NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y

The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.

Processing fields Psc-07-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 01.29204    2461284.79204    13.09    22:56:30.30 +06:53:06.0   2978 3739   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.05    22:56:30.20 +06:53:04.8   2978 3738   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 01.2923  2461284.7923  13.07  22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4
 79.47190 -46.06373 galactic  Psc  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.9" and 0.7 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
713 Luscinia                 0      0       0  13.2    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4:  15.89 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4:  15.95 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Psc-07-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 01.29204    2461284.79204    14.15    23:04:54.91 +03:43:31.0   4232 1820   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    14.54    23:04:54.89 +03:43:29.5   4232 1819   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 01.2923  2461284.7923  14.35  23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2
 79.01749 -49.84185 galactic  Psc  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 0.6 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
2892 Filipenko               -0      1       1  14.4    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2:  15.82 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2:  15.88 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Psc-07-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 01.29204    2461284.79204    14.06    23:26:03.39 +08:21:18.6   7414 4624   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.89    23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.3   7414 4624   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 01.2923  2461284.7923  13.97  23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5
 89.69321 -48.92772 galactic  Peg  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 0.4 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
552 Sigelinde                0     -0       0  14.3     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5:  15.70 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5:  15.83 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Psc-07-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 3

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 reference image: Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits
Field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 reference image: Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits
Field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Psc-07-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Psc-07-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Psc-07-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 525679 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 525679 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.png' -> 'transient_report/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits_preview.png'
Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits

renamed 'Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.png' -> 'transient_report/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits_preview.png'
Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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= 560.8605 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 486.8639 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2960.1608 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 694.5424 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2964.2529 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 691.1346 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 5.27789 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 = 23.3899993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 24.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-09-01T02:00:22.6780693' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-01T07:00:22.6780693' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61284.2919291435 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-09-01T07:00:32.5793310' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61284.2920437385 / 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 = 347.142071812252 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 6.0002100324614 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 62.175 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 171.871666666667 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.13035694198286 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / 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 = 'Psc-07' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '23 08 34' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+06 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 = 20471 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20471 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 23.3899993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 23.3899993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 10.8 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 43.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 902.2 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 24.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 309.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 11.200896 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 7.200576 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/d_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits :) Spent 0.488309 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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/d_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! 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status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/d_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits :) Spent 0.537642 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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/d_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits


fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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: 2461284.79204488 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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:08:35.062 +05:59:47.09 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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 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: 23:08:34.655 +06:00:14.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:08:35.062 +05:59:47.09 Second-epoch image center 23:08:34.655 +06:00:14.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0078 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 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: 23:08:34.757 +06:00:15.83 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:08:35.062 +05:59:47.09 Second-epoch image center 23:08:34.757 +06:00:15.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0081 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 23:08:34.655 +06:00:14.58 Second-epoch second image center 23:08:34.757 +06:00:15.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00055 deg. ################################### ERROR: no shift applied between second-epoch images! The distance between image centers is 0.00055 deg. (min. required shift: 0.00164 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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits &> /tmp/tmp.N5sCOMKKP7 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DBxECy11L9 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KiUyneU51o Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits &> /tmp/tmp.x24rxH1dPj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits and wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits and wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits and wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 6525 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 339.1860 to 355.0874 deg, Dec +0.7201 to +11.2564 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 339.1860 to 355.0874 deg, Dec 0.7201 to 11.2564 deg Loaded 4852 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): 3987 out of 4082 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4082 out of 6525 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.596200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.596200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.05 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.05
