NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw

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

Processing fields Ari-04-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    13.69    03:02:12.58 +16:12:54.2   1551 1818   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    13.57    03:02:12.53 +16:12:54.6   1560 1821   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 08.4749  2461291.9749  13.63  03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4
162.98203 -36.28973 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 10.1 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
149 Medusa                  -0     -0       0  14.0     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4:  16.07 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4:  16.07 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.39    02:35:38.67 +14:21:47.5   5429 2973   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.44    02:35:38.61 +14:21:48.7   5439 2974   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 08.4749  2461291.9749  14.41  02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1
157.49272 -41.41101 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.5" and 10.0 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
257 Silesia                  0      0       0  14.5    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1:  16.26 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1:  16.33 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.59    02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.9   2246 2223   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.56    02:57:25.52 +15:34:29.9   2256 2225   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 08.4749  2461291.9749  14.57  02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4
162.29516 -37.48594 galactic  Ari  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 10.0 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
494 Virtus                   1     -0       1  14.6    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4:  16.07 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4:  16.15 +/- 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.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Ari-04-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 3

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits
Field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits
Field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits
Field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## 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: 
Ari-04-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Ari-04-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Ari-04-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 554390 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 554390 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits_preview.png'
Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits

renamed 'Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits_preview.png'
Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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= 583.6254 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 522.8741 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1181.7620 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 485.6220 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1216.9671 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 486.0566 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.02486 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 = 22.5900001525879 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 23.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-09-08T06:23:18.9339393' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-08T11:23:18.9339393' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61291.4745246875 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-09-08T11:23:28.8386497' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61291.4746393287 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 39.9996763075715 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 13.999797689617 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 65.5261111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 220.553055555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.0984208930846 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Ari-04' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '02 40 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+14 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20436 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20436 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 22.5900001525879 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 22.5900001525879 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 15.1 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 59.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 902.3 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 23.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 24.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 3.600288 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 2.200176 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/d_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits :) Spent 0.500757 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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/d_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! 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"QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/d_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits :) Spent 0.493515 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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/d_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits


fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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: 2461291.97464043 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Image size: 941.6'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: 02:40:00.532 +13:59:54.76 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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Image size: 937.0'x624.0' 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: 02:40:01.118 +14:00:01.23 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:00.532 +13:59:54.76 Second-epoch image center 02:40:01.118 +14:00:01.23 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0030 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Image size: 937.0'x624.0' 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: 02:40:05.093 +14:00:12.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:00.532 +13:59:54.76 Second-epoch image center 02:40:05.093 +14:00:12.76 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0191 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 02:40:01.118 +14:00:01.23 Second-epoch second image center 02:40:05.093 +14:00:12.76 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01639 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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AbnYLvNsZo Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mV5S2UDPfs Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YxxLjmpAbM Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits &> /tmp/tmp.P4yTQ34J0m Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 7398 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7516 to 48.3015 deg, Dec +8.6571 to +19.2857 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 31.7516 to 48.3015 deg, Dec 8.6571 to 19.2857 deg Loaded 4349 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): 3551 out of 3736 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3736 out of 7398 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.943200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.943200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.56 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 7398 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7516 to 48.3015 deg, Dec +8.6571 to +19.2857 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 31.7516 to 48.3015 deg, Dec 8.6571 to 19.2857 deg Loaded 4349 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): 3551 out of 3736 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3736 out of 7398 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 7374 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7516 to 48.3014 deg, Dec +8.6570 to +19.2905 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 31.7516 to 48.3014 deg, Dec 8.6570 to 19.2905 deg Loaded 4352 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): 3558 out of 3742 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3742 out of 7374 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits 2.0 pix Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 2.5 pix fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 2.4 pix fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits 15.4 mag. Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 12.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.AbnYLvNsZo (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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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=508, bad_region=1667, passed=7398 Got 7398 stars (including 5327 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7398 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4866 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6080 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" 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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6080 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6080 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4866 stars left (next iteration limit 5352) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits N_match=4866 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.250 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.229 n_q1=1710 n_q2=892 n_q3=1393 n_q4=871 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.238 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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.mV5S2UDPfs (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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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=503, bad_region=1672, passed=7374 Got 7374 stars (including 5304 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7374 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4878 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6054 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" 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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4878 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6054 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6054 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4868 stars left (next iteration limit 5354) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits N_match=4868 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.249 n_q1=1712 n_q2=887 n_q3=1379 n_q4=890 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.209 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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.YxxLjmpAbM (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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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=318, bad_region=1298, passed=6175 Got 6175 stars (including 4618 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6175 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4507 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4499 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4499 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4499 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5143 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4507 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4498 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5143 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4498 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5143 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4498 stars left (next iteration limit 4948) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4498 robust_rms=6.795 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.019 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4498 robust_rms=0.352 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.387 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4498 robust_rms=0.321 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.349 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4498 robust_rms_before=0.892 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.323 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.321 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.356 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.349 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.356 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits N_match=4498 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=1644 n_q2=819 n_q3=1229 n_q4=806 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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.P4yTQ34J0m (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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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=327, bad_region=1270, passed=5932 Got 5932 stars (including 4387 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5932 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4279 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4272 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4272 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4272 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4926 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4279 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4271 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4926 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4271 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4926 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4271 stars left (next iteration limit 4699) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4271 robust_rms=6.813 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.035 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4271 robust_rms=0.366 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.397 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4271 robust_rms=0.331 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.376 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4271 robust_rms_before=0.865 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.332 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.331 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.369 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.376 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.369 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits N_match=4271 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.331 n_q1=1553 n_q2=808 n_q3=1142 n_q4=768 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.101 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits sigma_overall=0.276 worst_q_ratio=1.238 ref2=Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.209 new1=fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits sigma_overall=0.331 worst_q_ratio=1.082 new2=fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits sigma_overall=0.347 worst_q_ratio=1.101 reference average sigma_overall=0.2825 worst_q_ratio=1.2235 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117_astrometric_residuals.png (4866 matched stars from wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_astrometric_residuals.png (4868 matched stars from wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468_astrometric_residuals.png (4498 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469_astrometric_residuals.png (4271 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:44:19.64 +11:52:27.3: 11.62 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:44:19.64 +11:52:27.3: 11.65 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.63 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:44:19.64 +11:52:27.3: ref_mag=11.63 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.9255 delta=-0.29 (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 20283_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 20283_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    11.90    02:44:19.64 +11:52:27.4   4155 4481   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    11.95    02:44:19.65 +11:52:27.3   4165 4483   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 05052_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 05052_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    10.19    02:44:45.48 +12:19:04.3   4102 4214   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits **** FOUND 02:44:45.48 +12:19:04.