fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits
fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 06.34132 | 2461289.84132 | 12.30 | 23:48:14.03 -18:23:32.0 | 6554 3471 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 06.34205 | 2461289.84205 | 12.31 | 23:48:14.05 -18:23:30.7 | 6550 3477 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 06.3417 2461289.8417 12.30 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4
60.61082 -73.03561 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
259 Aletheia -0 0 0 12.4 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4: 14.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4: 14.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Cet-09-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Cet-09-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Cet-09-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 218731 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 218731 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits_preview.png'
Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits
renamed 'Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits_preview.png'
Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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= 2300.5383 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 471.8181 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1637.8025 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 508.0224 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1648.7600 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 506.9221 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 0.711921 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/d_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits :) Spent 0.509196 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/d_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 25.0300006866455 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 25.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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"AMBTEMP = 25.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 358.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 9.400752 / [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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/d_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits :) Spent 0.504253 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/d_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits
fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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: 2461289.84131762 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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:59:59.944 -18:00:06.42 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:00:31.909 -17:57:26.26 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:59:59.944 -18:00:06.42 Second-epoch image center 00:00:31.909 -17:57:26.26 Angular distance between the image centers 0.1343 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:00:30.311 -17:56:48.39 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:59:59.944 -18:00:06.42 Second-epoch image center 00:00:30.311 -17:56:48.39 Angular distance between the image centers 0.1323 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 00:00:31.909 -17:57:26.26 Second-epoch second image center 00:00:30.311 -17:56:48.39 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01228 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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xPlgydRsg2 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits &> /tmp/tmp.yGQk0hsYkt Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UGXBVigQQm Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits &> /tmp/tmp.igAB0lmpSY Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits and wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits and wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits and wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 2460 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.5854 to 8.4425 deg, Dec -23.2540 to -12.6292 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 351.5854 to 8.4425 deg, Dec -23.2540 to -12.6292 deg Loaded 4133 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): 1989 out of 2020 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2020 out of 2460 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.377200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.377200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.29 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.09 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.09
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 2460 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.5854 to 8.4425 deg, Dec -23.2540 to -12.6292 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 351.5854 to 8.4425 deg, Dec -23.2540 to -12.6292 deg Loaded 4133 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): 1989 out of 2020 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2020 out of 2460 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (aperture=6.1) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 2454 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.5961 to 8.4401 deg, Dec -23.2424 to -12.6281 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 351.5961 to 8.4401 deg, Dec -23.2424 to -12.6281 deg Loaded 4123 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): 1992 out of 2014 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2014 out of 2454 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits (aperture=6.1) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 2.2 pix Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.1 mag. Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 14.1 mag. Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.xPlgydRsg2 (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=208, bad_region=499, passed=2460 Got 2460 stars (including 1784 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2460 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5854 through 0 to 8.4425, gap 8.4425 to 351.5854 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1726 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1723 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1723 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1723 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2032 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5853 through 0 to 8.4425, gap 8.4425 to 351.5853 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1726 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1723 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2032 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1723 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2032 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 1723 stars left (next iteration limit 1895) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits N_match=1723 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.324 n_q1=568 n_q2=322 n_q3=534 n_q4=299 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.041 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits -region wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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.yGQk0hsYkt (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=201, bad_region=492, passed=2454 Got 2454 stars (including 1791 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2454 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5961 through 0 to 8.4401, gap 8.4401 to 351.5961 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1733 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1729 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2031 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5952 through 0 to 8.4402, gap 8.4402 to 351.5952 