fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits
fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 06.45255 | 2461289.95255 | 14.27 | 03:45:51.67 +16:49:14.3 | 6613 4903 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 06.45304 | 2461289.95304 | 14.29 | 03:45:51.63 +16:49:10.1 | 6608 4898 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 06.4528 2461289.9528 14.28 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2
171.94695 -29.00762 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 4.2" and 7.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
131 Vala -2 -1 2 14.8 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2: 16.20 +/- 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.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 09 06.45255 | 2461289.95255 | 14.37 | 03:47:24.79 +16:35:09.1 | 6840 4763 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 09 06.45304 | 2461289.95304 | 14.38 | 03:47:24.83 +16:35:08.7 | 6834 4758 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 06.4528 2461289.9528 14.38 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9
172.43721 -28.91223 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" 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.
443 Photographica 0 -0 1 14.4 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9: 16.22 +/- 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: Tau-05-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Tau-05-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Tau-05-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 144991 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 144991 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits_preview.png'
Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits
renamed 'Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits_preview.png'
Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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= 561.0491 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 523.9986 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1068.0823 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 478.5847 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1068.3228 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 478.2988 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.90372 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.001 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.4599990844727 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/d_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits :) Spent 0.595319 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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/d_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.5699996948242 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/d_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits :) Spent 0.586444 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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/d_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits
fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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: 2461289.95254689 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:33:20.716 +14:00:08.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 Second-epoch image center 03:33:20.716 +14:00:08.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:33:23.011 +14:00:35.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 Second-epoch image center 03:33:23.011 +14:00:35.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0158 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 03:33:20.716 +14:00:08.55 Second-epoch second image center 03:33:23.011 +14:00:35.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01193 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/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UGSkUiGsKQ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6Iwfc72Z6T Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits &> /tmp/tmp.HTLJhGHz8b Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits &> /tmp/tmp.2FCQ89QJEO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 7716 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec +8.6205 to +19.2872 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 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 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec 8.6205 to 19.2872 deg Loaded 4361 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3534 out of 3742 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3742 out of 7716 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.950750 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.950750 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 7716 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec +8.6205 to +19.2872 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 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 45.0636 to 61.6428 deg, Dec 8.6205 to 19.2872 deg Loaded 4361 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3534 out of 3742 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3742 out of 7716 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 7722 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0650 to 61.6427 deg, Dec +8.6182 to +19.2791 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 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 45.0650 to 61.6427 deg, Dec 8.6182 to 19.2791 deg Loaded 4354 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3534 out of 3736 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3736 out of 7722 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 2.0 pix Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 2.5 pix fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 2.4 pix fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 15.4 mag. Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 14.8 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 12.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.UGSkUiGsKQ (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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=551, bad_region=1716, passed=7716 Got 7716 stars (including 5573 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7716 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6339 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6339 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6339 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5383) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.268 n_q1=1724 n_q2=1005 n_q3=1514 n_q4=651 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.261 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.6Iwfc72Z6T (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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=536, bad_region=1716, passed=7722 Got 7722 stars (including 5589 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7722 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4897 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6342 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4905 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6342 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6342 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4898 stars left (next iteration limit 5386) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.273 n_q1=1731 n_q2=1006 n_q3=1513 n_q4=648 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.264 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.HTLJhGHz8b (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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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=403, bad_region=1490, passed=5985 Got 5985 stars (including 4194 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5985 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4115 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4108 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4809 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4115 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4809 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4809 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4108 stars left (next iteration limit 