NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb

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

Processing fields Cep-01-Q1b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cep-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Field Cep-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Field Cep-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits
Field Cep-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## 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
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Cep-01-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Cep-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Cep-01-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 609254 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 609254 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.png' -> 'transient_report/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits_preview.png'
Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits

renamed 'Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.png' -> 'transient_report/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits_preview.png'
Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits


Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 680.1622 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 599.2678 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2595.3240 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 782.8637 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2724.9783 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 920.6174 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.81574 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.150 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 ERROR: passing clouds (SD ratio=0.150 soft threshold=0.12) ---------------------------------------------- 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 = 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-09-04T06:19:10.3234003' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-04T11:19:10.3234003' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61287.471647257 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-09-04T11:19:20.2281621' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61287.4717618981 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-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 = 358.558736367473 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 85.0405885328388 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 36.5786111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 355.239166666667 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.67515236908271 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cep-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '00 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+85 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29537 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29537 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 13.1 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 53.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 898.82 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 23.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 83.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 5.400432 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 5.400432 / [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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/d_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits :) Spent 0.472553 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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/d_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-09-04T06:20:16.9458676' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-04T11:20:16.9458676' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61287.472418345 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-09-04T11:20:26.8476679' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61287.4725329513 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-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 = 358.558736041482 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 85.04058844083 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 36.5594444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 355.222777777778 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.67590392623004 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Cep-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '00 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+85 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29537 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29537 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 25.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 13.1 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 53.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 898.82 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 23.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 83.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 5.400432 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 5.400432 / [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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/d_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits :) Spent 0.523352 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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/d_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits


fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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: 2461287.97176300 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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Image size: 941.9'x627.5' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:01:19.961 +85:00:08.51 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Image size: 941.4'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: 23:59:31.327 +84:59:45.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:01:19.961 +85:00:08.51 Second-epoch image center 23:59:31.327 +84:59:45.81 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0400 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Image size: 941.4'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: 23:59:30.064 +85:00:26.96 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:01:19.961 +85:00:08.51 Second-epoch image center 23:59:30.064 +85:00:26.96 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0402 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 23:59:31.327 +84:59:45.81 Second-epoch second image center 23:59:30.064 +85:00:26.96 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01144 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits &> /tmp/tmp.goHstJlpLo Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DsjjPXgbaB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits &> /tmp/tmp.63U2KvV4FV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uPbIWA3fHj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits and wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits and wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits and wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 11917 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 181.3594 to 179.5053 deg, Dec +75.7655 to +89.8984 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 181.3594 to 179.5053 deg, Dec 75.7655 to 89.8984 deg Loaded 33398 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): 7579 out of 7950 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7950 out of 11917 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.767500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.767500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.70 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.07 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.07
