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,2461286.9298,13.06,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 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 20260903.4298 13.06CV 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
######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC=
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK=
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN=
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP=
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION=
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER=
HOME=
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory:
Tau-05-Q1b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting Tau-05-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Tau-05-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 153038 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 153038 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits_preview.png'
Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits

renamed 'Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits_preview.png'
Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits

Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 561.0491
INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 523.9986
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7173.5962
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 2363.2973
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 7175.3579
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 2363.3200
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INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 12.786
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP = 26.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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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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Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0
Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0
Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0
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Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0
Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0
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Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0
Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0
Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0
Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0
Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0
Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0
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Record 32: "DEC = 14.0001108266431 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0
Record 33: "CENTALT = 64.2005555555556 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0
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Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0
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Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0
Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
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Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 38.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0
Record 57: "PRESSURE= 899.7 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0
Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 26.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0
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Record 60: "WINDGUST= 7.200576 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0
Record 61: "WINDSPD = 4.00032 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0
Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0
Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0
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Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0
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Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" 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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/d_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits :)
Spent 0.487280 seconds
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/d_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits :)
No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP = 26.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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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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Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0
Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0
Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0
Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0
Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0
Record 31: "RA = 53.3330353245908 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0
Record 32: "DEC = 14.0001108141934 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0
Record 33: "CENTALT = 64.3127777777778 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0
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Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0
Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0
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Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0
Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0
Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0
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Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0
Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 24.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
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Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 10.7 / [degC] Dew point" status=0
Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 38.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0
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Record 60: "WINDGUST= 7.200576 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0
Record 61: "WINDSPD = 4.00032 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0
Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0
Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0
Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0
Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0
Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0
Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0
Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0
Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0
Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0
Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0
Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0
Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0
Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0
Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/d_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits :)
Spent 0.484792 seconds
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/d_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits :)
No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits

fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits

Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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: 2461286.92950148
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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: 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 03:33:25.125 +14:00:40.72 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 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59
Second-epoch image center 03:33:25.125 +14:00:40.72
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0232 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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 03:33:26.890 +14:01:07.94 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 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59
Second-epoch image center 03:33:26.890 +14:01:07.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0334 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 03:33:25.125 +14:00:40.72
Second-epoch second image center 03:33:26.890 +14:01:07.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01040 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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.w4kQixumst
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FcgD5sPUYP
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PFxqne63D9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MUvaWIRDIe
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7716 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec +8.6205 to +19.2872 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec 8.6205 to 19.2872 deg
Loaded 4361 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): 3534 out of 3742 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3742 out of 7716 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.950750
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.950750
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7716 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec +8.6205 to +19.2872 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec 8.6205 to 19.2872 deg
Loaded 4361 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): 3534 out of 3742 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3742 out of 7716 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 7722 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0650 to 61.6427 deg, Dec +8.6182 to +19.2791 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 45.0650 to 61.6427 deg, Dec 8.6182 to 19.2791 deg
