NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw

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Processing fields Her-06-Q2b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Her-06-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits
Field Her-06-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits
Field Her-06-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Field Her-06-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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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: 
Her-06-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Her-06-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Her-06-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 588351 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 588351 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits_preview.png'
Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits

renamed 'Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits_preview.png'
Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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= 401.8160 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 513.8805 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3575.5694 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 813.9274 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3589.2320 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 817.9452 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 8.89852 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/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 23.0599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Header: 67 keys total, 4 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= '2026-08-30T01:00:49.0083595' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-30T06:00:49.0083595' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61282.250567222 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-30T06:00:58.9099200' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61282.2506818171 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 249.228448068527 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 21.9998350182923 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 22.1888888888889 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 282.296666666667 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.63236927572017 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Her-06' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '16 36 55' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+22 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 = 20482 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20482 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 23.0599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 23.0599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 56: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 57: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 58: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 59: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 60: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 61: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 62: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 63: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 67: "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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits :) Spent 0.621894 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.9400005340576 / [degC] Focuser temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Header: 67 keys total, 4 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= '2026-08-30T01:01:37.5090960' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-08-30T06:01:37.5090960' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61282.2511285762 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-08-30T06:01:47.4100552' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61282.2512431713 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 249.228448125145 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 21.9998350102205 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 22.0261111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 282.393611111111 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.6505805293378 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Her-06' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '16 36 55' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+22 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 = 20482 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20482 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 22.9400005340576 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 22.9400005340576 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 56: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 57: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 58: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 59: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 60: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 61: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 62: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 63: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 67: "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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits :) Spent 0.628458 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/d_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits


fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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: 2461282.75068296 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 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: 16:36:55.268 +22:00:25.94 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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:36:58.777 +22:01:45.92 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:36:55.268 +22:00:25.94 Second-epoch image center 16:36:58.777 +22:01:45.92 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0260 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:37:01.000 +22:01:46.79 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:36:55.268 +22:00:25.94 Second-epoch image center 16:37:01.000 +22:01:46.79 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0315 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 16:36:58.777 +22:01:45.92 Second-epoch second image center 16:37:01.000 +22:01:46.79 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00859 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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qKz2cY2ngw Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3dqVHD1erq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iQEoqXIjxw Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9Eh9cA7nHj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 11249 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.5433 to 257.9504 deg, Dec +16.6152 to +27.2611 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 240.5433 to 257.9504 deg, Dec 16.6152 to 27.2611 deg Loaded 7258 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): 5768 out of 6009 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6009 out of 11249 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.774500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.774500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.37 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 11249 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.5433 to 257.9504 deg, Dec +16.6152 to +27.2611 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 240.5433 to 257.9504 deg, Dec 16.6152 to 27.2611 deg Loaded 7258 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): 5768 out of 6009 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6009 out of 11249 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 11287 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.5428 to 257.9506 deg, Dec +16.6152 to +27.2611 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 240.5428 to 257.9506 deg, Dec 16.6152 to 27.2611 deg Loaded 7258 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): 5768 out of 6016 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6016 out of 11287 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits (aperture=6.1) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits 2.2 pix Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits 2.3 pix fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 2.3 pix fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits 15.4 mag. Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits 13.9 mag. fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 13.9 mag. fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.9 (SNR ) 11.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.qKz2cY2ngw (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=651, bad_region=2261, passed=11249 Got 11249 stars (including 8441 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11249 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4927 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4927 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4927 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9398 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4927 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9398 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4927 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9398 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4927 stars left (next iteration limit 5419) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits N_match=4927 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.366 n_q1=1575 n_q2=828 n_q3=1678 n_q4=846 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.034 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits -region wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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.3dqVHD1erq (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=657, bad_region=2280, passed=11287 Got 11287 stars (including 8448 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11287 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4928 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9439 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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4927 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9439 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4927 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9439 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4927 stars left (next iteration limit 5420) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits N_match=4927 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.352 n_q1=1572 n_q2=824 n_q3=1685 n_q4=846 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.058 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits -region wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.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.iQEoqXIjxw (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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=276, bad_region=607, passed=3474 Got 3474 stars (including 2629 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3474 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (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 0.010422 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2588 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2584 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2584 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2584 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2588 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2583 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2583 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 2583 stars left (next iteration limit 2842) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2583 robust_rms=6.192 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.285 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2583 robust_rms=0.542 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.607 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2583 robust_rms=0.450 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.476 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2583 robust_rms_before=0.730 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.427 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.450 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.476 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.476 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.476 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits N_match=2583 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.471 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.406 n_q1=876 n_q2=404 n_q3=889 n_q4=414 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.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.9Eh9cA7nHj (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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=268, bad_region=601, passed=3439 Got 3439 stars (including 2603 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3439 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (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 0.010422 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2564 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2559 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2560 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2559 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2907 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2564 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2559 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2907 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2559 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2907 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Excluding outliers - 2559 stars left (next iteration limit 2814) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2559 robust_rms=6.186 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.473 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2559 robust_rms=0.590 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.669 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2559 robust_rms=0.468 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.529 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2559 robust_rms_before=0.759 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.426 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.468 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.485 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.529 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.485 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits N_match=2559 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.494 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=864 n_q2=408 n_q3=889 n_q4=398 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.163 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits sigma_overall=0.357 worst_q_ratio=1.034 ref2=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits sigma_overall=0.352 worst_q_ratio=1.058 new1=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits sigma_overall=0.421 worst_q_ratio=1.119 new2=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits sigma_overall=0.425 worst_q_ratio=1.163 reference average sigma_overall=0.3545 worst_q_ratio=1.046 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224_astrometric_residuals.png (4927 matched stars from wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225_astrometric_residuals.png (4927 matched stars from wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140_astrometric_residuals.png (2583 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141_astrometric_residuals.png (2559 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 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: 16:36:55.268 +22:00:25.94 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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:36:58.777 +22:01:45.92 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:36:55.268 +22:00:25.94 Second-epoch image center 16:36:58.777 +22:01:45.92 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0260 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:37:01.000 +22:01:46.79 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:36:55.268 +22:00:25.94 Second-epoch image center 16:37:01.000 +22:01:46.79 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0315 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 16:36:58.777 +22:01:45.92 Second-epoch second image center 16:37:01.000 +22:01:46.79 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00859 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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iPJp60DPxH Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LSpmnCvRCj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fsMMd1tUL6 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6jH6Z8qiDA Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits and wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 67516 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.4961 to 257.9973 deg, Dec +16.6152 to +27.2708 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 240.4961 to 257.9973 deg, Dec 16.6152 to 27.2708 deg Loaded 7302 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): 5327 out of 6047 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6047 out of 67516 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.643300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.643300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.05 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.59 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.59