4518) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4108 robust_rms=7.056 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.136 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4108 robust_rms=0.634 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.788 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4108 robust_rms=0.408 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.485 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4108 robust_rms_before=0.994 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.391 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.408 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.468 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.485 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.468 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits N_match=4108 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.466 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.382 n_q1=1095 n_q2=688 n_q3=1427 n_q4=898 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.164 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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.2FCQ89QJEO (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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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=399, bad_region=1478, passed=5971 Got 5971 stars (including 4196 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5971 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4116 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4109 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4109 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4807 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4116 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4109 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4807 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4109 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4807 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4109 stars left (next iteration limit 4519) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4109 robust_rms=7.085 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.090 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4109 robust_rms=0.644 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.772 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4109 robust_rms=0.414 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.483 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4109 robust_rms_before=1.027 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.405 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.414 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.482 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.483 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.482 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits N_match=4109 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.474 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.422 n_q1=1096 n_q2=680 n_q3=1441 n_q4=892 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.165 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits sigma_overall=0.317 worst_q_ratio=1.261 ref2=Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits sigma_overall=0.324 worst_q_ratio=1.264 new1=fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits sigma_overall=0.401 worst_q_ratio=1.164 new2=fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits sigma_overall=0.407 worst_q_ratio=1.165 reference average sigma_overall=0.3205 worst_q_ratio=1.2625 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137_astrometric_residuals.png (4894 matched stars from wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138_astrometric_residuals.png (4898 matched stars from wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456_astrometric_residuals.png (4108 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457_astrometric_residuals.png (4109 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:45:36.86 +13:15:25.2: 12.35 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:45:36.86 +13:15:25.2: 12.32 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.34 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:45:36.86 +13:15:25.2: ref_mag=12.34 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3359 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s 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 21475_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 21475_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 12.35 03:45:36.88 +13:15:25.5 6592 2745 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:33:20.716 +14:00:08.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 Second-epoch image center 03:33:20.716 +14:00:08.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:33:23.011 +14:00:35.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:33:20.383 +13:59:53.59 Second-epoch image center 03:33:23.011 +14:00:35.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0158 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 03:33:20.716 +14:00:08.55 Second-epoch second image center 03:33:23.011 +14:00:35.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01193 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/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4GafmMRIyg Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Y4gpe1yXZL Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eJ4kn1mXpM Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits &> /tmp/tmp.s2Tmb5Gf5R Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 12.32 03:45:36.84 +13:15:25.0 6586 2740 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 48584 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec +8.6191 to +19.2871 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 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 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec 8.6191 to 19.2871 deg Loaded 4361 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3309 out of 3760 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3760 out of 48584 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.817800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.817800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.21 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.61 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.61
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 48584 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec +8.6191 to +19.2871 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 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 45.0636 to 61.6458 deg, Dec 8.6191 to 19.2871 deg Loaded 4361 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3309 out of 3760 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3760 out of 48584 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=4.5) Read 48560 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 45.0650 to 61.6548 deg, Dec +8.6183 to +19.2794 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 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 45.0650 to 61.6548 deg, Dec 8.6183 to 19.2794 deg Loaded 4358 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3320 out of 3753 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3753 out of 48560 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (aperture=4.6) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 9 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 1.9 pix Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 2.2 pix fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 2.2 pix fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 15.6 mag. Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 14.5 (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.4GafmMRIyg (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.