NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw

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

Processing fields PsA-01-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    12.20    21:47:28.90 -29:28:09.3   2499 1054   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    12.26    21:47:28.97 -29:28:08.8   2494 1045   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 21.1739  2461304.6739  12.23  21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1
 18.42564 -49.70118 galactic  PsA  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 9.6 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
264 Libussa                  1      0       1  12.3    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1:  14.99 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1:  14.63 +/- 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?)   PsA-01-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 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.77    21:47:42.72 -29:09:14.3   2523 1247   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.66    21:47:42.62 -29:09:13.4   2519 1238   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 21.1739  2461304.6739  13.71  21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8
 18.91930 -49.70437 galactic  PsA  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 9.6 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
347 Pariana                 -0      0       0  13.8     0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8:  15.00 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8:  14.65 +/- 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?)   PsA-01-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: 2

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field PsA-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits
Field PsA-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Field PsA-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Field PsA-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
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: 
PsA-01-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting PsA-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing PsA-01-Q2b1x1
WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 81121 MB free at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 81097 MB free at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.png' -> 'transient_report/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits_preview.png'
PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits

renamed 'PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.png' -> 'transient_report/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits_preview.png'
PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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= 1873.8577 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 533.1183 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4142.1410 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 901.2103 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4131.6351 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 898.6452 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.21049 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.003 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 = 23.8700008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 25.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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= '2026-09-20T23:09:47.6224324' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-21T04:09:47.6224324' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61304.1734678471 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-09-21T04:09:57.5272459' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61304.1735824882 / 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 = 331.197704308666 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -26.0002264031911 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 29.4819444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 168.673888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.02581859004842 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / 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 = 'PsA-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '22 04 48' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-26 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 = 20489 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20489 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 23.8700008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 23.8700008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 13.7 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 48.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 900.1 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 25.5 / [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= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 1.800144 / [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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/d_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits :) Spent 0.679961 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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/d_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 24.3500003814697 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 25.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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= '2026-09-20T23:10:40.4526494' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-21T04:10:40.4526494' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61304.1740793055 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/d_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits :) Spent 0.847312 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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/d_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits


fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Checking 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: 2461304.67358359 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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:47.411 -25:59:56.10 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:48.632 -25:59:57.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:04:47.411 -25:59:56.10 Second-epoch image center 22:04:48.632 -25:59:57.08 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0046 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:50.585 -25:59:07.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:04:47.411 -25:59:56.10 Second-epoch image center 22:04:50.585 -25:59:07.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0179 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 22:04:48.632 -25:59:57.08 Second-epoch second image center 22:04:50.585 -25:59:07.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01552 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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aT4LQmwVrI Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UnOI3yBmVX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TvOW6VmZd7 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits &> /tmp/tmp.EQwzKqsJuH Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits and wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits and wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits and wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits) and catalog (wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 4440 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2446 to -20.5454 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 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2446 to -20.5454 deg Loaded 5846 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): 3600 out of 3656 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3656 out of 4440 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.541950 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.541950 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.08 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.46 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.46