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 67516 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.4961 to 257.9973 deg, Dec +16.6152 to +27.2708 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 240.4961 to 257.9973 deg, Dec 16.6152 to 27.2708 deg Loaded 7302 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): 5327 out of 6047 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6047 out of 67516 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 67317 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 240.4593 to 257.9764 deg, Dec +16.6088 to +27.2700 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 240.4593 to 257.9764 deg, Dec 16.6088 to 27.2700 deg Loaded 7304 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): 5333 out of 6054 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6054 out of 67317 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 6 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits 2.1 pix Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits 2.1 pix fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 2.2 pix fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits 15.6 mag. Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits 14.1 mag. fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 14.1 mag. fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.1 (SNR ) 13.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.iPJp60DPxH (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=24, blended=3792, bad_region=9139, passed=67492 Got 67492 stars (including 55005 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 67492 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4926 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 60621 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 60621 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 60621 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4926 stars left (next iteration limit 5418) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits N_match=4926 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.351 n_q1=1587 n_q2=843 n_q3=1643 n_q4=853 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.043 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits -region wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.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.LSpmnCvRCj (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.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/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=24, blended=3759, bad_region=9183, passed=67293 Got 67293 stars (including 54810 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 67293 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4926 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 60423 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 60423 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 60423 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4926 stars left (next iteration limit 5418) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits N_match=4926 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.369 n_q1=1594 n_q2=844 n_q3=1637 n_q4=851 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.049 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits -region wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.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.fsMMd1tUL6 (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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=9, blended=740, bad_region=2736, passed=24954 Got 24954 stars (including 21569 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24954 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (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 0.010422 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4928 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4922 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4927 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4922 stars left (next iteration limit 5414) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.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=4922 robust_rms=6.048 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.529 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4922 robust_rms=0.549 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.619 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4922 robust_rms=0.465 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.502 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4922 robust_rms_before=0.720 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.429 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.465 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.480 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.502 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.480 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits N_match=4922 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.504 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.411 n_q1=1650 n_q2=783 n_q3=1721 n_q4=768 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.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.6jH6Z8qiDA (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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=744, bad_region=2733, passed=24844 Got 24844 stars (including 21445 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24844 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (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 0.010422 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4929 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22801 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4929 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22801 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22801 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4924 stars left (next iteration limit 5416) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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=4924 robust_rms=5.889 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.435 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4924 robust_rms=0.593 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.671 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4924 robust_rms=0.488 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.530 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4924 robust_rms_before=0.758 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.427 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.488 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.467 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.530 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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits N_match=4924 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.430 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.474 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.390 n_q1=1649 n_q2=786 n_q3=1724 n_q4=765 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/wcs_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits at 16:28:23.14 +25:30:35.4: 13.30 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-53-40_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0224.fits at 16:25:12.47 +24:03:07.1: 13.00 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits at 16:28:23.14 +25:30:35.4: 13.29 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_01-54-22_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0225.fits at 16:25:12.47 +24:03:07.1: 12.97 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.30 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.99 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:28:23.14 +25:30:35.4: ref_mag=13.30 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2325 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:25:12.47 +24:03:07.1: ref_mag=12.99 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0284 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82326_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 The candidate 82326_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 30.25124    2461282.75124    12.68    16:51:49.26 +24:37:36.6   2741 1613   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits **** FOUND 16:51:49.26 +24:37:36.