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 11917 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 181.3594 to 179.5053 deg, Dec +75.7655 to +89.8984 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 181.3594 to 179.5053 deg, Dec 75.7655 to 89.8984 deg Loaded 33398 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): 7579 out of 7950 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7950 out of 11917 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (aperture=6.2) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 11885 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 180.0712 to 179.5058 deg, Dec +75.7684 to +89.8806 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 180.0712 to 179.5058 deg, Dec 75.7684 to 89.8806 deg Loaded 33466 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): 7596 out of 7966 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 7966 out of 11885 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ 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: 2.1 pix Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 2.1 pix Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits 2.3 pix fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 2.4 pix fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.1 mag. Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 15.1 mag. Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits 14.0 mag. fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 14.0 mag. fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.0 (SNR ) 11.0 (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.goHstJlpLo (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits' -> 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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=842, bad_region=0, passed=11917 Got 11917 stars (including 11057 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11917 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013082 (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 0.010466 (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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 181.3594 through 0 to 179.5053, gap 179.5053 to 181.3594 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.8 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4913 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11917 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 181.3600 through 0 to 179.5058, gap 179.5058 to 181.3600 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.8 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4913 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11917 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11917 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4905 stars left (next iteration limit 5395) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits N_match=4905 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.264 n_q1=1266 n_q2=994 n_q3=1408 n_q4=1237 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.202 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits -region wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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.DsjjPXgbaB (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits' -> 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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=854, bad_region=0, passed=11885 Got 11885 stars (including 11023 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11885 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013082 (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 0.010466 (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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.0712 through 0 to 179.5058, gap 179.5058 to 180.0712 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.8 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4913 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11885 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.0720 through 0 to 179.5068, gap 179.5068 to 180.0720 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.8 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4913 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11885 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11885 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4905 stars left (next iteration limit 5395) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits N_match=4905 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.257 n_q1=1272 n_q2=1000 n_q3=1406 n_q4=1227 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.238 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits -region wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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.63U2KvV4FV (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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=219, bad_region=0, passed=3785 Got 3785 stars (including 3561 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3785 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 253.2296 through 0 to 109.5656, gap 109.5656 to 253.2296 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3482 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3475 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3474 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3475 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 253.2302 through 0 to 109.5666, gap 109.5666 to 253.2302 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3481 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3475 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3475 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 3475 stars left (next iteration limit 3822) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3475 robust_rms=10.725 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=15.430 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3475 robust_rms=0.429 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.618 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3475 robust_rms=0.302 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.326 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3475 robust_rms_before=0.869 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.339 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.302 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.381 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.326 verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Image size: 941.5'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: 23:59:31.864 +84:59:45.94 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 3785 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1654971.