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 4440 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2446 to -20.5454 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 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2446 to -20.5454 deg Loaded 5846 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): 3600 out of 3656 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3656 out of 4440 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 3379 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 322.1720 to 340.3078 deg, Dec -31.2657 to -20.5595 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 322.1720 to 340.3078 deg, Dec -31.2657 to -20.5595 deg Loaded 5845 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): 2853 out of 2883 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2883 out of 3379 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits (aperture=6.8) ____ 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: 2.3 pix PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits 2.4 pix PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits 2.4 pix fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 2.4 pix fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.5 mag. PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits 14.1 mag. PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits 14.0 mag. fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 14.0 mag. fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.0 (SNR ) 11.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.aT4LQmwVrI (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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=250, bad_region=939, passed=4440 Got 4440 stars (including 3307 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4440 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2965 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3662 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3662 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3662 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 2966 stars left (next iteration limit 3261) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits N_match=2966 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.339 n_q1=982 n_q2=517 n_q3=998 n_q4=469 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.076 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits -region wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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.UnOI3yBmVX (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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=225, bad_region=666, passed=3379 Got 3379 stars (including 2543 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3379 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2314 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2302 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2302 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2302 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2827 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2314 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2302 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2827 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2302 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2827 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 2302 stars left (next iteration limit 2532) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits N_match=2302 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.466 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.500 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.490 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.475 n_q1=773 n_q2=369 n_q3=800 n_q4=360 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.072 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits -region wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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.TvOW6VmZd7 (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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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=283, bad_region=642, passed=3091 Got 3091 stars (including 2245 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3091 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2047 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2039 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2039 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2039 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2049 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2040 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2040 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 2040 stars left (next iteration limit 2242) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2040 robust_rms=6.087 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.241 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2040 robust_rms=0.698 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.825 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2040 robust_rms=0.397 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.448 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2040 robust_rms_before=1.074 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.440 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.397 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.517 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.448 verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:48.588 -25:59:57.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 3091 stars ### 'wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky506411.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.074 -> 0.397 arcsec) SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (search radius 3.0 arcsec, 2040 pairs from the initial matching) 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success SIP_REFIT: re-match found 1931 pairs (2040 from the initial matching) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1931 robust_rms=5.907 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.696 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1931 robust_rms=0.700 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.808 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1931 robust_rms=0.396 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.445 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1931 robust_rms_before=0.395 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.395 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.396 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.438 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.445 SIP_REFIT: the refit on the re-matched pairs is worse than the solution it would replace (worst-quadrant 0.445 vs 0.438 arcsec) - keeping the current solution SIP_REFIT: the second refit on the re-matched pairs was not applied - keeping the first refit solution Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1931 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2550 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1931 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2548 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits N_match=1931 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.435 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.482 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.454 n_q1=658 n_q2=323 n_q3=658 n_q4=292 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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.EQwzKqsJuH (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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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=283, bad_region=637, passed=3073 Got 3073 stars (including 2229 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3073 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2030 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2022 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2022 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2022 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2030 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2022 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2022 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2540 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 2022 stars left (next iteration limit 2224) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2022 robust_rms=5.982 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.977 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2022 robust_rms=0.724 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.893 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2022 robust_rms=0.421 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.486 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2022 robust_rms_before=1.086 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.441 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.421 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.517 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.486 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.517 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits N_match=2022 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.432 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.452 n_q1=681 n_q2=332 n_q3=689 n_q4=320 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.117 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.076 ref2=PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits sigma_overall=0.466 worst_q_ratio=1.072 new1=fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits sigma_overall=0.435 worst_q_ratio=1.107 new2=fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits sigma_overall=0.455 worst_q_ratio=1.117 reference average sigma_overall=0.413 worst_q_ratio=1.074 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433_astrometric_residuals.png (2966 matched stars from wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273_astrometric_residuals.png (2302 matched stars from wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.42 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178_astrometric_residuals.png (1931 matched stars from wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179_astrometric_residuals.png (2022 matched stars from wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.40 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field PsA-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20011_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 20011_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    10.06    22:18:00.08 -29:36:13.0   6522 0981   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits **** FOUND 22:18:00.09 -29:36:13.