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-04-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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Image size: 941.6'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: 02:40:00.532 +13:59:54.76 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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Image size: 937.0'x624.0' 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: 02:40:01.118 +14:00:01.23 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:00.532 +13:59:54.76 Second-epoch image center 02:40:01.118 +14:00:01.23 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0030 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Image size: 937.0'x624.0' 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: 02:40:05.093 +14:00:12.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 02:40:00.532 +13:59:54.76 Second-epoch image center 02:40:05.093 +14:00:12.76 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0191 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 02:40:01.118 +14:00:01.23 Second-epoch second image center 02:40:05.093 +14:00:12.76 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01639 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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits &> /tmp/tmp.v6m5fErCqt Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SIXUOWaJ9o Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CVaOJBeWry Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YXuiFCSTHV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 42040 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7291 to 48.3263 deg, Dec +8.6136 to +19.2864 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 31.7291 to 48.3263 deg, Dec 8.6136 to 19.2864 deg Loaded 4379 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): 3380 out of 3762 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3762 out of 42040 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.828450 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.828450 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 42040 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7291 to 48.3263 deg, Dec +8.6136 to +19.2864 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 31.7291 to 48.3263 deg, Dec 8.6136 to 19.2864 deg Loaded 4379 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): 3380 out of 3762 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3762 out of 42040 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 42245 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7296 to 48.3258 deg, Dec +8.6525 to +19.2994 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 31.7296 to 48.3258 deg, Dec 8.6525 to 19.2994 deg Loaded 4373 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3358 out of 3765 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3765 out of 42245 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits (aperture=4.6) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 15 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits 1.9 pix Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 2.5 pix fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 2.3 pix fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits 15.6 mag. Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 15.1 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 15.1 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.1 (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.v6m5fErCqt (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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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=10, blended=1797, bad_region=7731, passed=42030 Got 42030 stars (including 32812 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42030 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4879 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36016 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" 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 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36016 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36016 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4879 stars left (next iteration limit 5366) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits N_match=4879 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.239 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.245 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.219 n_q1=1713 n_q2=884 n_q3=1421 n_q4=861 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.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.SIXUOWaJ9o (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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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=9, blended=1828, bad_region=7788, passed=42236 Got 42236 stars (including 32941 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42236 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4878 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36171 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" 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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36171 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36171 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 4878 stars left (next iteration limit 5365) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits N_match=4878 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.244 n_q1=1712 n_q2=873 n_q3=1421 n_q4=872 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.210 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.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.CVaOJBeWry (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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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=3, blended=1309, bad_region=4802, passed=30713 Got 30713 stars (including 24959 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30713 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4865 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27082 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27082 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27082 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4864 stars left (next iteration limit 5351) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=6.620 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.464 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=0.350 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.377 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=0.320 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.348 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4864 robust_rms_before=0.897 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.315 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.320 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.344 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.348 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.344 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits N_match=4864 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.306 n_q1=1768 n_q2=846 n_q3=1407 n_q4=843 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.094 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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.YXuiFCSTHV (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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=1400, bad_region=4781, passed=30934 Got 30934 stars (including 25227 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30934 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4865 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27316 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 8.7 to 19.