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.869 -> 0.302 arcsec) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits N_match=3475 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.295 n_q1=697 n_q2=927 n_q3=729 n_q4=1122 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.088 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits -region wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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.uPbIWA3fHj (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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=230, bad_region=1, passed=3648 Got 3648 stars (including 3416 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3648 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 225.4167 through 0 to 134.0990, gap 134.0990 to 225.4167 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3352 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3343 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3341 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3343 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3646 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 225.4228 through 0 to 134.0960, gap 134.0960 to 225.4228 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.8) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3353 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3342 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3645 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3342 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3645 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 3342 stars left (next iteration limit 3677) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3342 robust_rms=13.232 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=16.163 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3342 robust_rms=0.464 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.535 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3342 robust_rms=0.302 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.317 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3342 robust_rms_before=0.855 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.343 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.302 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.353 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.317 verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Image size: 941.5'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: 23:59:30.599 +85:00:27.04 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 3648 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1654962.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.855 -> 0.302 arcsec) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=3342 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.288 n_q1=614 n_q2=915 n_q3=766 n_q4=1047 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.070 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits sigma_overall=0.309 worst_q_ratio=1.202 ref2=Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits sigma_overall=0.300 worst_q_ratio=1.238 new1=fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits sigma_overall=0.324 worst_q_ratio=1.088 new2=fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits sigma_overall=0.312 worst_q_ratio=1.070 reference average sigma_overall=0.3045 worst_q_ratio=1.22 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261_astrometric_residuals.png (4905 matched stars from wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262_astrometric_residuals.png (4905 matched stars from wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658_astrometric_residuals.png (3475 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659_astrometric_residuals.png (3342 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cep-01-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 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02744_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 02744_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    9.03    02:43:14.95 +81:08:11.0   1212 3948   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 02:43:14.93 +81:08:11.0 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 Cep-01-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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Image size: 941.9'x627.5' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:01:19.961 +85:00:08.51 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Image size: 941.5'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: 23:59:31.864 +84:59:45.94 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:01:19.961 +85:00:08.51 Second-epoch image center 23:59:31.864 +84:59:45.94 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0398 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Image size: 941.5'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: 23:59:30.599 +85:00:27.04 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:01:19.961 +85:00:08.51 Second-epoch image center 23:59:30.599 +85:00:27.04 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0400 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 23:59:31.864 +84:59:45.94 Second-epoch second image center 23:59:30.599 +85:00:27.04 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01143 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits &> /tmp/tmp.y9inbemleq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rqlkX80PRz Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits &> /tmp/tmp.1IdhUG7Af0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Uv2iEaWdfh Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits and wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits and wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits and wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 78909 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 180.0683 to 179.9879 deg, Dec +75.6793 to +89.9630 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 180.0683 to 179.9879 deg, Dec 75.6793 to 89.9630 deg Loaded 33936 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): 7082 out of 8318 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 8318 out of 78909 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.629000 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.629000 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.38 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 78909 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 180.0683 to 179.9879 deg, Dec +75.6793 to +89.9630 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 180.0683 to 179.9879 deg, Dec 75.6793 to 89.9630 deg Loaded 33936 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): 7082 out of 8318 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 8318 out of 78909 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (aperture=4.7) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 78995 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 180.0717 to 179.9980 deg, Dec +75.6792 to +89.9631 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 180.0717 to 179.9980 deg, Dec 75.6792 to 89.9631 deg Loaded 33936 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): 7089 out of 8312 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 8312 out of 78995 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 27 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 2.0 pix Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 2.3 pix fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.2 mag. Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 15.2 mag. Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 13.