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=13, blended=2222, bad_region=8835, passed=48571 Got 48571 stars (including 37859 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 48571 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4893 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41607 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41607 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41607 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4893 stars left (next iteration limit 5382) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=4893 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.269 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.268 n_q1=1704 n_q2=988 n_q3=1521 n_q4=680 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.244 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.Y4gpe1yXZL (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.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=16, blended=2192, bad_region=8846, passed=48544 Got 48544 stars (including 37859 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 48544 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4890 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41566 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4891 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41566 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4891 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41566 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4891 stars left (next iteration limit 5379) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits N_match=4891 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.271 n_q1=1699 n_q2=994 n_q3=1515 n_q4=683 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.265 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -region wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.eJ4kn1mXpM (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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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=22, blended=1582, bad_region=9333, passed=35566 Got 35566 stars (including 25062 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35566 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28303 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28303 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28303 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4882 stars left (next iteration limit 5370) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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=4882 robust_rms=7.078 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.532 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4882 robust_rms=0.616 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.763 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4882 robust_rms=0.411 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.484 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4882 robust_rms_before=1.047 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.397 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.411 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.486 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.484 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.486 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits N_match=4882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.385 n_q1=1312 n_q2=883 n_q3=1623 n_q4=1064 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.161 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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.s2Tmb5Gf5R (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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=18, blended=1619, bad_region=9408, passed=35638 Got 35638 stars (including 25024 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35638 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28312 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28312 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28312 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4883 stars left (next iteration limit 5370) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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=4883 robust_rms=7.097 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.687 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4883 robust_rms=0.618 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.737 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4883 robust_rms=0.411 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.481 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4883 robust_rms_before=1.077 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.408 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.411 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.484 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.481 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.484 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits N_match=4883 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.412 n_q1=1326 n_q2=872 n_q3=1626 n_q4=1059 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.153 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.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_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/wcs_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:34:18.81 +10:38:18.8: 14.57 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:27:06.20 +17:29:30.0: 14.16 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:37:44.32 +16:19:37.1: 14.30 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:48:19.76 +15:22:01.7: 14.39 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:23:01.10 +10:21:54.4: 13.82 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:45:33.59 +12:52:25.7: 14.42 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:35:08.55 +10:48:01.3: 13.99 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-07-04_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:37:44.32 +16:19:37.1: 14.33 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:27:06.20 +17:29:30.0: 14.25 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:23:01.10 +10:21:54.4: 13.74 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:45:33.59 +12:52:25.7: 14.36 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9: 16.22 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:48:19.76 +15:22:01.7: 14.37 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:35:08.55 +10:48:01.3: 14.07 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:34:18.81 +10:38:18.8: 14.48 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-08-02_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits at 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2: 16.20 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.32 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.39 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.78 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.20 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:37:44.32 +16:19:37.1: ref_mag=14.32 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4476 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.38 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.03 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.52 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:45:33.59 +12:52:25.7: ref_mag=14.39 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.3526 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:27:06.20 +17:29:30.0: ref_mag=14.20 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.0767 delta=0.13 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:23:01.10 +10:21:54.4: ref_mag=13.78 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.9319 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:48:19.76 +15:22:01.7: ref_mag=14.38 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.6014 delta=-0.22 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:35:08.55 +10:48:01.3: ref_mag=14.03 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.3083 delta=-0.28 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:34:18.81 +10:38:18.8: ref_mag=14.52 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.4901 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out57652.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out57763.