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1733 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2031 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1729 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2031 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 1729 stars left (next iteration limit 1901) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits N_match=1729 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.320 n_q1=569 n_q2=319 n_q3=549 n_q4=292 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits -region wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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.UGXBVigQQm (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=253, bad_region=903, passed=3661 Got 3661 stars (including 2558 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3661 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7085 through 0 to 8.5401, gap 8.5401 to 351.7085 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2482 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2481 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2481 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2481 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2922 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 351.7088 through 0 to 8.5409, gap 8.5409 to 351.7088 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2482 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2480 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2922 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2480 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2922 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 2480 stars left (next iteration limit 2729) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2480 robust_rms=7.123 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.208 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2480 robust_rms=0.540 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.604 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2480 robust_rms=0.368 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.382 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2480 robust_rms_before=1.144 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.366 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.368 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.382 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.382 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.382 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits N_match=2480 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.316 n_q1=767 n_q2=464 n_q3=788 n_q4=461 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.041 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.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.igAB0lmpSY (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=268, bad_region=914, passed=3639 Got 3639 stars (including 2510 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3639 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7088 through 0 to 8.5401, gap 8.5401 to 351.7088 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 334 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2437 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2435 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2435 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2435 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 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 351.7091 through 0 to 8.5410, gap 8.5410 to 351.7091 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 334 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2437 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2434 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2434 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 2434 stars left (next iteration limit 2678) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2434 robust_rms=7.046 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.666 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2434 robust_rms=0.508 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.570 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2434 robust_rms=0.366 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.393 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2434 robust_rms_before=1.137 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.368 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.366 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.378 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.393 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.378 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits N_match=2434 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.353 n_q1=752 n_q2=459 n_q3=775 n_q4=448 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.035 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits sigma_overall=0.327 worst_q_ratio=1.041 ref2=Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits sigma_overall=0.335 worst_q_ratio=1.054 new1=fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits sigma_overall=0.370 worst_q_ratio=1.041 new2=fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits sigma_overall=0.368 worst_q_ratio=1.035 reference average sigma_overall=0.331 worst_q_ratio=1.0475 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472_astrometric_residuals.png (1723 matched stars from wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473_astrometric_residuals.png (1729 matched stars from wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298_astrometric_residuals.png (2480 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299_astrometric_residuals.png (2434 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 00:05:56.37 -20:39:14.6: 10.80 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 23:55:48.66 -17:47:26.1: 10.84 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 23:55:48.66 -17:47:26.1: 10.87 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 00:05:56.37 -20:39:14.6: 10.74 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.86 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.77 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:55:48.66 -17:47:26.1: ref_mag=10.86 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9439 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:05:56.37 -20:39:14.6: ref_mag=10.77 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9516 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90) 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: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20090_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 20090_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 10.94 23:55:48.65 -17:47:26.6 5468 3096 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20091_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 20091_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 10.95 23:55:48.66 -17:47:25.5 5464 3102 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 10.93 00:05:56.37 -20:39:14.5 4025 4829 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20374_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 20374_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 10.97 00:05:56.36 -20:39:14.7 4022 4836 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits **** FOUND 00:02:07.43 -14:40:37.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 01803_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 01803_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 10.86 00:02:07.43 -14:40:37.7 4551 1218 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits **** FOUND 23:43:49.87 -15:17:08.