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.y9inbemleq (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits' -> 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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=27, blended=5290, bad_region=1, passed=78882 Got 78882 stars (including 73471 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 78882 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013082 (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 0.010466 (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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.0683 through 0 to 179.9879, gap 179.9879 to 180.0683 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.7 to 90.0) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4919 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 78882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.0688 through 0 to 179.9885, gap 179.9885 to 180.0688 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.7 to 90.0) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 78882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 78882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4919 stars left (next iteration limit 5410) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits N_match=4919 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=1235 n_q2=1019 n_q3=1409 n_q4=1256 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.165 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits -region wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.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.rqlkX80PRz (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits' -> 'wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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=20, blended=5138, bad_region=1, passed=78975 Got 78975 stars (including 73710 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 78975 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013082 (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 0.010466 (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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.0717 through 0 to 179.9980, gap 179.9980 to 180.0717 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.7 to 90.0) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4918 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 78975 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.0725 through 0 to 179.9979, gap 179.9979 to 180.0725 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 828 to 900 (Dec 75.7 to 90.0) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 78975 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 78975 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4918 stars left (next iteration limit 5409) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits N_match=4918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.253 n_q1=1234 n_q2=1025 n_q3=1402 n_q4=1257 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.186 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits -region wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.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.1IdhUG7Af0 (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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=5, blended=973, bad_region=6, passed=30728 Got 30728 stars (including 29712 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30728 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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.6538 through 0 to 173.8252, gap 173.8252 to 180.6538 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4907 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4892 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30724 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 180.6630 through 0 to 173.8384, gap 173.8384 to 180.6630 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4906 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30724 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30724 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4893 stars left (next iteration limit 5382) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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=4893 robust_rms=11.166 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=15.202 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4893 robust_rms=0.440 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.639 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4893 robust_rms=0.313 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.333 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4893 robust_rms_before=0.314 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.329 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.313 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.334 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.333 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.334 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits N_match=4893 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.326 n_q1=1029 n_q2=1252 n_q3=1068 n_q4=1544 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.136 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits -region wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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.Uv2iEaWdfh (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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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=6, blended=864, bad_region=11, passed=29305 Got 29305 stars (including 28400 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29305 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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 184.2256 through 0 to 173.7934, gap 173.7934 to 184.2256 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4910 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: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29296 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 184.2243 through 0 to 173.7928, gap 173.7928 to 184.2243 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 834 to 900 (Dec 76.9 to 89.9) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4910 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(), 29296 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29296 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 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_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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=4898 robust_rms=13.494 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=16.256 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4898 robust_rms=0.479 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.555 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4898 robust_rms=0.317 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.330 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4898 robust_rms_before=0.316 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.319 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.317 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.328 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.330 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.328 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.329 n_q1=969 n_q2=1290 n_q3=1123 n_q4=1516 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.060 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/wcs_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cep-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:50:05.61 +82:11:24.8: 13.76 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 18:43:08.25 +88:18:24.3: 11.08 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 