Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 03.3661  2461286.8661  11.76  04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3
175.68856 -13.37190 galactic  Tau  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 5.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
230 Athamantis               1     -0       1  12.0     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3:  16.34 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3:  16.27 +/- 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.

Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits  wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits -crosshair 6032.34473 4874.95068 image    wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -crosshair 6033.94336 4879.92432 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36609 04 45 30.14 +24 44 38.3          11.8 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36582 04 45 30.08 +24 44 38.4          11.8 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36635 04 45 30.21 +24 44 38.1          11.8 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 09 03.3661*  04 45 30.14 +24 44 38.3  11.8 U             Tau       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461286.8661,11.76,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260903.3661 11.76CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 03.3661  2461286.8661  12.56  04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7
173.86710 -15.04552 galactic  Tau  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.5" and 5.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
49 Pales                   -0      0       1  12.8     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7:  16.31 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7:  16.21 +/- 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.

Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits  wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits -crosshair 4572.74658 5064.76660 image    wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -crosshair 4574.29834 5069.76660 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36609 04 34 51.29 +25 02 29.7          12.6 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36582 04 34 51.27 +25 02 29.0          12.6 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36635 04 34 51.31 +25 02 30.4          12.6 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 09 03.3661*  04 34 51.29 +25 02 29.7  12.6 U             Tau       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461286.8661,12.56,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260903.3661 12.56CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 03.3661  2461286.8661  13.65  04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2
175.70448 -17.26798 galactic  Tau  Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.4" and 4.8 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
344 Desiderata              -1     -0       1  13.7     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2:  16.40 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2:  16.31 +/- 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.

Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits  wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits -crosshair 4203.81592 3388.43848 image    wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -crosshair 4205.14160 3393.00391 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36609 04 32 24.59 +22 15 34.2          13.7 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36582 04 32 24.67 +22 15 34.7          13.7 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36635 04 32 24.52 +22 15 33.8          13.7 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 09 03.3661*  04 32 24.59 +22 15 34.2  13.7 U             Tau       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461286.8661,13.65,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260903.3661 13.65CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 03.3661  2461286.8661  13.53  04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0
176.80717 -13.78476 galactic  Tau  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 5.1 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
714 Ulula                   -1      0       1  13.9    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0:  16.31 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0:  16.23 +/- 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.

Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits  wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits -crosshair 6248.20801 4204.67236 image    wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -crosshair 6249.72949 4209.51270 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36609 04 47 03.31 +23 38 10.0          13.5 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36582 04 47 03.31 +23 38 09.9          13.5 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 09 03.36635 04 47 03.31 +23 38 10.1          13.5 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 09 03.3661*  04 47 03.31 +23 38 10.0  13.5 U             Tau       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461286.8661,13.53,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260903.3661 13.53CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
First image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Last  image: 2461286.86635453 03.09.2026 08:47:23.031   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.49
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 7 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  8889
Objects passed selection criteria:  8849
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.3    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.3    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 5442.5
Average stars matched: 5220.75 (95.9256 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   235508 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Wed Sep  2 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-201-ga7d4d23b
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-02)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Thu Sep  3 05:52:11 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
First image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Last  image: 2461286.86635453 03.09.2026 08:47:23.031   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 29
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.17
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 11 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  65966
Objects passed selection criteria:  65781
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.4    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.4    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 42495.5
Average stars matched: 40578.8 (95.4895 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   288924 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Wed Sep  2 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-201-ga7d4d23b
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-02)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Thu Sep  3 05:53:04 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################

######## 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: 
Tau-03-Q2b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Tau-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Tau-03-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 154897 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 154897 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits_preview.png'

Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits


renamed 'Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits_preview.png'

Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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= 515.2031
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 636.4101
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7186.9710
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1789.4340
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7171.3111
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1786.2874
----------------------------------------------
INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 13.9498
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002
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 =     22.6399993896484 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 26.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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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
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/d_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits :)

Spent 0.719679 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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/d_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     22.5599994659424 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 26.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/d_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits :)