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 6525 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 339.1860 to 355.0874 deg, Dec +0.7201 to +11.2564 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 339.1860 to 355.0874 deg, Dec 0.7201 to 11.2564 deg Loaded 4852 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): 3987 out of 4082 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4082 out of 6525 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 7302 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 339.1869 to 355.0869 deg, Dec +0.7207 to +11.2552 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 339.1869 to 355.0869 deg, Dec 0.7207 to 11.2552 deg Loaded 4850 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): 4074 out of 4173 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4173 out of 7302 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ 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 Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits 2.2 pix Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits 2.3 pix fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 2.3 pix fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.0 mag. Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits 15.2 mag. Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 11.3 (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.N5sCOMKKP7 (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=357, bad_region=1627, passed=6523 Got 6523 stars (including 4612 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6523 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4491 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4481 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4481 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4481 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5224 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4491 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4481 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5224 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4481 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5224 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4481 stars left (next iteration limit 4929) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits N_match=4481 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.320 n_q1=1466 n_q2=894 n_q3=1343 n_q4=778 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.029 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits -region wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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.DBxECy11L9 (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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=378, bad_region=1797, passed=7302 Got 7302 stars (including 5189 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7302 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4862 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5868 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5868 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5869 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4862 stars left (next iteration limit 5348) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits N_match=4862 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.331 n_q1=1586 n_q2=976 n_q3=1435 n_q4=865 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.032 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits -region wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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.KiUyneU51o (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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=288, bad_region=742, passed=3532 Got 3532 stars (including 2572 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3532 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2430 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2419 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2419 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2419 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2909 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2430 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2419 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2909 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2419 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2909 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 2419 stars left (next iteration limit 2660) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2419 robust_rms=6.309 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.335 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2419 robust_rms=0.591 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.774 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2419 robust_rms=0.394 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.491 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2419 robust_rms_before=0.930 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.377 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.394 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.449 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.491 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.449 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits N_match=2419 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.349 n_q1=716 n_q2=421 n_q3=844 n_q4=438 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.141 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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.x24rxH1dPj (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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=296, bad_region=744, passed=3554 Got 3554 stars (including 2587 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3554 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2445 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2434 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2434 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2434 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2923 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2445 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2434 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2923 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2434 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2923 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 2434 stars left (next iteration limit 2677) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2434 robust_rms=6.309 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.713 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2434 robust_rms=0.592 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.749 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2434 robust_rms=0.406 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.479 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2434 robust_rms_before=0.923 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.391 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.406 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.463 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.479 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.463 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits N_match=2434 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.461 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.383 n_q1=724 n_q2=428 n_q3=846 n_q4=436 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.161 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits sigma_overall=0.334 worst_q_ratio=1.029 ref2=Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits sigma_overall=0.321 worst_q_ratio=1.032 new1=fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits sigma_overall=0.383 worst_q_ratio=1.141 new2=fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits sigma_overall=0.397 worst_q_ratio=1.161 reference average sigma_overall=0.3275 worst_q_ratio=1.0305 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494_astrometric_residuals.png (4481 matched stars from wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466_astrometric_residuals.png (4862 matched stars from wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310_astrometric_residuals.png (2419 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311_astrometric_residuals.png (2434 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-07-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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:08:35.062 +05:59:47.09 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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 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: 23:08:34.655 +06:00:14.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:08:35.062 +05:59:47.09 Second-epoch image center 23:08:34.655 +06:00:14.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0078 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 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: 23:08:34.757 +06:00:15.83 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:08:35.062 +05:59:47.09 Second-epoch image center 23:08:34.757 +06:00:15.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0081 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 23:08:34.655 +06:00:14.58 Second-epoch second image center 23:08:34.757 +06:00:15.83 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00055 deg. ################################### ERROR: no shift applied between second-epoch images! The distance between image centers is 0.00055 deg. (min. required shift: 0.00164 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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9MGaWGwWw0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5SddCDxAW5 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0dCUGwCzvL Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IqvHfCX77x Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits and wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits and wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits and wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 38395 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 339.1738 to 355.0889 deg, Dec +0.7186 to +11.2626 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 339.1738 to 355.0889 deg, Dec 0.7186 to 11.2626 deg Loaded 4857 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): 3909 out of 4249 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4249 out of 38395 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.475500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.475500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.21 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.21