02:46:13.42 +79:13:10.6: 12.52 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 22:54:48.87 +85:08:14.1: 12.40 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 19:50:59.15 +84:37:39.9: 13.16 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:53:52.83 +83:10:08.3: 13.25 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 00:30:46.28 +82:35:09.7: 12.00 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:11:57.77 +84:14:26.1: 12.67 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 02:46:13.42 +79:13:10.6: 12.55 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 18:43:08.25 +88:18:24.3: 11.07 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 19:50:59.15 +84:37:39.9: 13.19 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:50:05.61 +82:11:24.8: 13.74 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:53:52.83 +83:10:08.3: 13.26 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 22:54:48.87 +85:08:14.1: 12.42 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:11:57.77 +84:14:26.1: 12.64 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 00:30:46.28 +82:35:09.7: 11.95 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.08 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.53 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.65 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.26 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.18 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.75 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.97 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 18:43:08.25 +88:18:24.3: ref_mag=11.08 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=12.0128 delta=-0.94 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.41 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:46:13.42 +79:13:10.6: ref_mag=12.53 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6989 delta=-0.17 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:11:57.77 +84:14:26.1: ref_mag=12.65 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6865 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:53:52.83 +83:10:08.3: ref_mag=13.26 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2307 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:50:05.61 +82:11:24.8: ref_mag=13.75 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7871 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 19:50:59.15 +84:37:39.9: ref_mag=13.18 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3312 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:30:46.28 +82:35:09.7: ref_mag=11.97 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6265 delta=-0.65 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:54:48.87 +85:08:14.1: ref_mag=12.41 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4664 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:31:05.95 +81:04:05.3: 13.29 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 01:19:44.28 +86:58:15.0: 13.26 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:31:05.95 +81:04:05.3: 13.30 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.30 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:31:05.95 +81:04:05.3: ref_mag=13.30 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2001 delta=0.10 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 23:10:36.77 +81:47:58.2: 13.29 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:13:47.96 +84:15:06.2: 13.52 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:56:39.98 +83:29:16.0: 13.37 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 21:40:13.96 +84:20:25.8: 13.57 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 01:19:44.28 +86:58:15.0: 13.23 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.25 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:19:44.28 +86:58:15.0: ref_mag=13.25 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1715 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 00:01:57.78 +86:40:47.1: 13.86 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-13-58_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits at 23:22:17.04 +82:09:00.3: 13.92 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 23:10:36.77 +81:47:58.2: 13.34 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.31 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:10:36.77 +81:47:58.2: ref_mag=13.31 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2051 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:56:39.98 +83:29:16.0: 13.35 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:13:47.96 +84:15:06.2: 13.53 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 21:40:13.96 +84:20:25.8: 13.55 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.36 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:56:39.98 +83:29:16.0: ref_mag=13.36 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3569 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.53 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.56 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:13:47.96 +84:15:06.2: ref_mag=13.53 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7403 delta=-0.22 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:40:13.96 +84:20:25.8: ref_mag=13.56 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.4514 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 23:22:17.04 +82:09:00.3: 13.87 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-01-18_00-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 00:01:57.78 +86:40:47.1: 13.80 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.89 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.83 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:22:17.04 +82:09:00.3: ref_mag=13.89 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7768 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:01:57.78 +86:40:47.1: ref_mag=13.83 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.5945 delta=0.24 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95409_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95409_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.79    21:50:05.70 +82:11:24.7   7219 4363   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.78    21:50:05.51 +82:11:24.9   7218 4370   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95411_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95411_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.26    00:14:10.28 +87:22:22.6   4803 1764   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 00:14:10.85 +87:22:22.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95413_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95413_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.46    19:51:00.29 +84:37:40.8   7769 1933   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.24    19:50:58.00 +84:37:38.9   7769 1940   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95414_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95414_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.48    21:53:52.70 +83:10:08.6   6884 3869   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.10    21:53:52.96 +83:10:08.1   6883 3876   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95421_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95421_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    12.64    02:46:13.56 +79:13:10.2   0315 4704   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.79    02:46:13.28 +79:13:11.0   0314 4710   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95423_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95423_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    12.01    18:43:07.68 +88:18:23.9   6019 0458   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.01    18:43:08.82 +88:18:24.7   6018 0466   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 95424_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 95424_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    11.82    18:57:02.33 +85:13:51.5   7760 1133   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 18:57:02.70 +85:13:51.