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 01668_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 01668_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    9.90    21:38:41.93 -27:12:34.1   1260 2365   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits **** FOUND 21:38:41.95 -27:12:34.0 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 PsA-01-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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking 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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:47.411 -25:59:56.10 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.7' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:48.588 -25:59:57.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:04:47.411 -25:59:56.10 Second-epoch image center 22:04:48.588 -25:59:57.35 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:04:50.585 -25:59:07.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:04:47.411 -25:59:56.10 Second-epoch image center 22:04:50.585 -25:59:07.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0179 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 22:04:48.588 -25:59:57.35 Second-epoch second image center 22:04:50.585 -25:59:07.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01566 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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KNXo2v7iQZ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kzqXd1YYII Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ka94aPxRVO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4NLMPUt0lx Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits and wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits and wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits and wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits) and catalog (wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 26526 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2647 to -20.5303 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 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2647 to -20.5303 deg Loaded 5861 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): 4739 out of 4949 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4949 out of 26526 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.408000 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.408000 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.79 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.62 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.62
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 26526 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2647 to -20.5303 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 322.1722 to 340.3087 deg, Dec -31.2647 to -20.5303 deg Loaded 5861 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): 4739 out of 4949 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4949 out of 26526 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits (aperture=4.9) Read 22382 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 322.1720 to 340.3078 deg, Dec -31.2689 to -20.5297 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 322.1720 to 340.3078 deg, Dec -31.2689 to -20.5297 deg Loaded 5867 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): 4759 out of 4957 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4957 out of 22382 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 22 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits 2.1 pix PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits 2.2 pix fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 2.1 pix fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.6 mag. PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits 14.3 mag. PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits 14.1 mag. fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 14.1 mag. fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.1 (SNR ) 13.4 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.KNXo2v7iQZ (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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=6, blended=800, bad_region=3950, passed=26520 Got 26520 stars (including 21908 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26520 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4539 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4520 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4520 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4520 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23503 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4541 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4522 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23503 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4522 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23503 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4522 stars left (next iteration limit 4972) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits N_match=4522 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.350 n_q1=1545 n_q2=746 n_q3=1486 n_q4=745 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.049 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits -region wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.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.kzqXd1YYII (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits' -> 'wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=674, bad_region=4133, passed=22374 Got 22374 stars (including 17668 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22374 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4575 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4555 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19152 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4575 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19152 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19152 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 4555 stars left (next iteration limit 5010) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits N_match=4555 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.448 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.534 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.442 n_q1=1605 n_q2=780 n_q3=1435 n_q4=735 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.133 The image catalog is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits -region wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.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.ka94aPxRVO (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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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=642, bad_region=4093, passed=20368 Got 20368 stars (including 15772 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20368 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4581 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4562 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17176 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4581 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17176 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4562 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17176 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 4562 stars left (next iteration limit 5018) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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=4562 robust_rms=6.398 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.389 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4562 robust_rms=0.746 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.894 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4562 robust_rms=0.470 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.595 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4562 robust_rms_before=0.475 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.473 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.470 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.603 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.595 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.603 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits N_match=4562 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.468 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.562 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.446 n_q1=1611 n_q2=825 n_q3=1405 n_q4=721 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.199 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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.4NLMPUt0lx (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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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=5, blended=645, bad_region=4090, passed=20392 Got 20392 stars (including 15794 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20392 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4572 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4556 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17187 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.2 to -20.