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4873 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27316 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27316 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4864 stars left (next iteration limit 5351) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=6.581 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.506 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=0.367 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.397 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4864 robust_rms=0.329 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.372 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4864 robust_rms_before=0.867 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.328 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.329 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.362 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.372 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.362 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits N_match=4864 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.332 n_q1=1770 n_q2=850 n_q3=1396 n_q4=848 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.079 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.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_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:33:35.23 +14:02:20.8: 13.88 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 03:08:03.76 +17:00:34.2: 13.42 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:55:05.86 +14:47:15.0: 13.72 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:55:43.65 +14:41:31.3: 13.29 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:54:25.62 +09:46:37.2: 9.77 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:31:13.95 +12:32:03.0: 14.28 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:56:58.34 +12:21:28.6: 14.15 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:57:25.86 +10:28:44.3: 14.01 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:53:51.19 +15:25:52.4: 14.04 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:55:43.65 +14:41:31.3: 13.29 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:53:51.19 +15:25:52.4: 14.06 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:54:25.62 +09:46:37.2: 9.80 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:31:13.95 +12:32:03.0: 14.17 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:33:35.23 +14:02:20.8: 13.92 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:56:58.34 +12:21:28.6: 14.24 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:57:25.86 +10:28:44.3: 13.95 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 03:08:03.76 +17:00:34.2: 13.49 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:55:05.86 +14:47:15.0: 13.67 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.05 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.29 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 9.79 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.90 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.22 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.19 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.97 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:53:51.19 +15:25:52.4: ref_mag=14.05 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.9317 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:55:43.65 +14:41:31.3: ref_mag=13.29 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3168 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:54:25.62 +09:46:37.2: ref_mag=9.79 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=9.9717 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:33:35.23 +14:02:20.8: ref_mag=13.90 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.1953 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.46 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:31:13.95 +12:32:03.0: ref_mag=14.22 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1534 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:56:58.34 +12:21:28.6: ref_mag=14.19 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.5271 delta=-0.33 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:57:25.86 +10:28:44.3: ref_mag=13.97 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.9339 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:08:03.76 +17:00:34.2: ref_mag=13.46 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4065 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.69 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:55:05.86 +14:47:15.0: ref_mag=13.69 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7041 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:43:47.87 +10:39:42.7: 14.32 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-02_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0117.fits at 02:45:30.47 +14:33:54.5: 14.07 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4: 16.15 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1: 16.33 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:43:47.87 +10:39:42.7: 14.44 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118.fits at 02:45:30.47 +14:33:54.5: 14.05 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.38 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:43:47.87 +10:39:42.7: ref_mag=14.38 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4062 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.06 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:45:30.47 +14:33:54.5: ref_mag=14.06 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.3426 delta=-0.28 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52567.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52646.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52684.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s 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: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52514_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52514_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.51    02:56:58.39 +12:21:28.4   2283 4175   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.55    02:56:58.28 +12:21:28.8   2293 4177   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52516_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52516_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.37    02:33:35.28 +14:02:21.0   5732 3166   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.09    02:33:35.17 +14:02:20.6   5742 3168   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52523_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52523_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    9.95    02:54:25.62 +09:46:37.0   2640 5749   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    9.99    02:54:25.62 +09:46:37.3   2650 5751   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52548_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52548_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    13.32    02:55:43.64 +14:41:31.3   2488 2763   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    13.32    02:55:43.66 +14:41:31.4   2498 2765   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52553_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52553_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    13.43    03:08:03.73 +17:00:34.1   0699 1307   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    13.39    03:08:03.78 +17:00:34.3   0709 1310   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52563_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52563_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    13.63    02:55:05.87 +14:47:15.3   2581 2706   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    13.80    02:55:05.85 +14:47:14.8   2591 2708   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52567_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 Preparing report for the candidate 52567_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52585_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52585_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    13.93    02:53:51.20 +15:25:52.4   2769 2319   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    13.93    02:53:51.19 +15:25:52.3   2778 2321   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52591_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52591_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    13.94    02:57:25.99 +10:28:44.2   2195 5317   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    13.93    02:57:25.73 +10:28:44.4   2206 5319   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52604_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52604_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.05    02:31:14.04 +12:32:01.3   6088 4073   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.32    02:31:13.86 +12:32:04.8   6098 4074   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52646_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 Preparing report for the candidate 52646_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52655_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52655_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.40    02:45:30.44 +14:33:53.8   3986 2853   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.30    02:45:30.50 +14:33:55.2   3995 2855   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52668_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 52668_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 08.47464    2461291.97464    14.47    02:43:47.80 +10:39:42.9   4232 5216   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-23-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0468.