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 23:59:59.944 -18:00:06.42 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:00:31.909 -17:57:26.26 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:59:59.944 -18:00:06.42 Second-epoch image center 00:00:31.909 -17:57:26.26 Angular distance between the image centers 0.1343 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:00:30.311 -17:56:48.39 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 23:59:59.944 -18:00:06.42 Second-epoch image center 00:00:30.311 -17:56:48.39 Angular distance between the image centers 0.1323 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 00:00:31.909 -17:57:26.26 Second-epoch second image center 00:00:30.311 -17:56:48.39 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01228 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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits &> /tmp/tmp.scoupN4Ae7 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fdAfRe7Pzi Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gEpKFe822W Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vYuMbE9lN3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits and wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 3 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 8.01 23:43:49.87 -15:17:08.3 7226 1606 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits .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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits and wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits and wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 14972 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.5847 to 8.4424 deg, Dec -23.2610 to -12.6028 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 351.5847 to 8.4424 deg, Dec -23.2610 to -12.6028 deg Loaded 4152 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): 3358 out of 3457 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3457 out of 14972 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.243850 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.243850 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.02 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.22 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.22
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 14972 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.5847 to 8.4424 deg, Dec -23.2610 to -12.6028 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 351.5847 to 8.4424 deg, Dec -23.2610 to -12.6028 deg Loaded 4152 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): 3358 out of 3457 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3457 out of 14972 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (aperture=4.8) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 15163 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.5857 to 8.4400 deg, Dec -23.2549 to -12.6016 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 351.5857 to 8.4400 deg, Dec -23.2549 to -12.6016 deg Loaded 4148 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): 3365 out of 3470 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3470 out of 15163 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 2.1 pix Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 2.0 pix fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 2.0 pix fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.2 mag. Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 14.2 mag. Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 13.7 (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.scoupN4Ae7 (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=477, bad_region=2343, passed=14965 Got 14965 stars (including 12255 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 14965 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5847 through 0 to 8.4424, gap 8.4424 to 351.5847 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4858 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4850 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13201 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5844 through 0 to 8.4425, gap 8.4425 to 351.5844 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13201 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13201 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4851 stars left (next iteration limit 5335) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits N_match=4851 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.395 n_q1=1541 n_q2=825 n_q3=1604 n_q4=881 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.043 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits -region wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.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.fdAfRe7Pzi (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=621, bad_region=2493, passed=15162 Got 15162 stars (including 12248 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15162 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5857 through 0 to 8.4400, gap 8.4400 to 351.5857 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4854 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4843 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13254 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.5846 through 0 to 8.4402, gap 8.4402 to 351.5846 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4854 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13254 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13254 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4843 stars left (next iteration limit 5327) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits N_match=4843 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.395 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.372 n_q1=1540 n_q2=830 n_q3=1606 n_q4=867 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.069 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits -region wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.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.gEpKFe822W (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=655, bad_region=4417, passed=21673 Got 21673 stars (including 16706 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21673 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7085 through 0 to 8.6210, gap 8.6210 to 351.7085 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4829 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4823 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4823 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4823 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18338 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7088 through 0 to 8.6220, gap 8.6220 to 351.7088 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4829 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4822 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18338 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4822 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18338 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4822 stars left (next iteration limit 5305) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.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=4822 robust_rms=6.816 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.539 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4822 robust_rms=0.558 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.625 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4822 robust_rms=0.415 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.426 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4822 robust_rms_before=1.158 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.400 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.415 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.423 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.426 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.423 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits N_match=4822 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.348 n_q1=1494 n_q2=935 n_q3=1492 n_q4=901 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.061 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.