Loaded 4354 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): 3534 out of 3736 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3736 out of 7722 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (aperture=6.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
2.0 pix Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
15.4 mag. Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 10.9 (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.w4kQixumst (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=551, bad_region=0, passed=7716
Got 7716 stars (including 7157 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7716 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7716 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7716 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7716 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4895 stars left (next iteration limit 5384)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=4895 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.272 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.248 n_q1=1380 n_q2=1359 n_q3=1203 n_q4=953 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.327
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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.FcgD5sPUYP (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=536, bad_region=0, passed=7722
Got 7722 stars (including 7177 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7722 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4908 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4900 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4908 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4900 stars left (next iteration limit 5390)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits N_match=4900 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=1378 n_q2=1355 n_q3=1207 n_q4=960 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.311
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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.PFxqne63D9 (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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=310, bad_region=0, passed=2434
Got 2434 stars (including 2121 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2434 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2071 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2068 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2067 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2068 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2071 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2068 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2068 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 2068 stars left (next iteration limit 2274)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2068 robust_rms=11.786 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=14.328 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2068 robust_rms=0.376 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.402 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2068 robust_rms=0.263 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.280 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2068 robust_rms_before=1.068 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.301 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.263 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.314 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.280
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 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: 03:33:25.150 +14:00:39.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
### Converted positions of 2434 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1761966.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.068 -> 0.263 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits N_match=2068 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.289 n_q1=409 n_q2=517 n_q3=554 n_q4=588 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.105
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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.MUvaWIRDIe (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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=306, bad_region=0, passed=2430
Got 2430 stars (including 2123 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2430 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2074 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2071 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2070 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2071 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2429 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2074 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2071 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2429 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2071 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2429 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 2071 stars left (next iteration limit 2278)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2071 robust_rms=12.083 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=14.603 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2071 robust_rms=0.393 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.404 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2071 robust_rms=0.282 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.302 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2071 robust_rms_before=1.056 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.309 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.282 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.316 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.302
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.316 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits N_match=2071 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.339 n_q1=412 n_q2=517 n_q3=555 n_q4=587 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits sigma_overall=0.305 worst_q_ratio=1.327
ref2=Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits sigma_overall=0.307 worst_q_ratio=1.311
new1=fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits sigma_overall=0.293 worst_q_ratio=1.105
new2=fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits sigma_overall=0.322 worst_q_ratio=1.054
reference average sigma_overall=0.306 worst_q_ratio=1.319
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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137_astrometric_residuals.png (4895 matched stars from wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138_astrometric_residuals.png (4900 matched stars from wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439_astrometric_residuals.png (2068 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440_astrometric_residuals.png (2071 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)

Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 20459_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 20459_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 10.97 | 03:54:23.53 +16:01:02.8 | 7754 4612 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
**** FOUND 03:54:23.52 +16:01:02.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 0s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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: 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 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: 03:33:25.150 +14:00:39.88 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 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59
Second-epoch image center 03:33:25.150 +14:00:39.88
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0232 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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 03:33:26.890 +14:01:07.94 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 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59
Second-epoch image center 03:33:26.890 +14:01:07.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0334 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 03:33:25.150 +14:00:39.88
Second-epoch second image center 03:33:26.890 +14:01:07.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01050 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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qABgndDNdL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xzHo4ePozg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AWvTu5kLWA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NvJD40iKfG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 48584 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec +8.6191 to +19.2871 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec 8.6191 to 19.2871 deg
Loaded 4361 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): 3309 out of 3760 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3760 out of 48584 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.830300
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.830300
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.25
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 48584 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec +8.6191 to +19.2871 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec 8.6191 to 19.2871 deg
