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4700 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4700 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4700 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4720 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4700 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4700 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4700 stars left (next iteration limit 5170) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits N_match=4700 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.449 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.622 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.566 n_q1=1120 n_q2=1278 n_q3=1031 n_q4=1271 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.385 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits -region wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.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.kwLUXXuS8a (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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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=669, bad_region=0, passed=19851 Got 19851 stars (including 19152 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19851 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4752 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19851 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4755 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19851 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19851 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4727 stars left (next iteration limit 5199) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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=4727 robust_rms=9.221 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=16.182 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4727 robust_rms=0.451 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.494 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4727 robust_rms=0.364 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.461 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4727 robust_rms_before=0.898 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.369 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.364 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.467 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.461 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.467 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits N_match=4727 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.292 n_q1=1285 n_q2=948 n_q3=1423 n_q4=1071 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.211 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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.aSazAdk0GT (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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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=8, blended=678, bad_region=0, passed=19860 Got 19860 stars (including 19154 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19860 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013065 (47.0 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010452 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4749 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4725 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4725 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4725 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19860 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 431 (Dec -15.5 to -4.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4751 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4724 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19860 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4724 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19860 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4724 stars left (next iteration limit 5197) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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=4724 robust_rms=9.297 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=15.660 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4724 robust_rms=0.430 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.478 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4724 robust_rms=0.363 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.436 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4724 robust_rms_before=0.907 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.379 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.363 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.462 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.436 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.462 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits N_match=4724 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.312 n_q1=1288 n_q2=952 n_q3=1416 n_q4=1068 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.195 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.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_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/wcs_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits at 20:55:53.25 -05:03:49.2: 11.80 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits at 21:45:16.96 -12:47:00.1: 12.33 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits at 21:11:41.34 -06:34:40.2: 11.68 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-06-18_04-19-51_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0387.fits at 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7: 15.37 +/- 0.31 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits at 21:11:41.34 -06:34:40.2: 11.65 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits at 20:55:53.25 -05:03:49.2: 11.71 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits at 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7: 15.57 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-17_03-50-11_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0198.fits at 21:45:16.96 -12:47:00.1: 12.16 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.37 +/- 0.31 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.74 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.66 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.24 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7: ref_mag=15.37 +/- 0.31 new_mean_mag=11.6080 delta=3.77 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 20:55:53.25 -05:03:49.2: ref_mag=11.74 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9734 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:11:41.34 -06:34:40.2: ref_mag=11.66 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0538 delta=-0.39 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:45:16.96 -12:47:00.1: ref_mag=12.24 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1994 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out68289.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 68125_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 The candidate 68125_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 08 29.23270 2461281.73270 12.08 21:11:41.36 -06:34:39.9 2589 5077 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 68126_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 The candidate 68126_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 29.23324 2461281.73324 12.03 21:11:41.32 -06:34:40.5 2594 5083 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 29.23270 2461281.73270 11.96 20:55:53.28 -05:03:49.6 0116 5832 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 68289_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 Preparing report for the candidate 68289_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 68463_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 The candidate 68463_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 29.23324 2461281.73324 11.99 20:55:53.22 -05:03:48.7 0121 5838 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits Discovery image 1 2026 08 29.23270 2461281.73270 12.20 21:45:17.00 -12:46:59.8 7801 1628 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-34-54_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0212.