Spent 0.580280 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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/d_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits



fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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: 2461286.86582212
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
'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:56.045 +21:59:37.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:37.009 +21:57:21.39 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:36:56.045 +21:59:37.33
Second-epoch image center 04:36:37.009 +21:57:21.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0827 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:36.366 +21:56:52.90 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:36:56.045 +21:59:37.33
Second-epoch image center 04:36:36.366 +21:56:52.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0887 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  04:36:37.009 +21:57:21.39
Second-epoch second image center 04:36:36.366 +21:56:52.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00830 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits &> /tmp/tmp.j3zKPOHDqM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UL0otR7qrM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dLY1i6Wg8X
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits &> /tmp/tmp.C1nuC0qCOG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 11927 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5112 to 78.0902 deg, Dec +16.4856 to +27.2829 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 60.5112 to 78.0902 deg, Dec 16.4856 to 27.2829 deg
Loaded 5180 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): 3947 out of 4318 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4318 out of 11927 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.991000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.991000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.49
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.50

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

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 11927 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5112 to 78.0902 deg, Dec +16.4856 to +27.2829 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 60.5112 to 78.0902 deg, Dec 16.4856 to 27.2829 deg
Loaded 5180 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): 3947 out of 4318 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4318 out of 11927 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 11076 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5314 to 78.0905 deg, Dec +16.4856 to +27.2796 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 60.5314 to 78.0905 deg, Dec 16.4856 to 27.2796 deg
Loaded 5169 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): 3956 out of 4300 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4300 out of 11076 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.0 pix  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
 2.1 pix  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.5 mag.  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
 15.4 mag.  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
 13.5 mag.  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
 13.5 mag.  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.5 (SNR )  10.7 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.j3zKPOHDqM (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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=967, bad_region=2517, passed=11927
Got 11927 stars (including 8622 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11927 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4850 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9924 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4851 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9924 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9924 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4820 stars left (next iteration limit 5302)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits N_match=4820 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.269 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.247 n_q1=1641 n_q2=611 n_q3=1816 n_q4=752 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.284
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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.UL0otR7qrM (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=897, bad_region=2444, passed=11076
Got 11076 stars (including 7922 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11076 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4847 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4817 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4817 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4817 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9127 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4818 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9127 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4818 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9127 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 4818 stars left (next iteration limit 5298)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits N_match=4818 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.291 n_q1=1645 n_q2=622 n_q3=1785 n_q4=766 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.245
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.dLY1i6Wg8X (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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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=335, bad_region=762, passed=2701
Got 2701 stars (including 1667 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2701 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1630 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1627 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1627 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2068 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1631 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1627 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2068 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1627 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2068 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" 
Excluding outliers - 1627 stars left (next iteration limit 1789)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1627 robust_rms=7.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.569 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1627 robust_rms=0.510 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.674 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1627 robust_rms=0.429 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.483 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1627 robust_rms_before=1.140 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.508 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.429 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.567 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.483
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Image size: 937.9'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:37.034 +21:57:20.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 2701 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1611160.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.140 -> 0.429 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits N_match=1627 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.457 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.541 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.443 n_q1=482 n_q2=408 n_q3=501 n_q4=236 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.183
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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.C1nuC0qCOG (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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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=344, bad_region=775, passed=2687
Got 2687 stars (including 1634 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2687 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1596 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1592 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1591 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1592 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2034 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1597 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1592 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2034 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1592 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2034 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" 
Excluding outliers - 1592 stars left (next iteration limit 1751)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1592 robust_rms=7.368 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.629 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1592 robust_rms=0.540 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.711 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1592 robust_rms=0.450 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.512 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1592 robust_rms_before=1.175 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.509 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.450 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.546 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.512
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.546 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits N_match=1592 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.530 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.480 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.502 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.596 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.513 n_q1=473 n_q2=397 n_q3=505 n_q4=217 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.124
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits sigma_overall=0.311 worst_q_ratio=1.284
ref2=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits sigma_overall=0.366 worst_q_ratio=1.245
new1=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits sigma_overall=0.457 worst_q_ratio=1.183
new2=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits sigma_overall=0.530 worst_q_ratio=1.124
reference average sigma_overall=0.3385 worst_q_ratio=1.2645
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161_astrometric_residuals.png (4820 matched stars from wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202_astrometric_residuals.png (4818 matched stars from wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396_astrometric_residuals.png (1627 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397_astrometric_residuals.png (1592 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.44 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-03-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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:56.045 +21:59:37.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Image size: 937.9'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:37.034 +21:57:20.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:36:56.045 +21:59:37.33
Second-epoch image center 04:36:37.034 +21:57:20.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0827 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:36.366 +21:56:52.90 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:36:56.045 +21:59:37.33
Second-epoch image center 04:36:36.366 +21:56:52.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0887 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  04:36:37.034 +21:57:20.61
Second-epoch second image center 04:36:36.366 +21:56:52.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00812 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XxBFIjR8WE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aXyEASCvl7
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gMoUK9ro6f
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits &> /tmp/tmp.D0ml6AuJsM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 86341 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5065 to 78.1101 deg, Dec +16.4673 to +27.2853 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 60.5065 to 78.1101 deg, Dec 16.4673 to 27.2853 deg
Loaded 5193 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): 3472 out of 4349 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4349 out of 86341 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.845600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.845600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.17
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.68