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 97334_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 97334_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    12.57    22:54:48.51 +85:08:14.2   5617 3061   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.38    22:54:49.23 +85:08:14.0   5616 3068   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 97395_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 97395_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    12.63    00:30:46.39 +82:35:10.0   4072 4552   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.63    00:30:46.16 +82:35:09.3   4071 4558   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 97425_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 97425_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    12.64    21:11:58.05 +84:14:26.1   7132 2957   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.78    21:11:57.49 +84:14:26.2   7131 2964   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 97908_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 97908_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.13    23:37:12.03 +85:10:12.2   5079 3107   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 23:37:12.00 +85:10:12.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98012_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 98012_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.65    01:31:16.63 +89:02:14.2   4763 0708   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 01:31:17.88 +89:02:14.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98446_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 98446_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.98    02:24:18.10 +79:44:47.0   0982 4892   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 02:24:18.36 +79:44:47.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98512_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 98512_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.15    21:31:06.19 +81:04:07.5   7924 4744   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.27    21:31:05.71 +81:04:03.1   7923 4752   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98624_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 98624_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.15    01:19:44.02 +86:58:15.3   4271 1849   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.19    01:19:44.53 +86:58:14.7   4270 1856   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98635_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 98635_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.19    23:10:36.54 +81:47:58.6   5683 5089   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.22    23:10:37.00 +81:47:57.8   5682 5096   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 98922_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 98922_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.15    22:54:36.37 +84:22:46.3   5710 3515   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 22:54:36.41 +84:22:46.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 99176_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 99176_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.48    21:34:23.86 +81:11:22.9   7818 4730   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 21:34:23.80 +81:11:22.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 99265_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 99265_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.45    21:40:14.23 +84:20:26.1   6745 3141   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.45    21:40:13.68 +84:20:25.4   6744 3148   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 99284_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 99284_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.40    21:56:39.38 +83:29:16.0   6754 3718   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.32    21:56:40.57 +83:29:16.0   6753 3725   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 99402_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 99402_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.50    22:39:22.47 +80:46:44.9   6504 5561   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 22:39:22.85 +80:46:45.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 99874_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 99874_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.67    23:18:10.32 +82:09:31.4   5499 4898   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 23:18:10.42 +82:09:32.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 100077_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 100077_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.70    21:13:47.77 +84:15:06.6   7106 2968   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.81    21:13:48.15 +84:15:05.9   7105 2975   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 100234_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 100234_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.71    00:01:57.46 +86:40:47.1   4850 2183   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.50    00:01:58.10 +86:40:47.1   4849 2190   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 100337_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 100337_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 04.47176    2461287.97176    13.78    23:22:17.15 +82:09:01.0   5416 4904   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-19-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0658.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    13.77    23:22:16.94 +82:08:59.7   5415 4911   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 16772_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 16772_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    9.21    02:43:15.13 +81:08:10.8   1212 3948   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 02:43:15.05 +81:08:11.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23973_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 The candidate 23973_fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 04.47253    2461287.97253    12.31    00:27:20.70 +86:54:59.0   4659 2018   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-04_CI_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_062328_TTUQ1b1x1_1621965_DJYT5DBb/fd_Cep-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-04_06-20-16_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits **** FOUND 00:27:20.18 +86:54:59.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cep-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Cep-01-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 #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461287.97176300 -observatory V36 11:20:42.66 +05:40:37.0 Mercury (-1.1mag) 13:28:45.52 -13:25:22.2 Venus (-4.7mag) 07:06:19.48 +23:09:04.5 Mars (1.2mag) 09:06:42.60 +17:07:23.6 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:52:21.93 +02:43:09.5 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:38.31 +21:01:51.9 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:14:00.60 -00:01:26.5 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:25:47.57 -23:38:56.6 Pluto (14.5mag) 04:47:02.68 +27:22:19.3 Moon (-10.