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 68545_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 The candidate 68545_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 29.23324 2461281.73324 12.20 21:45:16.92 -12:47:00.4 7806 1633 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits **** FOUND 21:31:37.84 -05:36:32.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 65100_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 The candidate 65100_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 08 29.23324 2461281.73324 12.60 21:31:37.98 -05:36:33.1 5547 5857 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits **** FOUND 21:15:02.88 -09:46:37.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 49245_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 The candidate 49245_fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 08 29.23324 2461281.73324 11.92 21:15:02.91 -09:46:37.0 3233 3190 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits **** FOUND 20:59:00.63 -07:32:29.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7 ########### Completed Aqr-03-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7 ################################################################################### 21:01:44.23 -08:18:05.7 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461281.73269505 -observatory V36 10:37:36.33 +10:30:26.0 Mercury (-1.8mag) 13:11:13.46 -10:50:18.1 Venus (-4.6mag) 06:49:08.81 +23:26:56.3 Mars (1.3mag) 09:01:26.40 +17:29:09.4 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:53:38.38 +02:52:29.0 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:25.67 +21:01:19.2 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:14:34.04 +00:02:21.5 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:26:16.21 -23:37:17.1 Pluto (14.5mag) 23:15:19.64 -03:41:27.1 Moon (-12.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Aug 29 00:39 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461281.73269505: 09:01:33.28 +17:28:37.1 Io (6.2mag) 09:01:30.03 +17:28:52.8 Europa (6.3mag) 09:01:40.54 +17:28:03.8 Ganymede (5.7mag) 09:01:55.36 +17:26:53.4 Callisto (6.9mag) 08:58:59.09 +17:41:07.6 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:01:24.58 +17:29:18.2 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:58:39.18 +17:35:57.0 Elara (17.7mag) 09:05:29.98 +16:59:45.5 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:03:10.48 +17:44:30.1 Carme (19.0mag) 00:53:35.26 +02:51:55.4 Titan (8.4mag) 00:53:31.99 +02:52:23.3 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:54:11.43 +02:55:02.0 Iapetus (11.1mag) 00:53:22.73 +02:52:24.2 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:52:35.09 +02:43:08.1 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 29 00:39 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461281.73269505: 20:57:05.67 -08:06:38.8 JWST 14:16:39.76 +54:42:12.3 Chandra 04:01:19.82 +56:14:51.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 29 00:39 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461281.73269505 -observatory V36 03:34:07.41 +18:52:03.2 17.5mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:00:33.78 -34:22:13.4 14.2mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:12:18.11 -69:49:21.8 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:24.72 +33:28:19.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:35:51.73 +43:55:47.1 17.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:20:55.27 +29:42:02.3 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:02:54.05 +26:09:06.2 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:41:06.24 +27:34:13.9 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:42:49.53 +05:16:37.0 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 20:46:26.68 +62:51:53.5 18.0mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:32:49.14 -14:50:55.0 14.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:30:03.38 +32:22:12.2 15.7mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:48.63 +15:25:45.1 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:40:23.68 +43:25:57.4 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:39:06.73 +49:38:11.3 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:30:19.06 -12:55:52.5 15.2mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:07:59.19 +20:18:49.3 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:03:42.16 +19:27:32.0 17.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:12:27.21 +00:49:57.3 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:21:08.64 +75:23:39.1 16.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:09:02.22 +46:19:09.1 17.3mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:04:59.03 +10:31:42.5 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:18:26.08 -33:53:19.3 7.3mag 10P/Tempel 11:42:10.21 -04:48:12.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:50:18.06 -02:12:00.1 17.5mag 63P/Wild 00:49:06.06 -06:30:02.1 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:21:12.42 +19:52:17.5 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels 20:21:05.79 -25:33:27.9 17.3mag 84P/Giclas 03:15:17.83 +14:47:55.0 16.7mag 88P/Howell 08:46:09.21 +24:28:52.3 16.5mag 93P/Lovas 05:08:51.54 +25:06:57.2 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:04:13.76 +26:56:35.9 16.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:07:26.06 +22:44:29.6 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:26:59.36 -18:07:09.0 17.3mag 124P/Mrkos 06:05:58.24 +20:53:12.1 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 07:02:41.29 +17:37:57.5 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 23:56:48.04 +02:49:40.2 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 02:58:13.56 -18:19:05.1 12.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 08:25:23.44 +38:00:03.7 16.2mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:09:19.53 +21:19:18.3 12.5mag 169P/NEAT 03:15:10.52 +09:05:38.4 14.5mag 220P/McNaught 04:22:56.30 +33:19:00.4 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:06:56.10 +36:34:01.5 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:19:46.46 +00:46:30.1 17.8mag 391P/Kowalski 09:19:50.95 +17:18:56.5 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.2K Aug 29 00:39 comets.txt ############################################################ 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Aug 29 00:39 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Aug 29 00:39 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 09:35:34.709 +00:56:04.68 AT 2026xti 2026-01-27.47 21.2 21:52:33.253 -17:58:16.44 AT 2026xth 2026-08-06.68 19.94 12:08:48.403 -07:54:21.72 AT 2026xtg 2026-02-24.49 20.36 02:00:20.418 -49:16:45.81 AT 2026xtf 2026-07-20.78 19.97 10:46:21.315 -03:27:30.71 AT 2026xte 2026-01-20.62 22.02 02:26:56.393 -42:38:05.65 AT 2026xtd 2026-07-20.77 19.71 09:49:53.865 +05:48:24.44 AT 2026xtc 2026-01-11.59 22.2 02:48:02.176 -56:19:29.33 AT 2026xtb 2026-07-20.80 19.96 00:20:16.346 -20:36:53.55 AT 2026xta 2026-08-06.64 19.91 23:40:20.063 -20:05:55.81 AT 2026xsz 2026-07-21.72 20.55 01:51:20.204 -06:48:48.83 AT 2026xsy 2026-07-20.76 19.66 19:03:24.963 +30:17:50.43 AT 2026xsx 2026-08-05.87 18.93 22:46:52.408 -07:52:32.86 AT 2026xsw 2026-08-05.65 18.73 07:13:40.090 +40:40:34.39 AT 2026xsv 2026-02-06.29 20.62 00:27:08.471 -13:06:25.38 AT 2026xsu 2026-08-06.65 19.81 00:17:40.281 -15:08:19.75 SN 2026xst 2026-08-06.65 19.39 23:07:10.081 -46:29:32.67 AT 2026xss 2026-08-01.76 19.43 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Aug 29 00:39 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 08 29.23324 2461281.73324 11.99 20:59:00.61 -07:32:30.4 0726 4363 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-29_CI_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_003633_TTUQ1b1x1_3283570_3jfgBIx7/fd_Aqr-03-Q1b1x1_2026-08-29_00-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0213.fits