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.68

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 86341 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5065 to 78.1101 deg, Dec +16.4673 to +27.2853 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 60.5065 to 78.1101 deg, Dec 16.4673 to 27.2853 deg
Loaded 5193 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): 3472 out of 4349 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4349 out of 86341 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (aperture=4.4)
Read 80651 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5064 to 78.1103 deg, Dec +16.4671 to +27.2945 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 60.5064 to 78.1103 deg, Dec 16.4671 to 27.2945 deg
Loaded 5197 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): 3489 out of 4349 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4349 out of 80651 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits (aperture=4.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 25 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 1.9 pix  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
 1.9 pix  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.7 mag.  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
 15.6 mag.  Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
 13.7 mag.  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.7 (SNR )  13.4 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.XxBFIjR8WE (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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=17, blended=6242, bad_region=13891, passed=86324
Got 86324 stars (including 66886 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 86324 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4861 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4848 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4848 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4848 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 75480 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4861 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4848 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 75480 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4848 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 75480 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4848 stars left (next iteration limit 5332)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits N_match=4848 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.248 n_q1=1602 n_q2=612 n_q3=1848 n_q4=786 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.250
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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.aXyEASCvl7 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=18, blended=5759, bad_region=13221, passed=80633
Got 80633 stars (including 62313 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 80633 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4845 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4845 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4845 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 70302 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4860 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4844 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 70302 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4844 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 70302 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4844 stars left (next iteration limit 5329)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits N_match=4844 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.443 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.285 n_q1=1583 n_q2=633 n_q3=1821 n_q4=807 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.257
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.gMoUK9ro6f (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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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=775, bad_region=5015, passed=20501
Got 20501 stars (including 14968 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20501 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013026 (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 0.010421 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4878 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: 0.45" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16709 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16709 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16709 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" 
Excluding outliers - 4860 stars left (next iteration limit 5347)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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=4860 robust_rms=7.322 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.648 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4860 robust_rms=0.573 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.744 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4860 robust_rms=0.495 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.575 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4860 robust_rms_before=0.493 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.503 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.495 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.578 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.575
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.578 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits N_match=4860 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.506 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.484 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.487 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.584 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.459 n_q1=1470 n_q2=1082 n_q3=1494 n_q4=814 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.155
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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.D0ml6AuJsM (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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=786, bad_region=5147, passed=20800
Got 20800 stars (including 15147 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20800 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4863 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16890 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4882 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(), 16890 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16890 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" 
Excluding outliers - 4864 stars left (next iteration limit 5349)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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=4864 robust_rms=7.338 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.783 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=0.590 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.762 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=0.503 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.589 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4864 robust_rms_before=1.154 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.514 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.503 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.606 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.589
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.606 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits N_match=4864 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.532 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.492 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.632 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.505 n_q1=1481 n_q2=1083 n_q3=1502 n_q4=798 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.188
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.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_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:55:13.75 +25:16:24.3:  11.77 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:18:41.48 +23:57:27.1:  12.38 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3:  16.34 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7:  16.31 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2:  16.40 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:18:41.48 +23:57:27.1:  12.29 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3:  16.27 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0:  16.31 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7:  16.21 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:55:13.75 +25:16:24.3:  11.76 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.34 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:18:41.48 +23:57:27.1: ref_mag=12.34 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5871 delta=-0.25 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.76 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:55:13.75 +25:16:24.3: ref_mag=11.76 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.7601 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:47:11.80 +20:26:05.3:  13.49 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2:  16.31 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0:  16.23 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-15-20_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0202.fits at 04:47:11.80 +20:26:05.3:  13.52 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.50 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:47:11.80 +20:26:05.3: ref_mag=13.50 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.6471 delta=-0.14 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out101407.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out102296.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out103634.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out103641.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: 3s
  