Loaded 4361 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): 3309 out of 3760 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3760 out of 48584 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 48560 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0650 to 61.6548 deg, Dec +8.6183 to +19.2794 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 45.0650 to 61.6548 deg, Dec 8.6183 to 19.2794 deg
Loaded 4358 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): 3320 out of 3753 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3753 out of 48560 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 14 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
1.9 pix Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
2.2 pix fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
2.2 pix fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
15.6 mag. Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
14.0 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
14.0 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.0 (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.qABgndDNdL (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=2222, bad_region=4, passed=48568
Got 48568 stars (including 46270 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 48568 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4904 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 48568 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4904 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 48568 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 48568 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4898 stars left (next iteration limit 5387)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.252 n_q1=1362 n_q2=1350 n_q3=1192 n_q4=994 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.312
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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.xzHo4ePozg (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=2192, bad_region=5, passed=48544
Got 48544 stars (including 46257 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 48544 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 48544 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 48544 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 48544 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4899 stars left (next iteration limit 5387)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits N_match=4899 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.256 n_q1=1361 n_q2=1351 n_q3=1201 n_q4=986 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.274
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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.AWvTu5kLWA (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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=459, bad_region=1, passed=17076
Got 17076 stars (including 16575 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17076 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17076 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17076 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17076 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4888 stars left (next iteration limit 5377)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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=4888 robust_rms=12.209 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.163 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4888 robust_rms=0.455 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.475 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4888 robust_rms=0.331 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.336 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4888 robust_rms_before=0.331 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.337 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.331 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.335 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.336
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.335 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits N_match=4888 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.339 n_q1=982 n_q2=1157 n_q3=1390 n_q4=1359 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.024
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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.NvJD40iKfG (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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=473, bad_region=0, passed=17062
Got 17062 stars (including 16558 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17062 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4902 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4892 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17062 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4901 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17062 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17062 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4892 stars left (next iteration limit 5381)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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=4892 robust_rms=12.247 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.138 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4892 robust_rms=0.447 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.463 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4892 robust_rms=0.337 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.339 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4892 robust_rms_before=1.069 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.350 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.337 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.363 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.339
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.363 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits N_match=4892 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=980 n_q2=1162 n_q3=1399 n_q4=1351 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.007
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.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-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:47:37.56 +16:41:47.2: 12.99 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:23:13.34 +18:42:18.6: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:04:48.34 +14:06:15.7: 13.08 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:09:58.36 +13:40:43.3: 13.15 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:09:30.63 +13:36:17.9: 12.24 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:02:28.31 +13:27:55.3: 12.66 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:48:33.53 +15:11:24.3: 12.83 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:21:09.96 +17:40:36.5: 12.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:25:16.22 +09:41:44.5: 13.20 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:45:03.14 +09:55:46.7: 13.17 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:09:58.36 +13:40:43.3: 13.13 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:48:33.53 +15:11:24.3: 12.85 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:02:28.31 +13:27:55.3: 12.60 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:04:48.34 +14:06:15.7: 13.02 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:21:09.96 +17:40:36.5: 12.50 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:09:30.63 +13:36:17.9: 12.18 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:23:13.34 +18:42:18.6: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:47:37.56 +16:41:47.2: 13.00 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.14 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.84 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.05 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.63 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:09:58.36 +13:40:43.3: ref_mag=13.14 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2478 delta=-0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.21 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:48:33.53 +15:11:24.3: ref_mag=12.84 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.9285 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:04:48.34 +14:06:15.7: ref_mag=13.05 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5304 delta=-0.48 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:02:28.31 +13:27:55.3: ref_mag=12.63 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7205 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.00 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:21:09.96 +17:40:36.5: ref_mag=12.49 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6248 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:09:30.63 +13:36:17.9: ref_mag=12.21 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2566 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:47:37.56 +16:41:47.2: ref_mag=13.00 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0978 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:45:03.14 +09:55:46.7: 13.24 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:25:16.22 +09:41:44.5: 13.19 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.20 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:45:03.14 +09:55:46.7: ref_mag=13.20 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2925 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.19 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:25:16.22 +09:41:44.5: ref_mag=13.19 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2757 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53811.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