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    14.37    02:43:47.94 +10:39:42.6   4242 5218   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52684_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 Preparing report for the candidate 52684_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 41054_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 The candidate 41054_fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 08.47520    2461291.97520    10.34    02:44:45.50 +12:19:04.2   4102 4214   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-08_CI_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_062619_TTUQ2b1x1_633236_ttEH7kIw/fd_Ari-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-08_06-24-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0469.fits **** FOUND 02:44:45.49 +12:19:04.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 10s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4 ########### Completed Ari-04-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 #### 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4 ################################################################################### 03:02:12.56 +16:12:54.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:35:38.64 +14:21:48.1 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 02:57:25.52 +15:34:30.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461291.97464043 -observatory V36 11:46:17.39 +02:32:15.6 Mercury (-0.8mag) 13:39:01.20 -14:57:38.5 Venus (-4.7mag) 07:17:10.09 +22:54:19.2 Mars (1.2mag) 09:10:01.19 +16:53:27.2 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:51:27.51 +02:36:41.5 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:13:42.03 +21:02:01.6 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:13:38.08 -00:03:58.9 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:25:30.75 -23:39:53.0 Pluto (14.5mag) 08:57:53.37 +18:44:18.1 Moon (-8.9mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Sep 8 06:31 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461291.97464043: 09:10:06.23 +16:53:03.4 Io (6.2mag) 09:09:57.39 +16:53:46.6 Europa (6.3mag) 09:09:54.95 +16:53:57.6 Ganymede (5.7mag) 09:09:43.44 +16:54:56.0 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:07:49.82 +17:10:30.5 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:10:02.07 +16:53:23.4 Thebe (16.6mag) 09:07:26.34 +17:04:26.4 Elara (17.7mag) 09:13:53.13 +16:20:40.8 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:11:01.11 +17:11:33.3 Carme (19.0mag) 00:51:18.12 +02:37:02.5 Titan (8.3mag) 00:51:28.59 +02:36:21.0 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:51:39.54 +02:39:06.1 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:51:43.26 +02:36:17.5 Hyperion (14.3mag) 00:50:13.05 +02:26:19.2 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 8 06:32 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461291.97464043: 22:13:03.12 +02:12:34.7 JWST 10:41:30.00 +38:01:14.5 Chandra 07:02:47.00 -03:51:12.2 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 8 06:31 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461291.97464043 -observatory V36 03:41:06.54 +19:23:40.3 17.4mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:03:20.04 -34:11:20.8 14.4mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:20:21.56 -70:22:01.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:15:49.47 +33:43:51.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:53:04.42 +45:39:12.0 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:53:04.42 +45:39:12.0 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:53:04.42 +45:39:12.0 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:53:04.42 +45:39:12.0 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 04:53:04.42 +45:39:12.0 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:12:32.85 +28:31:34.6 17.4mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:11:05.24 +25:57:25.0 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 10:50:35.06 +27:11:02.3 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:49:25.11 +05:13:35.8 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:29:13.39 -15:45:09.1 14.9mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:39:25.33 +32:57:55.8 15.8mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:06:44.83 +15:18:33.4 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:32:52.71 +43:07:45.7 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:24:33.78 +49:14:15.3 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:36:13.79 -13:02:34.0 15.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 07:12:01.92 +18:18:27.5 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov) 11:19:52.93 +18:40:38.2 16.8mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:20:35.87 +00:01:16.5 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 16:44:29.69 +73:50:19.3 16.1mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 03:05:12.09 +46:05:51.7 17.5mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:14:21.94 +11:22:45.9 17.5mag A/2026 E1 22:26:57.90 -35:06:48.5 13.4mag 10P/Tempel 01:21:19.00 +37:16:19.5 17.9mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 11:48:57.69 -05:33:24.5 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:10:56.68 -05:28:01.9 17.6mag 63P/Wild 00:44:00.51 -07:08:42.7 15.4mag 65P/Gunn 06:41:36.37 +19:09:44.0 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:17:19.78 +15:00:45.4 16.7mag 88P/Howell 05:42:08.46 +29:04:53.4 17.5mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 07:35:17.61 +24:30:51.4 17.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:30:31.47 +20:37:04.3 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 12:49:11.89 -21:44:54.7 17.4mag 124P/Mrkos 06:18:50.36 +20:36:10.2 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 02:27:33.08 -17:28:06.0 15.1mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:35:41.46 +13:00:30.3 12.1mag 169P/NEAT 03:25:24.52 +08:22:38.9 14.5mag 220P/McNaught 04:51:14.41 +36:41:22.9 15.2mag 260P/McNaught 08:35:02.10 +35:34:34.3 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR 15:26:00.15 -00:22:52.7 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:28:48.16 +16:47:24.8 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2.2K Sep 8 06:31 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 8 06:31 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 8 06:31 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 01:42:43.580 +00:46:59.98 AT 2026yrk 2026-08-09.87 22.22 01:21:32.610 -01:15:50.96 AT 2026yrj 2026-08-09.86 21.82 00:14:17.800 +05:25:54.92 AT 2026yri 2026-08-09.85 22.24 23:46:15.460 +04:59:58.22 AT 2026yrh 2026-08-09.84 22.79 23:45:31.680 +04:12:25.91 AT 2026yrg 2026-08-09.84 22.24 23:34:02.330 +05:36:00.22 AT 2026yrf 2026-08-09.84 22.45 23:38:02.390 +00:14:40.53 AT 2026yre 2026-08-09.84 22.14 23:18:04.980 -00:02:33.02 AT 2026yrd 2026-08-09.84 22.73 23:23:35.450 +01:51:19.14 AT 2026yrc 2026-08-09.84 22.04 02:27:46.320 +06:27:55.03 AT 2026yrb 2026-08-08.89 21.91 01:42:01.270 +05:25:04.33 AT 2026yra 2026-08-08.88 22.29 01:29:31.810 +00:24:39.44 AT 2026yqz 2026-08-08.88 21.48 01:23:28.630 -00:36:31.37 AT 2026yqy 2026-08-08.87 21.73 01:51:19.720 +05:16:35.98 AT 2026yqx 2026-08-06.88 21.88 00:57:23.960 +00:53:10.73 AT 2026yqw 2026-08-06.86 21.88 01:42:48.000 +01:40:21.94 AT 2026yqv 2026-08-06.85 21.59 01:31:04.960 +05:16:26.69 AT 2026yqu 2026-08-06.84 22.08 01:32:45.190 +05:46:00.54 AT 2026yqt 2026-08-06.84 21.93 01:00:35.640 -00:42:49.92 AT 2026yqs 2026-08-06.84 21.85 23:40:09.820 +04:52:55.41 AT 2026yqr 2026-08-06.82 21.72 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 88K Sep 8 06:31 tns_transients_list.txt

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