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Considering the candidate 100415_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 100415_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 09 03.36582    2461286.86582    12.53    04:18:41.44 +23:57:26.8   2325 4478   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.65    04:18:41.53 +23:57:27.3   2327 4483   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 100417_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 100417_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    8.53    04:23:57.94 +24:18:12.4   3065 4662   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:23:57.86 +24:18:13.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 100834_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 100834_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    10.76    04:30:04.57 +21:59:09.4   3875 3235   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.4") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 101123_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 101123_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    11.34    04:28:23.68 +19:10:46.1   3593 1543   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:28:23.69 +19:10:46.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 101407_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
Preparing report for the candidate 101407_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
  
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Considering the candidate 101482_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 101482_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 09 03.36582    2461286.86582    11.79    04:55:13.75 +25:16:24.1   7369 5214   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    11.74    04:55:13.75 +25:16:24.6   7371 5219   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 101682_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 101682_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.07    04:26:15.54 +21:26:44.9   3330 2923   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.4") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 102144_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 102144_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.42    04:21:45.26 +19:28:44.7   2649 1753   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:21:45.26 +19:28:44.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 102296_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
Preparing report for the candidate 102296_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
  
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Considering the candidate 102498_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 102498_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.93    04:32:07.73 +21:36:44.1   4158 3003   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:32:07.74 +21:36:44.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 102671_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 102671_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.71    04:42:09.72 +22:55:08.8   5570 3775   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:42:09.71 +22:55:08.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 102795_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 102795_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.93    04:26:10.62 +22:49:25.5   3344 3756   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:26:10.64 +22:49:26.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 102818_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 102818_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.70    04:48:48.97 +21:18:40.0   6503 2804   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:48:48.94 +21:18:40.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103055_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103055_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    12.83    04:26:29.22 +22:48:44.0   3387 3748   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:26:29.18 +22:48:44.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103108_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103108_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.12    04:34:38.39 +22:42:11.6   4521 3655   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:34:38.44 +22:42:12.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103241_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103241_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.30    04:55:44.34 +20:00:59.2   7498 2030   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:55:44.33 +20:00:59.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103324_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103324_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.19    04:42:24.67 +22:56:41.0   5604 3791   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:42:24.66 +22:56:40.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103586_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103586_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.37    04:21:32.77 +21:00:54.7   2655 2685   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:21:32.74 +21:00:55.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103634_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
Preparing report for the candidate 103634_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
  
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Considering the candidate 103641_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
Preparing report for the candidate 103641_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
  
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Considering the candidate 103642_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103642_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.54    04:27:18.04 +23:01:28.9   3504 3873   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:27:18.02 +23:01:28.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 103666_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103666_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.55    04:28:29.07 +18:01:28.7   3587 0841   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.6") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 103676_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103676_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 09 03.36582    2461286.86582    13.61    04:47:11.69 +20:26:05.0   6275 2268   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-46-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0396.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.69    04:47:11.90 +20:26:05.6   6277 2273   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 103678_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 103678_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    13.46    04:36:07.87 +21:31:44.0   4719 2943   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:36:07.87 +21:31:43.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 60271_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397
The candidate 60271_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 09 03.36635    2461286.86635    11.24    04:21:25.57 +20:16:00.4   2621 2232   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054955_TTUQ2b1x1_1512180_CzmfsAlC/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-09-03_03-47-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0397.fits