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82362_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 The candidate 82362_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 30.25068    2461282.75068    13.07    16:25:12.43 +24:03:07.5   6405 1942   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 30.25124    2461282.75124    13.00    16:25:12.50 +24:03:06.7   6410 1942   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82364_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 The candidate 82364_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 30.25124    2461282.75124    13.04    16:25:48.63 +18:51:52.8   6406 5083   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits **** FOUND 16:25:48.57 +18:51:52.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82373_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 The candidate 82373_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 30.25124    2461282.75124    13.33    16:58:11.97 +22:47:47.9   1828 2703   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits **** FOUND 16:58:11.89 +22:47:50.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82376_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 The candidate 82376_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 08 30.25068    2461282.75068    13.23    16:28:23.16 +25:30:34.9   5948 1069   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-00-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits Discovery image 2   2026 08 30.25124    2461282.75124    13.24    16:28:23.12 +25:30:35.9   5953 1069   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 82407_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 The candidate 82407_fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 08 30.25124    2461282.75124    13.70    16:32:33.77 +23:12:47.3   5402 2472   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-30_CI_Her-06-Q2b1x1_010305_TTUQ2b1x1_3175071_bm8nCIIw/fd_Her-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-30_01-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits **** FOUND 16:32:33.81 +23:12:48.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Her-06-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### 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)2461282.75068296 -observatory V36 10:44:55.82 +09:44:07.8 Mercury (-1.6mag) 13:14:11.66 -11:16:26.2 Venus (-4.6mag) 06:51:58.28 +23:24:27.6 Mars (1.2mag) 09:02:18.49 +17:25:36.4 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:53:26.66 +02:51:01.8 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:28.30 +21:01:25.9 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:14:28.74 +00:01:45.2 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:26:11.36 -23:37:34.3 Pluto (14.5mag) 00:02:57.09 +02:41:17.2 Moon (-12.1mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Aug 30 01:05 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461282.75068296: 09:02:16.06 +17:25:49.5 Io (6.2mag) 09:02:28.37 +17:24:49.9 Europa (6.3mag) 09:02:34.94 +17:24:17.4 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:02:44.23 +17:23:34.3 Callisto (6.9mag) 08:59:52.26 +17:38:08.1 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:02:22.64 +17:25:18.1 Thebe (16.6mag) 08:59:32.27 +17:32:49.6 Elara (17.7mag) 09:06:21.22 +16:55:50.5 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:03:58.22 +17:41:13.1 Carme (19.0mag) 00:53:28.86 +02:50:25.0 Titan (8.4mag) 00:53:26.36 +02:50:42.0 Rhea (9.7mag) 00:53:58.46 +02:53:38.8 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:53:12.27 +02:50:46.0 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:52:22.21 +02:41:34.3 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Aug 30 01:05 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461282.75068296: 21:04:07.57 -07:08:17.6 JWST 17:30:29.95 +36:58:54.8 Chandra 10:10:48.12 -56:34:28.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Aug 30 01:05 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461282.75068296 -observatory V36 03:34:54.99 +18:55:32.8 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:00:44.59 -34:21:12.3 14.2mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:13:08.14 -69:52:27.3 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:34.72 +33:29:49.0 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:37:50.49 +44:07:35.9 15.4mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:20:04.16 +29:35:32.2 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:03:45.31 +26:07:55.8 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:42:02.99 +27:31:48.8 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:43:29.37 +05:16:21.5 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 20:45:30.20 +62:40:23.9 18.0mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:32:22.02 -14:56:20.5 14.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:31:01.74 +32:25:32.0 15.7mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:51.78 +15:25:02.7 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:39:31.86 +43:24:46.4 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:37:36.88 +49:36:48.3 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:30:57.26 -12:56:20.8 15.2mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:08:26.60 +20:07:07.7 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:05:16.62 +19:22:59.2 17.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:13:13.85 +00:45:13.1 16.9mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:23:04.60 +75:15:08.9 16.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:08:47.41 +46:18:26.3 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:05:54.23 +10:36:53.4 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:19:17.79 -34:04:16.4 13.2mag 10P/Tempel 11:42:50.25 -04:52:35.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:52:21.28 -02:31:38.7 17.5mag 63P/Wild 00:48:39.77 -06:33:45.0 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:23:17.71 +19:48:32.7 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:15:39.42 +14:49:45.4 16.7mag 88P/Howell 08:48:24.43 +24:18:49.1 16.5mag 93P/Lovas 05:12:05.05 +25:30:52.1 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:07:23.17 +26:43:23.7 16.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:09:45.16 +22:32:09.3 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:29:09.64 -18:29:10.5 17.3mag 124P/Mrkos 06:07:17.92 +20:51:43.7 16.0mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 07:04:14.35 +17:33:34.1 17.9mag 131P/Mueller 23:56:20.06 +02:46:52.4 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 02:56:01.59 -18:15:44.0 15.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 08:28:32.24 +37:58:14.9 16.2mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:03:56.14 +20:15:58.7 11.8mag 169P/NEAT 03:16:22.10 +09:02:12.7 14.5mag 220P/McNaught 04:25:48.90 +33:40:11.7 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:09:47.56 +36:28:45.9 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:20:20.84 +00:39:34.6 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:20:45.00 +17:15:48.2 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.2K Aug 30 01:05 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 30 01:05 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 30 01:05 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 11:39:57.376 -13:21:58.15 AT 2026xuf 2026-01-28.56 20.99 14:55:24.436 -29:06:40.74 AT 2026xue 2026-02-26.58 20.26 15:22:19.621 -03:36:37.68 AT 2026xud 2026-02-28.61 20.75 11:32:20.348 -23:41:08.51 AT 2026xuc 2026-02-26.48 20.68 13:43:45.060 -29:09:34.37 AT 2026xub 2026-01-27.63 20.3 12:07:59.185 -24:02:54.78 AT 2026xua 2026-01-27.58 20.45 12:21:54.531 +01:48:01.30 AT 2026xtz 2026-02-27.59 20.65 15:09:21.323 -03:50:05.90 AT 2026xty 2026-02-28.61 21.2 12:03:52.398 -29:51:04.21 AT 2026xtx 2026-01-27.58 20.34 06:59:37.640 +46:41:37.44 AT 2026xtw 2026-01-19.40 21.74 13:29:47.826 +32:29:41.67 AT 2026xtv 2026-01-13.58 20.95 09:53:34.224 -03:24:04.10 AT 2026xtu 2026-01-27.47 21.41 03:19:42.171 -27:01:02.85 AT 2026xtt 2026-01-09.24 20.5 12:41:46.966 -27:29:06.49 AT 2026xts 2026-01-27.59 21.43 09:32:58.799 +01:54:41.76 AT 2026xtr 2026-01-26.43 21.7 05:04:53.740 -16:17:23.44 AT 2026xtq 2026-02-14.26 21.87 08:45:29.158 -06:14:27.46 AT 2026xtp 2026-01-27.42 21.93 10:49:35.708 +09:27:42.98 AT 2026xto 2026-01-20.44 21.07 10:28:09.548 -07:52:42.07 AT 2026xtn 2026-01-17.55 21.98 10:15:00.301 +13:15:51.40 AT 2026xtm 2026-01-20.44 21.53 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Aug 30 01:05 tns_transients_list.txt

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