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: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52894_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 52894_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 14.70 03:48:19.77 +15:22:01.3 6980 4025 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52898_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 52898_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 14.54 03:48:19.75 +15:22:02.1 6975 4021 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 14.45 03:37:44.29 +16:19:38.1 5435 4598 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52901_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 52901_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 14.45 03:37:44.36 +16:19:36.0 5429 4593 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 14.28 03:45:33.64 +12:52:26.0 6585 2513 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52902_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 52902_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 14.46 03:45:33.54 +12:52:25.4 6580 2508 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 14.07 03:27:06.19 +17:29:27.3 3901 5315 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52903_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 52903_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 14.08 03:27:06.22 +17:29:32.7 3895 5312 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 14.23 03:35:08.51 +10:48:01.9 5044 1257 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52906_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 52906_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 14.43 03:35:08.58 +10:48:00.7 5039 1252 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 13.89 03:23:01.07 +10:21:54.4 3236 1009 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57652_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 Preparing report for the candidate 57652_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 57763_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 Preparing report for the candidate 57763_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 58066_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 The candidate 58066_fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 13.98 03:23:01.13 +10:21:54.4 3231 1004 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits Discovery image 1 2026 09 06.45255 2461289.95255 14.56 03:34:18.86 +10:38:18.3 4921 1159 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-51-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0456.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9 ########### Completed Tau-05-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 #### 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9 ################################################################################### 03:45:51.65 +16:49:12.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 03:47:24.81 +16:35:08.9 -- 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)2461289.95254689 -observatory V36 11:33:33.08 +04:07:15.9 Mercury (-0.9mag) 13:33:56.47 -14:11:48.4 Venus (-4.7mag) 07:11:42.54 +23:02:04.7 Mars (1.2mag) 09:08:21.31 +17:00:29.3 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:51:55.50 +02:40:00.1 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:13:40.59 +21:01:57.8 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:13:49.56 -00:02:41.4 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:25:39.09 -23:39:25.3 Pluto (14.5mag) 06:55:54.90 +26:30:44.3 Moon (-9.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Sep 6 05:56 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461289.95254689: 09:08:21.14 +17:00:31.6 Io (6.2mag) 09:08:30.33 +16:59:45.9 Europa (6.3mag) 09:08:37.65 +16:59:08.6 Ganymede (5.7mag) 09:07:54.87 +17:02:38.8 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:06:05.90 +17:16:38.7 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:08:22.28 +17:00:25.1 Thebe (16.6mag) 09:05:43.62 +17:10:40.1 Elara (17.7mag) 09:12:16.09 +16:28:19.3 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:09:30.01 +17:18:02.2 Carme (19.0mag) 00:51:55.72 +02:40:21.5 Titan (8.3mag) 00:51:50.66 +02:40:05.1 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:52:12.90 +02:42:34.7 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:52:07.68 +02:39:21.8 Hyperion (14.3mag) 00:50:43.15 +02:29:49.1 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 6 05:56 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461289.95254689: 21:57:01.26 +00:07:58.3 JWST 15:58:24.74 +48:39:37.3 Chandra 06:57:01.46 +00:20:16.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 6 05:56 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461289.95254689 -observatory V36 03:39:54.61 +19:18:03.3 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:02:37.33 -34:13:35.3 14.3mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:18:49.80 -70:15:18.8 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:15:35.63 +33:40:42.9 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:50:10.32 +45:21:14.8 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:50:10.32 +45:21:14.8 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:50:10.32 +45:21:14.8 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:50:10.32 +45:21:14.8 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:14:09.59 +28:46:20.5 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:09:32.73 +25:59:41.6 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:48:43.21 +27:15:24.2 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:48:08.00 +05:14:15.3 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:29:46.39 -15:34:30.0 14.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:37:38.98 +32:50:27.4 15.8mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:29.56 +15:19:58.0 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:34:09.12 +43:12:20.4 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:27:19.82 +49:20:41.0 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:35:09.15 -13:00:56.0 15.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:11:20.06 +18:42:43.0 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:16:37.66 +18:50:05.4 16.8mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:18:56.08 +00:11:03.2 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:39:13.35 +74:10:14.7 16.1mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:06:11.63 +46:09:38.3 17.4mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:12:29.59 +11:12:49.5 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:25:17.23 -34:58:37.4 13.4mag 10P/Tempel 01:18:09.15 +36:51:21.6 17.9mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 11:47:36.47 -05:24:18.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:06:52.33 -04:49:38.1 17.6mag 63P/Wild 00:45:07.50 -07:00:56.0 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:37:41.49 +19:18:57.4 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:17:12.73 +14:59:13.6 16.7mag 88P/Howell 05:35:25.46 +28:18:30.4 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:29:17.34 +25:01:50.2 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:26:00.49 +21:02:46.6 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:44:44.91 -21:02:37.0 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos 06:16:23.32 +20:39:54.5 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 02:35:20.86 -17:42:22.2 15.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:39:15.50 +14:17:42.2 12.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:23:42.44 +08:32:35.3 14.5mag 220P/McNaught 04:45:46.87 +36:03:19.4 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:29:36.39 +35:47:23.8 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:24:41.58 -00:09:14.9 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:27:03.36 +16:53:37.2 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.1K Sep 6 05:56 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 05:56 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 05:56 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 01:51:02.630 +05:47:25.17 AT 2026ynj 2026-08-06.85 21.71 01:41:41.730 +01:06:49.26 AT 2026yni 2026-08-06.85 21.65 01:49:11.200 -00:33:20.53 AT 2026ynh 2026-08-06.84 21.38 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Sep 6 05:56 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 2 2026 09 06.45304 2461289.95304 14.44 03:34:18.76 +10:38:19.3 4915 1155 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_055417_TTUQ2b1x1_2506789_9fEp9bUW/fd_Tau-05-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_05-52-13_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0457.fits