**** FOUND  04:21:25.55 +20:15:59.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 9s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3
04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7
04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2
04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0
########### Completed Tau-03-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 ####
04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3
04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7
04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2
04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0
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04:45:30.14 +24:44:38.3  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
04:34:51.29 +25:02:29.7  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
04:32:24.59 +22:15:34.2  -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list)
04:47:03.31 +23:38:10.0  -- 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).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461286.86582212 -observatory V36
11:13:22.28 +06:32:40.9 Mercury (-1.2mag)
13:25:46.16 -12:58:48.8 Venus (-4.6mag)
07:03:18.25 +23:12:41.6 Mars (1.2mag)
09:05:47.10 +17:11:14.9 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:52:36.29 +02:44:52.9 Saturn (0.5mag)
04:13:36.69 +21:01:47.6 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:14:06.70 -00:00:45.2 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:25:52.45 -23:38:40.0 Pluto (14.5mag)
03:39:47.61 +24:34:32.3 Moon (-10.7mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Sep  3 05:52 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461286.86582212:
09:05:54.46 +17:10:40.0 Io (6.2mag)
09:05:49.13 +17:11:06.1 Europa (6.3mag)
09:05:36.65 +17:12:08.4 Ganymede (5.7mag)
09:05:35.86 +17:12:08.2 Callisto (6.9mag)
09:03:26.37 +17:25:55.4 Himalia (15.7mag)
09:05:49.80 +17:11:03.2 Thebe (16.6mag)
09:03:05.44 +17:20:10.5 Elara (17.7mag)
09:09:45.70 +16:40:04.0 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
09:07:09.15 +17:27:57.5 Carme (19.0mag)
00:52:47.91 +02:44:46.5 Titan (8.3mag)
00:52:32.87 +02:44:36.5 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:53:00.90 +02:47:35.1 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:52:36.87 +02:44:09.0 Hyperion (14.3mag)
00:51:27.25 +02:34:59.9 Phoebe (16.4mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep  3 05:52 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461286.86582212:
21:33:34.54 -03:02:14.1 JWST
13:06:55.10 +52:20:14.9 Chandra
11:32:37.66 -60:40:17.5 XMM-Newton
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep  3 05:52 spacecraft.txt
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461286.86582212 -observatory V36
03:37:54.31 +19:08:53.0 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:01:41.35 -34:16:55.8 14.3mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:16:26.09 -70:05:18.8 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:15:11.71 +33:35:59.1 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:45:15.54 +44:51:39.9 15.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
04:45:15.58 +44:51:39.9 15.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:16:39.88 +29:08:06.1 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
07:07:07.18 +26:03:12.3 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:45:52.00 +27:22:16.6 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:46:09.31 +05:15:12.9 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:30:45.56 -15:18:11.4 14.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:34:52.17 +32:39:28.0 15.7mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:06:10.11 +15:22:08.6 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:36:17.86 +43:18:28.7 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
20:31:39.79 +49:28:55.5 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:33:25.24 -12:58:42.9 15.2mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
07:10:10.26 +19:19:15.8 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
11:11:43.01 +19:04:20.6 16.9mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:16:26.84 +00:25:49.8 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:31:47.01 +74:39:08.6 16.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:07:29.26 +46:14:15.8 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:09:39.15 +10:57:33.3 17.5mag A/2026 E1
22:22:43.86 -34:40:14.7 13.3mag 10P/Tempel
11:45:33.18 -05:10:34.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
12:00:39.16 -03:50:43.2 17.6mag 63P/Wild
00:46:43.83 -06:49:08.5 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
06:31:36.34 +19:32:16.8 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels
03:16:45.71 +14:55:56.2 16.7mag 88P/Howell
05:25:18.55 +27:07:03.4 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
07:19:59.85 +25:47:04.8 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
10:19:04.36 +21:41:30.9 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
12:38:01.10 -19:57:22.5 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos
06:12:33.61 +20:45:16.1 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