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.vYuMbE9lN3 (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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=646, bad_region=4360, passed=21450 Got 21450 stars (including 16541 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21450 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6514 through 0 to 8.5859, gap 8.5859 to 351.6514 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4825 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4815 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18183 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6517 through 0 to 8.5868, gap 8.5868 to 351.6517 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4826 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18183 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18182 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4814 stars left (next iteration limit 5296) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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=4814 robust_rms=6.802 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.217 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4814 robust_rms=0.520 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.591 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4814 robust_rms=0.398 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.413 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4814 robust_rms_before=1.151 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.394 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.398 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.404 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.413 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.404 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits N_match=4814 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.375 n_q1=1469 n_q2=948 n_q3=1486 n_q4=911 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.053 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.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_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/wcs_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 00:13:41.07 -18:24:02.8: 13.77 +/- 0.13 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 23:48:54.31 -22:05:47.1: 14.25 +/- 0.24 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 23:47:50.20 -22:00:50.3: 13.80 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 00:15:33.04 -21:23:29.3: 14.05 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 23:46:01.21 -15:08:35.3: 10.88 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 00:15:19.02 -21:29:12.0: 13.90 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4: 14.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 00:17:09.50 -21:53:46.8: 13.96 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-35-29_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0472.fits at 00:13:19.57 -21:18:39.5: 13.88 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 23:46:01.21 -15:08:35.3: 10.91 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 00:13:41.07 -18:24:02.8: 13.91 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 00:13:19.57 -21:18:39.5: 13.92 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 00:15:19.02 -21:29:12.0: 13.91 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4: 14.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 23:47:50.20 -22:00:50.3: 13.75 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 00:15:33.04 -21:23:29.3: 14.27 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 23:48:54.31 -22:05:47.1: 14.06 +/- 0.21 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_05-36-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0473.fits at 00:17:09.50 -21:53:46.8: 13.84 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.83 +/- 0.10 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.90 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.89 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.91 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.14 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.78 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.15 +/- 0.16 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:13:41.07 -18:24:02.8: ref_mag=13.83 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=13.7583 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:13:19.57 -21:18:39.5: ref_mag=13.90 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.6521 delta=0.25 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.90 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:15:19.02 -21:29:12.0: ref_mag=13.91 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.7009 delta=0.20 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:46:01.21 -15:08:35.3: ref_mag=10.89 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.1959 delta=-0.31 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:15:33.04 -21:23:29.3: ref_mag=14.14 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=13.7141 delta=0.42 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:47:50.20 -22:00:50.3: ref_mag=13.78 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=13.7805 delta=-0.00 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:48:54.31 -22:05:47.1: ref_mag=14.15 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=13.6551 delta=0.49 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:17:09.50 -21:53:46.8: ref_mag=13.90 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.6979 delta=0.20 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out21892.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21363_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 21363_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 11.19 23:46:01.21 -15:08:35.1 6911 1508 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21892_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 Preparing report for the candidate 21892_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23142_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23142_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 11.20 23:46:01.20 -15:08:35.4 6907 1514 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.61 23:48:54.31 -22:05:47.1 6425 5715 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23210_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23210_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.72 23:48:54.30 -22:05:47.1 6422 5722 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.64 00:13:19.61 -21:18:39.6 2985 5245 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23309_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23309_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.66 00:13:19.53 -21:18:39.3 2981 5251 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.70 00:17:09.50 -21:53:46.3 2449 5615 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23322_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23322_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.70 00:17:09.51 -21:53:47.4 2446 5622 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.68 00:13:41.07 -18:24:02.5 2902 3482 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23330_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23330_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.88 00:13:41.08 -18:24:03.1 2898 3488 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.72 00:15:19.01 -21:29:12.3 2705 5358 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23342_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23342_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.68 00:15:19.02 -21:29:11.7 2701 5365 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.71 00:15:33.05 -21:23:29.4 2670 5301 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23407_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 23407_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.71 00:15:33.04 -21:23:29.3 2667 5308 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.34132 2461289.84132 13.75 23:47:50.18 -22:00:50.3 6577 5668 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-11-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0298.