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 38395 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 339.1738 to 355.0889 deg, Dec +0.7186 to +11.2626 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 339.1738 to 355.0889 deg, Dec 0.7186 to 11.2626 deg Loaded 4857 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): 3909 out of 4249 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4249 out of 38395 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 39732 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 339.1750 to 355.0869 deg, Dec +0.7187 to +11.2591 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 339.1750 to 355.0869 deg, Dec 0.7187 to 11.2591 deg Loaded 4854 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): 3927 out of 4255 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4255 out of 39732 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits (aperture=4.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits 2.1 pix Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits 2.1 pix fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 2.1 pix fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.2 mag. Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits 15.3 mag. Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits 14.3 mag. fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 14.3 mag. fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 13.8 (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.9MGaWGwWw0 (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=1495, bad_region=8205, passed=38382 Got 38382 stars (including 29018 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 38382 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4861 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32185 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4869 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32185 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32185 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4862 stars left (next iteration limit 5347) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits N_match=4862 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.310 n_q1=1574 n_q2=992 n_q3=1413 n_q4=883 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.042 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits -region wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.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.5SddCDxAW5 (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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=8, blended=1603, bad_region=7717, passed=39724 Got 39724 stars (including 30783 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 39724 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4864 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4864 stars left (next iteration limit 5350) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits N_match=4864 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.325 n_q1=1595 n_q2=953 n_q3=1462 n_q4=854 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.031 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits -region wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.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.0dCUGwCzvL (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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=10, blended=730, bad_region=4404, passed=22624 Got 22624 stars (including 17609 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22624 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4744 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4729 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19238 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4742 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4728 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19238 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4728 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19238 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4728 stars left (next iteration limit 5201) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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=4728 robust_rms=6.599 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.346 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4728 robust_rms=0.603 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.815 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4728 robust_rms=0.426 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.537 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4728 robust_rms_before=0.942 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.391 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.426 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.469 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.537 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.469 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits N_match=4728 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.395 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.356 n_q1=1448 n_q2=892 n_q3=1494 n_q4=894 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.220 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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.IqvHfCX77x (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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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=6, blended=744, bad_region=4366, passed=22612 Got 22612 stars (including 17639 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22612 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4742 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19267 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4742 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19267 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4727 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19267 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4727 stars left (next iteration limit 5199) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4727 robust_rms=6.618 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.363 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4727 robust_rms=0.609 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.784 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4727 robust_rms=0.435 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.529 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4727 robust_rms_before=0.929 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.406 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.435 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.495 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.529 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.495 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits N_match=4727 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.398 n_q1=1455 n_q2=889 n_q3=1490 n_q4=893 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.170 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/wcs_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4: 15.89 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5: 15.70 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 23:01:44.67 +04:28:32.6: 13.02 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_05-31-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0494.fits at 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2: 15.82 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5: 15.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_05-03-25_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0466.fits at 23:01:44.67 +04:28:32.6: 13.00 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.01 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:01:44.67 +04:28:32.6: ref_mag=13.01 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0003 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out56038.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out57865.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out57883.