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Considering the candidate 53513_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53513_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 13.53 | 03:04:48.33 +14:06:14.9 | 0586 3072 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.53 | 03:04:48.35 +14:06:16.5 | 0582 3067 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53515_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53515_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 12.62 | 03:21:09.98 +17:40:35.5 | 2901 5314 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 12.63 | 03:21:09.94 +17:40:37.5 | 2897 5310 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53517_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53517_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 12.24 | 03:09:30.66 +13:36:17.7 | 1294 2791 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 12.28 | 03:09:30.60 +13:36:18.1 | 1290 2786 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53758_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53758_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 12.82 | 03:02:28.29 +13:27:55.6 | 0247 2674 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 12.65 | 03:02:28.33 +13:27:55.1 | 0243 2669 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53778_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53778_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.02 | 03:24:54.69 +09:00:31.7 | 3691 0104 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
**** FOUND 03:24:54.75 +09:00:31.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53811_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
Preparing report for the candidate 53811_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
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Considering the candidate 53834_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53834_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 13.00 | 03:48:33.56 +15:11:22.8 | 6946 4050 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 12.88 | 03:48:33.49 +15:11:25.8 | 6941 4045 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53835_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53835_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 13.08 | 03:47:37.34 +16:41:48.6 | 6744 4948 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.13 | 03:47:37.77 +16:41:45.8 | 6741 4942 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53843_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53843_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.10 | 03:54:47.30 +09:11:53.1 | 8147 0495 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
**** FOUND 03:54:47.30 +09:11:53.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53854_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53854_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 13.20 | 03:09:58.35 +13:40:46.1 | 1361 2838 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.32 | 03:09:58.36 +13:40:40.5 | 1357 2832 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53884_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53884_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 13.28 | 03:25:16.21 +09:41:44.4 | 3728 0529 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.27 | 03:25:16.23 +09:41:44.5 | 3724 0524 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 53900_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 53900_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 03.42950 | 2461286.92950 | 13.29 | 03:45:03.16 +09:55:47.1 | 6659 0844 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-18-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0439.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 13.29 | 03:45:03.11 +09:55:46.3 | 6655 0839 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
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Considering the candidate 17153_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 17153_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 3 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 11.07 | 03:54:23.49 +16:01:02.7 | 7754 4612 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
**** FOUND 03:54:23.48 +16:01:02.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 03893_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440
The candidate 03893_fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 3 | 2026 09 03.43003 | 2461286.93003 | 12.30 | 03:23:05.52 +18:34:45.5 | 3148 5869 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-03_CI_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_055427_TTUQ1b1x1_1712205_AgOlSi7X/fd_Tau-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-03_05-19-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0440.fits |
**** FOUND 03:23:05.51 +18:34:45.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
03:23:13.34 +18:42:18.6
########### Completed Tau-05-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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03:23:13.34 +18:42:18.6 -- 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)2461286.92950148 -observatory V36
11:13:47.95 +06:29:41.3 Mercury (-1.2mag)
13:25:56.93 -13:00:21.2 Venus (-4.6mag)
07:03:28.70 +23:12:30.0 Mars (1.2mag)
09:05:50.32 +17:11:01.7 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:52:35.45 +02:44:47.0 Saturn (0.5mag)
04:13:36.79 +21:01:47.9 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:14:06.34 -00:00:47.6 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:25:52.16 -23:38:41.0 Pluto (14.5mag)
03:42:27.37 +24:51:39.5 Moon (-10.7mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461286.92950148:
09:05:57.77 +17:10:26.2 Io (6.2mag)
09:05:51.23 +17:10:58.3 Europa (6.3mag)
09:05:40.47 +17:11:52.3 Ganymede (5.7mag)
09:05:38.49 +17:11:57.8 Callisto (6.9mag)
09:03:29.68 +17:25:44.1 Himalia (15.7mag)
09:05:51.14 +17:10:58.8 Thebe (16.6mag)
09:03:08.74 +17:19:58.9 Elara (17.7mag)
09:09:48.85 +16:39:49.5 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
09:07:12.09 +17:27:45.3 Carme (19.0mag)
00:52:46.97 +02:44:41.3 Titan (8.3mag)
00:52:32.49 +02:44:29.8 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:52:59.93 +02:47:29.1 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:52:36.31 +02:44:03.0 Hyperion (14.3mag)
00:51:26.35 +02:34:53.6 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461286.92950148:
21:33:50.79 -02:58:05.6 JWST
13:54:23.59 +52:58:36.7 Chandra
12:23:05.22 -61:59:06.6 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461286.92950148 -observatory V36
03:37:56.84 +19:09:05.0 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:01:42.42 -34:16:51.3 14.3mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:16:29.10 -70:05:31.2 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:15:12.23 +33:36:05.0 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:45:21.64 +44:52:21.2 15.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
04:45:21.68 +44:52:21.1 15.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:16:36.73 +29:07:39.6 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
07:07:10.23 +26:03:08.1 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:45:55.56 +27:22:08.1 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:46:11.79 +05:15:11.8 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:30:44.27 -15:18:31.5 14.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:34:55.68 +32:39:41.6 15.7mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:06:10.49 +15:22:05.9 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:36:15.08 +43:18:21.3 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
20:31:34.34 +49:28:46.0 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:33:27.43 -12:58:45.6 15.2mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
07:10:11.77 +19:18:31.2 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
11:11:49.09 +19:04:03.2 16.9mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:16:29.91 +00:25:31.6 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:31:55.97 +74:38:33.0 16.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:07:27.74 +46:14:11.2 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:09:42.70 +10:57:52.3 17.5mag A/2026 E1
22:22:46.69 -34:40:39.4 13.3mag 10P/Tempel
11:45:35.74 -05:10:50.9 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
12:00:46.92 -03:51:56.4 17.6mag 63P/Wild
00:46:41.84 -06:49:22.9 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
06:31:43.93 +19:32:01.3 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels
03:16:46.36 +14:56:01.2 16.7mag 88P/Howell
05:25:30.88 +27:08:33.1 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
07:20:11.44 +25:46:10.9 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
10:19:13.02 +21:40:43.6 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
12:38:09.46 -19:58:43.8 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos
06:12:38.39 +20:45:10.0 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
23:54:18.49 +02:34:28.6 17.3mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
02:45:14.27 -17:58:59.7 15.4mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
09:47:05.83 +16:30:35.3 12.0mag 169P/NEAT
03:20:51.84 +08:46:09.0 14.4mag 220P/McNaught
04:37:29.35 +35:04:42.8 15.2mag 260P/McNaught
08:21:22.73 +36:05:37.2 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:22:48.47 +00:11:12.3 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski
09:24:25.50 +17:02:55.4 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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