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Sep 4 06:27 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461287.97176300: 09:06:38.70 +17:07:43.9 Io (6.2mag) 09:06:34.19 +17:08:05.6 Europa (6.3mag) 09:06:45.86 +17:07:10.4 Ganymede (5.7mag) 09:06:22.40 +17:09:00.8 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:04:23.65 +17:22:36.8 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:06:44.91 +17:07:13.2 Thebe (16.6mag) 09:04:02.30 +17:16:46.4 Elara (17.7mag) 09:10:39.90 +16:35:51.0 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:07:59.87 +17:24:24.2 Carme (19.0mag) 00:52:30.86 +02:43:15.6 Titan (8.3mag) 00:52:25.91 +02:42:52.5 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:52:44.11 +02:45:50.1 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:52:27.20 +02:42:25.0 Hyperion (14.3mag) 00:51:11.70 +02:33:09.9 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 4 06:27 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461287.97176300: 21:41:40.88 -01:54:06.2 JWST 17:26:54.55 +36:40:45.8 Chandra 07:00:15.02 -01:52:46.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 4 06:27 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461287.97176300 -observatory V36 03:38:38.74 +19:12:15.2 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:02:00.14 -34:15:44.2 14.3mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:17:18.01 -70:08:52.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:15:20.65 +33:37:40.4 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:47:04.66 +45:02:37.7 15.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:47:04.69 +45:02:37.6 15.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:15:45.69 +29:00:24.7 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:07:59.90 +26:01:56.8 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:46:53.40 +27:19:47.3 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:46:51.99 +05:14:52.7 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:30:23.16 -15:24:02.4 14.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:35:52.55 +32:43:21.4 15.8mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:16.56 +15:21:21.6 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:35:30.10 +43:16:23.9 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:30:05.79 +49:26:11.4 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:34:03.15 -12:59:28.4 15.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:10:36.06 +19:06:14.3 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:13:28.13 +18:59:15.8 16.9mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:17:19.92 +00:20:33.4 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:34:22.00 +74:28:58.5 16.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:07:03.20 +46:12:45.8 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:10:40.10 +11:03:02.6 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:23:38.53 -34:47:36.6 13.3mag 10P/Tempel 11:46:17.30 -05:15:28.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:02:52.96 -04:11:52.3 17.6mag 63P/Wild 00:46:10.14 -06:53:20.6 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:33:48.03 +19:27:37.3 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:16:57.51 +14:57:15.1 16.7mag 88P/Howell 05:28:54.73 +27:32:45.2 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:23:20.59 +25:31:10.2 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:21:33.82 +21:27:43.0 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:40:25.35 -20:20:50.7 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos 06:13:56.58 +20:43:24.1 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 23:53:46.59 +02:31:09.7 17.3mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 02:42:02.74 -17:53:47.8 15.4mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:44:01.70 +15:42:12.8 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:21:52.95 +08:41:39.3 14.4mag 220P/McNaught 04:40:21.75 +35:25:09.7 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:24:13.83 +35:59:28.4 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:23:26.90 +00:04:08.7 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:25:20.08 +16:59:42.8 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.0K Sep 4 06:27 comets.txt ############################################################ 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Sep 4 06:27 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 02:19:17.36 +28:57:15.8 TCP J02191736+2857158 2026-07-12.3549 12.5mag 00:44:56.43 +41:57:41.6 PNV J00445643+4157416 2026-07-13.8026 17.98Cmag 00:42:55.36 +41:17:27.0 PNV J00425536+4117270 2026-07-20.1813 17.7mag 20:35:43.64 +61:31:32.9 TCP J20354364+6131329 2026-07-20.5443 14.4mag 21:17:31.48 +22:25:51.0 TCP J21173148+2225510 2026-07-23.5577 14.8mag 00:41:24.04 +40:49:02.8 PNV J00412404+4049028 2026-07-25.0157 18.7mag 00:43:04.26 +41:02:28.6 PNV J00430426+4102286 2026-07-26.1512 20mag 14:51:51.40 +66:13:24.0 TCP J14515140+6613240 2026-07-29.2561 13.5mag 00:43:06.15 +41:22:08.2 PNV J00430615+4122082 2026-07-30.0085 19.4mag 00:41:33.23 +41:10:12.2 PNV J00413323+4110122 2026-08-02.8913 17.1mag 05:21:07.63 +23:38:19.4 TCP J05210763+2338194 2026-08-06.4109 11.2mag 22:57:17.96 +47:07:41.8 TCP J22571796+4707418 2026-08-09.3289 14.3mag 09:13:38.17 +76:28:18.1 PSN J09133817+7628181 2026-08-09.8037 15.4mag 00:43:17.29 +41:26:48.6 PNV J00431729+4126486 2026-08-14.0920 16.8mag 00:42:52.82 +41:10:58.6 PNV J00425282+4110586 2026-08-17.7723 19.9mag 00:42:52.83 +41:10:59.6 PNV J00425283+4110596 2026-08-18.6119 19.3mag 18:25:12.76 -22:25:29.3 TCP J18251276-2225293 2026-08-19.1062 9.4mag 18:03:09.04 +12:18:14.0 TCP J18030904+1218140 2026-08-19.5199 14.9mag 19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2 PNV J19450648+1822422 2026-08-25.1278 9.0mag 00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3 PNV J00425465+4122593 2026-08-25.4712 18.9mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Sep 4 06:27 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 21:12:40.320 +04:03:41.65 AT 2026yfu 2026-08-06.43 21.27 17:57:17.885 +25:16:17.44 AT 2026yft 2026-08-06.41 20.23 15:51:50.093 +15:05:39.28 AT 2026yfs 2026-08-07.27 20.99 00:57:22.776 -24:27:56.06 AT 2026yfr 2026-06-23.81 20.08 00:30:20.591 -54:41:49.80 AT 2026yfq 2026-07-20.77 19.38 02:32:12.791 -22:10:48.74 AT 2026yfp 2026-07-20.79 19.5 01:41:52.083 -42:11:48.39 AT 2026yfo 2026-07-20.75 20.09 23:56:49.152 -38:37:39.87 AT 2026yfn 2026-07-27.78 19.61 23:42:35.374 -40:35:39.21 AT 2026yfm 2026-08-06.67 20.01 00:59:35.904 -40:19:34.17 AT 2026yfl 2026-08-06.70 20.35 00:09:47.092 -52:13:41.85 AT 2026yfk 2026-08-06.71 19.78 01:29:51.734 -23:34:18.41 AT 2026yfj 2026-08-06.73 19.55 02:10:09.536 -24:08:21.00 AT 2026yfi 2026-07-20.77 20.04 03:25:21.580 -50:44:20.31 AT 2026yfh 2026-08-06.77 20.01 04:26:28.926 -21:02:33.55 AT 2026yfg 2026-08-06.78 19.34 02:45:19.042 -55:38:20.40 AT 2026yff 2026-08-06.78 19.68 03:57:14.486 -09:10:35.02 AT 2026yfe 2026-08-06.79 19.58 04:48:25.059 -18:04:11.02 AT 2026yfd 2026-08-06.79 19.24 03:12:28.807 -53:09:31.17 AT 2026yfc 2026-08-06.80 20.22 03:12:34.990 -53:15:23.14 AT 2026yfb 2026-08-06.80 19.82 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Sep 4 06:27 tns_transients_list.txt

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