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4573 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4556 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17187 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4556 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17187 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Excluding outliers - 4556 stars left (next iteration limit 5010) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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=4556 robust_rms=6.519 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.381 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4556 robust_rms=0.729 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.941 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4556 robust_rms=0.485 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.631 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4556 robust_rms_before=1.123 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.474 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.485 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.597 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.631 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.597 arcsec) - keeping the original WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits N_match=4556 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.447 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.583 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.428 n_q1=1611 n_q2=824 n_q3=1406 n_q4=715 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.255 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits -region wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.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_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/wcs_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field PsA-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:15:12.35 -29:10:27.7: 14.24 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1: 14.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 21:42:06.75 -28:54:27.2: 14.56 +/- 0.25 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:21:54.53 -27:23:12.1: 14.31 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8: 15.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:22:56.02 -22:41:32.5: 13.02 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:21:18.26 -29:26:16.1: 14.10 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:16:25.72 -29:27:58.1: 14.15 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:22:08.21 -29:40:32.0: 14.14 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:13:45.72 -29:26:47.1: 13.53 +/- 0.10 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1: 14.63 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:22:56.02 -22:41:32.5: 13.32 +/- 0.09 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:22:08.21 -29:40:32.0: 14.12 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:15:12.35 -29:10:27.7: 14.51 +/- 0.31 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:21:54.53 -27:23:12.1: 14.20 +/- 0.22 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:13:45.72 -29:26:47.1: 13.68 +/- 0.14 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:21:18.26 -29:26:16.1: 14.05 +/- 0.21 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8: 14.65 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 21:42:06.75 -28:54:27.2: 14.35 +/- 0.29 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:16:25.72 -29:27:58.1: 14.11 +/- 0.22 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.31 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.11 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.58 +/- 0.08 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:15:12.35 -29:10:27.7: ref_mag=14.31 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=13.9106 delta=0.40 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.26 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:22:56.02 -22:41:32.5: ref_mag=13.11 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.3559 delta=-0.25 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.08 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:13:45.72 -29:26:47.1: ref_mag=13.58 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=13.8466 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:21:54.53 -27:23:12.1: ref_mag=14.26 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=13.7078 delta=0.55 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:21:18.26 -29:26:16.1: ref_mag=14.08 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=13.9384 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.47 +/- 0.19 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.14 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 21:42:06.75 -28:54:27.2: ref_mag=14.47 +/- 0.19 new_mean_mag=13.5540 delta=0.92 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:16:25.72 -29:27:58.1: ref_mag=14.14 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=13.7721 delta=0.36 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.13 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:22:08.21 -29:40:32.0: ref_mag=14.13 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=13.8010 delta=0.33 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:22:15.85 -26:13:16.7: 14.06 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:23:26.65 -29:08:28.1: 14.50 +/- 0.25 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:16:46.50 -29:45:29.9: 14.31 +/- 0.21 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:08:36.25 -29:45:43.0: 14.38 +/- 0.21 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:17:23.36 -29:08:02.7: 14.49 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:24:56.18 -28:59:20.2: 14.35 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:22:49.23 -28:55:44.3: 14.41 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:22:15.85 -26:13:16.7: 14.11 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.08 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:22:15.85 -26:13:16.7: ref_mag=14.08 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.9143 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:23:26.65 -29:08:28.1: 14.55 +/- 0.34 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:16:46.50 -29:45:29.9: 13.98 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:22:49.23 -28:55:44.3: 14.24 +/- 0.25 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.52 +/- 0.20 Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:17:23.36 -29:08:02.7: 14.42 +/- 0.28 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:24:56.18 -28:59:20.2: 13.96 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:08:36.25 -29:45:43.0: 14.23 +/- 0.24 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.14 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:23:26.65 -29:08:28.1: ref_mag=14.52 +/- 0.20 new_mean_mag=13.9287 delta=0.59 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:16:46.50 -29:45:29.9: ref_mag=14.14 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=13.8202 delta=0.32 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.33 +/- 0.17 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.46 +/- 0.18 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.13 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.31 +/- 0.16 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:22:49.23 -28:55:44.3: ref_mag=14.33 +/- 0.17 new_mean_mag=13.9248 delta=0.40 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:17:23.36 -29:08:02.7: ref_mag=14.46 +/- 0.18 new_mean_mag=13.9715 delta=0.49 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:24:56.18 -28:59:20.2: ref_mag=14.13 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=13.8878 delta=0.24 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:08:36.25 -29:45:43.0: ref_mag=14.31 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=14.0290 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:23:27.16 -29:01:00.6: 14.23 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 22:02:13.16 -29:35:22.0: 14.39 +/- 0.21 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-06-17_04-29-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0433.fits at 21:53:54.37 -23:25:48.5: 14.73 +/- 0.24 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:23:27.16 -29:01:00.6: 14.35 +/- 0.28 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.27 +/- 0.16 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:23:27.16 -29:01:00.6: ref_mag=14.27 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=14.0543 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 22:02:13.16 -29:35:22.0: 14.42 +/- 0.28 detection Forced photometry on wcs_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-20_01-53-38_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0273.fits at 21:53:54.37 -23:25:48.5: 14.58 +/- 0.28 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.67 +/- 0.18 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.40 +/- 0.17 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:02:13.16 -29:35:22.0: ref_mag=14.40 +/- 0.17 new_mean_mag=14.0236 delta=0.37 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:53:54.37 -23:25:48.5: ref_mag=14.67 +/- 0.18 new_mean_mag=13.9625 delta=0.71 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out30600.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out30551.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out30626.