23:54:20.48 +02:34:40.6 17.3mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
02:45:25.75 -17:59:17.5 15.4mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
09:47:17.53 +16:33:36.3 12.0mag 169P/NEAT
03:20:48.17 +08:46:25.0 14.4mag 220P/McNaught
04:37:18.93 +35:03:26.3 15.2mag 260P/McNaught
08:21:12.23 +36:05:58.8 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:22:46.11 +00:11:38.2 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski
09:24:22.14 +17:03:07.0 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80  V488  2026-08-30.13 9.37
18:25:12.74 -22:25:28.60  V8055  2026-08-30.22 10.89
17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10  ASASSN-26ez  2026-08-25.13 10.87
19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00  AT2026zwo  2026-08-24.16 15.78
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
23:47:50.89 +49:28:51.30  SN2026wjs  2026-08-9.24 17.09
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
11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24.03 8.35
19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60  ASASSN-26dp  2026-05-22.31 -3.28
14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40  ASASSN-26dn  2026-05-20.01 14.59
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
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
02:19:17.36 +28:57:15.8  TCP J02191736+2857158  2026-07-12.3549  12.5mag
00:44:56.43 +41:57:41.6  PNV J00445643+4157416  2026-07-13.8026  17.98Cmag
00:42:55.36 +41:17:27.0  PNV J00425536+4117270  2026-07-20.1813  17.7mag
20:35:43.64 +61:31:32.9  TCP J20354364+6131329  2026-07-20.5443  14.4mag
21:17:31.48 +22:25:51.0  TCP J21173148+2225510  2026-07-23.5577  14.8mag
00:41:24.04 +40:49:02.8  PNV J00412404+4049028  2026-07-25.0157  18.7mag
00:43:04.26 +41:02:28.6  PNV J00430426+4102286  2026-07-26.1512  20mag
14:51:51.40 +66:13:24.0  TCP J14515140+6613240  2026-07-29.2561  13.5mag
00:43:06.15 +41:22:08.2  PNV J00430615+4122082  2026-07-30.0085  19.4mag
00:41:33.23 +41:10:12.2  PNV J00413323+4110122  2026-08-02.8913  17.1mag
05:21:07.63 +23:38:19.4  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-06.4109  11.2mag
22:57:17.96 +47:07:41.8  TCP J22571796+4707418  2026-08-09.3289  14.3mag
09:13:38.17 +76:28:18.1  PSN J09133817+7628181  2026-08-09.8037  15.4mag
00:43:17.29 +41:26:48.6  PNV J00431729+4126486  2026-08-14.0920  16.8mag
00:42:52.82 +41:10:58.6  PNV J00425282+4110586  2026-08-17.7723  19.9mag
00:42:52.83 +41:10:59.6  PNV J00425283+4110596  2026-08-18.6119  19.3mag
18:25:12.76 -22:25:29.3  TCP J18251276-2225293  2026-08-19.1062  9.4mag
18:03:09.04 +12:18:14.0  TCP J18030904+1218140  2026-08-19.5199  14.9mag
19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2  PNV J19450648+1822422  2026-08-25.1278  9.0mag
00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3  PNV J00425465+4122593  2026-08-25.4712  18.9mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
01:05:43.010 +44:35:34.60  AT 2026yer  2026-08-07.76 18.6
22:55:30.319 -22:02:48.22  AT 2026yeq  2026-08-06.66 20.14
02:37:46.699 -15:04:35.89  AT 2026yep  2026-08-06.73 20.06
22:30:16.021 -21:36:30.09  AT 2026yeo  2026-08-06.63 19.92
01:03:15.542 -48:59:20.71  AT 2026yen  2026-07-20.74 20.16
21:40:49.509 +03:49:04.95  AT 2026yem  2026-08-07.47 20.52
02:44:18.253 -15:40:32.00  AT 2026yel  2026-08-07.72 19.68
02:40:05.175 -07:47:40.58  AT 2026yek  2026-08-07.74 19.67
02:41:31.713 -05:42:07.66  AT 2026yej  2026-08-07.74 19.99
02:37:50.952 -34:56:23.02  AT 2026yei  2026-08-07.75 20.24
00:49:13.568 +35:33:39.77  AT 2026yeh  2026-08-07.46 18.6935
00:51:29.158 +58:43:46.50  AT 2026yeg  2026-06-27.59 18.302
23:39:55.450 +21:19:37.52  SN 2026yef  2026-08-07.52 18.408
02:33:45.113 +13:18:25.70  SN 2026yee  2026-08-07.60 19.123
23:58:58.059 +31:26:23.87  AT 2026yed  2026-08-07.54 19.075
00:30:10.856 +35:23:23.27  SN 2026yec  2026-08-07.55 18.551
21:31:13.865 -31:52:55.42  AT 2026yeb  2026-08-06.61 20.01
22:05:14.663 -13:18:47.83  AT 2026yea  2026-08-04.51 20.14
20:28:43.809 -29:28:49.69  AT 2026ydz  2026-08-03.55 19.71
22:22:26.994 -02:53:12.42  SN 2026ydy  2026-08-06.36 20.1587
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Thu Sep  3 05:51:46 CDT 2026
=======================================
TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 2 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 7s (0.12 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 31s (0.52 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 7s (0.12 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 2s (0.03 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 48s (0.80 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 5 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 2 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 3 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 12s (0.20 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 12s (0.20 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 1s (0.02 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 9s (0.15 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 35s (0.58 min)
FIELD_Tau-03-Q2b1x1: 99s (1.65 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 101s (1.68 min)
Finished: Thu Sep  3 05:53:27 CDT 2026