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 13583_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 13583_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 13.81 23:47:50.21 -22:00:50.4 6573 5674 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits **** FOUND 23:43:49.87 -15:17:08.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 12864_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 The candidate 12864_fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 09 06.34205 2461289.84205 8.27 23:43:49.87 -15:17:08.6 7226 1606 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_031445_TTUQ2b1x1_3725679_prTW6RUh/fd_Cet-09-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_03-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0299.fits **** FOUND 00:02:07.43 -14:40:37.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4 ########### Completed Cet-09-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4 ################################################################################### 23:48:14.04 -18:23:31.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461289.84131762 -observatory V36 11:32:50.19 +04:12:30.1 Mercury (-0.9mag) 13:33:38.65 -14:09:14.3 Venus (-4.7mag) 07:11:24.46 +23:02:28.1 Mars (1.2mag) 09:08:15.75 +17:00:52.4 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:51:57.06 +02:40:10.9 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:40.49 +21:01:57.4 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:13:50.20 -00:02:37.2 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:25:39.57 -23:39:23.8 Pluto (14.5mag) 06:49:18.54 +26:30:10.2 Moon (-9.7mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Sep 6 03:16 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461289.84131762: 09:08:13.37 +17:01:05.5 Io (6.2mag) 09:08:25.80 +17:00:03.9 Europa (6.3mag) 09:08:32.47 +16:59:30.0 Ganymede (5.7mag) 09:07:49.29 +17:03:01.9 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:06:00.15 +17:16:58.6 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:08:13.99 +17:01:01.1 Thebe (16.6mag) 09:05:37.92 +17:11:00.5 Elara (17.7mag) 09:12:10.69 +16:28:44.4 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:09:24.95 +17:18:23.4 Carme (19.0mag) 00:51:57.83 +02:40:31.8 Titan (8.3mag) 00:51:52.91 +02:40:16.4 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:52:14.73 +02:42:46.0 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:52:08.91 +02:39:32.0 Hyperion (14.3mag) 00:50:44.82 +02:30:00.5 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 6 03:17 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461289.84131762: 21:56:32.69 +00:01:06.9 JWST 15:23:26.58 +51:07:09.3 Chandra 06:21:07.44 +21:09:00.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 6 03:17 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461289.84131762 -observatory V36 03:39:50.63 +19:17:43.8 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:02:35.07 -34:13:43.4 14.3mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:18:44.70 -70:14:56.6 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:15:34.83 +33:40:32.4 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:50:00.87 +45:20:08.7 15.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:50:00.87 +45:20:08.7 15.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:50:00.87 +45:20:08.7 15.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:50:00.87 +45:20:08.7 15.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:14:14.99 +28:47:08.8 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:09:27.58 +25:59:48.7 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:48:37.01 +27:15:38.6 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:48:03.72 +05:14:17.4 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:29:48.26 -15:33:54.9 14.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:37:33.04 +32:50:02.6 15.8mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:28.73 +15:20:02.7 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:34:13.47 +43:12:35.7 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:27:29.08 +49:21:01.6 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:35:05.55 -13:00:50.6 15.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:11:17.68 +18:44:02.2 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:16:26.90 +18:50:36.2 16.8mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:18:50.57 +00:11:35.3 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:38:56.12 +74:11:20.6 16.1mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:06:14.85 +46:09:49.3 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:12:23.35 +11:12:16.5 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:25:12.25 -34:58:09.3 13.4mag 10P/Tempel 01:17:59.26 +36:49:57.0 17.9mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 11:47:31.98 -05:23:48.1 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:06:38.79 -04:47:31.1 17.6mag 63P/Wild 00:45:11.22 -07:00:30.4 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:37:28.51 +19:19:26.5 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:17:12.29 +14:59:07.3 16.7mag 88P/Howell 05:35:03.56 +28:15:55.0 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:28:57.41 +25:03:29.5 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:25:45.46 +21:04:10.6 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:44:30.14 -21:00:16.7 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos 06:16:15.19 +20:40:06.0 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 02:35:45.23 -17:43:03.9 15.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:39:29.00 +14:22:09.4 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:23:36.82 +08:33:06.6 14.5mag 220P/McNaught 04:45:28.99 +36:01:10.2 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:29:18.33 +35:48:04.2 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:24:37.27 -00:08:29.8 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:26:57.55 +16:53:57.5 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.1K Sep 6 03:16 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 6 03:16 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76 PNV J00425038+4118587 2026-09-04.1512 18.2mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Sep 6 03:16 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 01:07:41.150 -00:00:30.93 AT 2026yng 2026-08-06.84 21.99 01:00:19.600 +05:13:13.68 AT 2026ynf 2026-08-06.84 21.4 00:02:10.680 +04:29:05.91 AT 2026yne 2026-08-06.83 22.4 00:13:33.330 +04:19:21.34 AT 2026ynd 2026-08-06.77 22.15 23:51:06.360 +01:51:14.34 AT 2026ync 2026-08-06.76 22.21 23:15:09.720 +02:58:45.37 AT 2026ynb 2026-08-06.75 22.52 22:50:40.350 +05:31:47.83 AT 2026yna 2026-08-05.73 21.56 22:48:01.050 +02:29:57.95 AT 2026ymz 2026-08-05.73 21.98 22:56:40.110 +02:46:51.37 AT 2026ymy 2026-08-04.80 21.96 01:44:34.660 +05:27:13.55 AT 2026ymx 2026-08-01.88 21.27 01:29:50.630 +00:07:42.35 AT 2026ymw 2026-07-21.86 22.34 01:20:55.160 +01:31:29.58 AT 2026ymv 2026-07-20.88 22.17 23:25:01.600 +02:19:39.37 AT 2026ymu 2026-07-20.78 22.49 22:52:58.240 +03:42:25.38 AT 2026ymt 2026-08-05.73 21.81 23:42:43.162 +19:31:30.19 AT 2026yms 2026-08-09.94 19.57 21:20:13.290 -37:42:51.98 AT 2026ymr 2026-08-09.45 19.171 17:37:51.010 -21:58:53.20 AT 2026ymq 2026-08-09.59 14.86 22:57:17.960 +47:07:41.80 AT 2026ymp 2026-08-09.33 14.3 21:11:14.725 +16:08:57.69 AT 2026ymo 2026-08-04.97 19.97 00:45:33.395 +25:23:53.86 AT 2026ymn 2026-08-10.09 19.737 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Sep 6 03:16 tns_transients_list.txt 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