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53847_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 53847_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    10.68    23:02:29.57 +06:03:49.6   3875 3235   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.0 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 55630_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 55630_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 01.29204    2461284.79204    12.98    23:01:44.72 +04:28:33.4   3757 2276   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.03    23:01:44.62 +04:28:31.9   3756 2275   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 56038_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 Preparing report for the candidate 56038_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 56877_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 56877_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.64    23:24:47.94 +08:40:02.8   7224 4812   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.0 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 56970_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 56970_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.79    23:20:27.63 +05:22:52.5   6576 2818   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.1 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57027_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 57027_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.99    22:55:10.86 +01:59:53.2   2750 0776   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.2 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57839_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 57839_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    13.79    22:55:03.87 +09:55:39.4   2777 5588   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.0 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57865_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 Preparing report for the candidate 57865_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57883_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 Preparing report for the candidate 57883_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 58057_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 58057_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    14.21    23:06:08.40 +08:54:43.3   4430 4955   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.2 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 29720_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 29720_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    11.85    23:22:48.26 +02:21:14.9   6939 0981   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.1 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35160_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 The candidate 35160_fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 01.29247    2461284.79247    9.02    22:51:32.01 +03:42:24.1   2206 1819   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-01_CI_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_020545_TTUQ2b1x1_2611366_bzUIH86Y/fd_Psc-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-01_02-00-59_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits Rejecting candidate as there is no shift in pixel position (shift 0.3 pix) between the two second-epoch detections and REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES is set to 'yes' make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 8s Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5 ########### Completed Psc-07-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 #### 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5 ################################################################################### 22:56:30.25 +06:53:05.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 23:04:54.90 +03:43:30.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 23:26:03.38 +08:21:18.5 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461284.79204488 -observatory V36 10:59:16.12 +08:09:48.1 Mercury (-1.4mag) 13:20:01.52 -12:07:54.1 Venus (-4.6mag) 06:57:36.63 +23:18:58.1 Mars (1.2mag) 09:04:02.38 +17:18:29.0 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:53:02.27 +02:48:02.0 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:32.91 +21:01:37.8 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:14:17.93 +00:00:31.3 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:26:01.83 -23:38:07.6 Pluto (14.5mag) 01:43:43.34 +15:02:06.2 Moon (-11.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Sep 1 02:08 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461284.79204488: 09:04:05.58 +17:18:15.1 Io (6.2mag) 09:03:57.72 +17:18:52.3 Europa (6.3mag) 09:03:56.22 +17:18:57.9 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:04:12.17 +17:17:41.3 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:01:38.65 +17:32:06.0 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:04:06.24 +17:18:12.0 Thebe (16.6mag) 09:01:18.32 +17:26:33.3 Elara (17.7mag) 09:08:03.20 +16:48:00.1 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:05:33.36 +17:34:38.2 Carme (19.0mag) 00:53:12.73 +02:47:33.6 Titan (8.3mag) 00:53:02.22 +02:48:06.4 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:53:30.89 +02:50:43.8 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:52:54.07 +02:47:27.7 Hyperion (14.4mag) 00:51:55.52 +02:38:21.7 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 1 02:08 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461284.79204488: 21:18:34.02 -05:07:59.4 JWST 16:12:59.66 +47:48:50.9 Chandra 10:38:25.94 -58:15:16.4 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 1 02:08 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461284.79204488 -observatory V36 03:36:26.57 +19:02:19.1 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:01:10.20 -34:19:07.1 14.3mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:14:47.17 -69:58:45.8 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:53.76 +33:32:51.6 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:41:38.47 +44:30:09.3 15.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:41:38.47 +44:30:09.3 15.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:18:22.33 +29:22:09.6 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:05:26.55 +26:05:34.9 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:43:56.66 +27:27:02.1 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:44:48.94 +05:15:48.8 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 20:43:41.51 +62:16:47.3 18.0mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 15:31:31.56 -15:07:11.9 14.7mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:32:57.15 +32:32:20.8 15.7mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:05:59.76 +15:23:36.5 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:37:52.49 +43:21:56.9 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:34:38.41 +49:33:21.2 17.5mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:32:11.98 -12:57:26.0 15.2mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:09:19.49 +19:43:30.2 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:08:27.36 +19:13:47.5 16.9mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:14:48.71 +00:35:38.8 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:27:13.14 +74:57:37.8 16.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:08:12.27 +46:16:38.2 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:07:45.45 +10:47:11.5 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:21:00.53 -34:23:46.4 13.2mag 10P/Tempel 11:44:10.85 -05:01:27.5 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 11:56:28.31 -03:10:56.6 17.5mag 63P/Wild 00:47:44.12 -06:41:19.3 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:27:26.69 +19:40:41.7 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:16:16.60 +14:53:04.7 16.7mag 88P/Howell 05:18:36.42 +26:18:41.5 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:13:40.37 +26:16:02.4 16.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:14:23.17 +22:07:11.1 14.9mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:33:32.30 -19:13:06.1 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos 06:09:55.80 +20:48:37.4 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 23:55:22.04 +02:41:00.1 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 02:51:08.07 -18:08:15.8 15.6mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:54:43.62 +18:19:12.5 11.9mag 169P/NEAT 03:18:38.82 +08:54:45.5 14.4mag 220P/McNaught 04:31:32.84 +34:21:58.3 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:15:28.92 +36:17:45.5 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:21:31.63 +00:25:42.6 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:22:32.98 +17:09:30.6 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.1K Sep 1 02:08 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 Sep 1 02:08 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 Sep 1 02:08 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 16:22:31.145 +09:33:33.30 AT 2026xzi 2026-08-05.29 20.61 17:12:21.291 +21:02:54.44 AT 2026xzh 2026-08-05.34 20.95 16:19:36.299 +11:57:03.80 AT 2026xzg 2026-08-05.29 20.16 16:33:56.913 +13:58:08.26 AT 2026xzf 2026-08-05.29 21.06 17:03:57.056 +04:27:02.47 AT 2026xze 2026-08-05.28 20.78 17:51:27.713 +19:57:36.91 AT 2026xzd 2026-08-05.34 20.73 16:58:34.750 +12:37:35.05 AT 2026xzc 2026-08-05.29 21.81 16:57:45.366 -04:44:07.55 AT 2026xzb 2026-08-06.80 18.89 01:01:40.818 +17:24:52.10 AT 2026xza 2026-08-07.04 19.13 02:48:31.834 +11:32:30.95 AT 2026xyz 2026-07-27.60 20.39 02:42:23.530 +11:34:23.14 AT 2026xyy 2026-07-27.60 20.66 00:37:50.285 +37:00:52.41 AT 2026xyx 2026-07-26.50 21.17 00:06:37.754 +38:47:58.50 AT 2026xyw 2026-07-25.56 20.91 23:33:38.449 -02:26:41.50 AT 2026xyv 2026-07-25.58 21.12 22:17:47.290 -01:22:05.26 AT 2026xyu 2026-07-24.49 21.05 22:16:54.038 -04:38:43.31 AT 2026xyt 2026-07-24.49 20.75 22:36:27.535 -04:34:29.60 AT 2026xys 2026-07-24.50 20.57 18:16:57.398 +41:46:52.10 AT 2026xyr 2026-07-20.45 20.64 22:13:09.171 +40:56:17.81 AT 2026xyq 2026-07-20.50 20.52 22:12:39.602 -31:11:47.46 AT 2026xyp 2026-07-20.53 20.52 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Sep 1 02:08 tns_transients_list.txt

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