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 30534_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30534_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.86    22:13:45.71 -29:26:46.4   5968 1098   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.84    22:13:45.73 -29:26:47.7   5964 1090   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30551_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 Preparing report for the candidate 30551_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30594_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30594_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.34    22:22:56.08 -22:41:31.9   7327 5156   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.37    22:22:55.96 -22:41:33.1   7322 5147   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30600_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30600_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.53    21:42:06.73 -28:54:26.7   1767 1356   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits **** FOUND 21:42:06.75 -28:54:27.2 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.55, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.53)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.380 6809750985171960960 325.52802877865 -28.90749177580 13.6463 12.5958 VARIABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.380#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9# xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30606_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30606_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.67    22:21:54.51 -27:23:11.6   7086 2316   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.76    22:21:54.55 -27:23:12.6   7082 2308   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30616_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30616_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.81    22:22:08.21 -29:40:31.2   7071 0926   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.79    22:22:08.21 -29:40:32.7   7067 0918   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30619_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30619_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.78    22:16:25.75 -29:27:57.7   6320 1078   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.77    22:16:25.70 -29:27:58.5   6316 1070   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30621_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30621_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.82    22:15:12.24 -29:10:27.7   6162 1259   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    14.12    22:15:12.45 -29:10:27.6   6158 1251   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30624_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30624_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.86    22:21:18.25 -29:26:16.7   6966 1075   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    14.09    22:21:18.26 -29:26:15.4   6961 1067   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30626_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 Preparing report for the candidate 30626_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30637_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30637_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.91    22:23:26.63 -29:08:29.0   7256 1244   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.95    22:23:26.66 -29:08:27.2   7252 1236   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30644_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30644_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.83    22:16:46.40 -29:45:30.8   6362 0899   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.82    22:16:46.59 -29:45:29.0   6358 0891   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30646_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30646_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.93    22:08:36.23 -29:45:43.8   5286 0917   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    14.20    22:08:36.28 -29:45:42.1   5282 0909   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30649_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30649_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.87    22:22:15.87 -26:13:16.3   7158 3020   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.98    22:22:15.83 -26:13:17.1   7153 3012   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30652_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30652_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.98    22:17:23.39 -29:08:03.0   6452 1276   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.96    22:17:23.33 -29:08:02.5   6447 1268   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30654_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30654_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.95    22:22:49.22 -28:55:44.2   7177 1377   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.90    22:22:49.25 -28:55:44.4   7173 1368   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30661_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30661_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.95    22:24:56.19 -28:59:20.6   7458 1328   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    13.84    22:24:56.17 -28:59:19.9   7454 1320   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30671_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30671_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    14.07    22:23:27.12 -29:00:59.0   7259 1320   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    14.03    22:23:27.20 -29:01:02.2   7255 1311   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30676_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30676_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    14.01    22:02:13.20 -29:35:20.3   4446 1023   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    14.04    22:02:13.12 -29:35:23.7   4442 1014   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30700_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 30700_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 21.17358    2461304.67358    13.90    21:53:54.39 -23:25:49.6   3277 4734   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-09-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0178.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    14.07    21:53:54.34 -23:25:47.4   3272 4726   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 03112_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 03112_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    10.31    22:18:00.06 -29:36:12.8   6522 0981   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits **** FOUND 22:18:00.07 -29:36:12.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 08658_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 The candidate 08658_fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 21.17420    2461304.67420    9.96    21:38:41.98 -27:12:34.0   1260 2365   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-20_CI_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_231408_TTUQ2b1x1_402058_eAxyJ6Yw/fd_PsA-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-20_23-10-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0179.fits **** FOUND 21:38:41.98 -27:12:34.0 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 PsA-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8 ########### Completed PsA-01-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 #### 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8 ################################################################################### 21:47:28.93 -29:28:09.1 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 21:47:42.67 -29:09:13.8 -- 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 ################################################################################### Adding identified Gaia sources from exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN= NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Adding the following to the exclusion list #### 21:42:06.75 -28:54:27.2 #################################################### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461304.67358359 -observatory V36 12:59:32.52 -06:55:14.0 Mercury (-0.3mag) 14:04:20.64 -18:59:48.8 Venus (-4.8mag) 07:50:31.21 +21:52:24.9 Mars (1.2mag) 09:20:04.78 +16:09:53.2 Jupiter (-1.8mag) 00:48:12.63 +02:14:21.4 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:13:30.95 +21:01:34.4 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:12:22.87 -00:12:21.0 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:46.72 -23:42:10.3 Pluto (14.5mag) 19:40:32.49 -25:15:02.2 Moon (-11.0mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Sep 20 23:17 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461304.67358359: 09:20:12.05 +16:09:16.2 Io (6.0mag) 09:20:06.35 +16:09:46.6 Europa (6.2mag) 09:20:19.04 +16:08:38.8 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:19:45.13 +16:11:34.2 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:18:28.32 +16:31:00.1 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:20:02.66 +16:10:04.1 Thebe (16.5mag) 09:17:51.82 +16:25:36.6 Elara (17.6mag) 09:23:32.53 +15:34:05.5 Pasiphae (17.9mag) 09:20:09.15 +16:31:31.2 Carme (18.9mag) 00:48:18.39 +02:14:33.1 Titan (8.3mag) 00:48:07.40 +02:14:08.6 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:47:48.90 +02:14:34.1 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:47:59.28 +02:14:00.2 Hyperion (14.3mag) 00:46:46.09 +02:02:57.9 Phoebe (16.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 20 23:18 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461304.67358359: 00:04:46.08 +14:01:43.2 JWST 18:53:15.19 +11:49:52.6 Chandra 09:58:45.51 -55:36:33.1 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 20 23:17 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461304.67358359 -observatory V36 03:46:24.31 +19:51:57.2 17.3mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:09:31.98 -33:56:28.5 14.5mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:29:10.58 -71:06:39.2 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:16:41.68 +34:04:21.9 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 05:04:55.44 +47:10:56.2 16.4mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 22:03:05.27 +26:51:12.7 17.5mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:19:50.54 +25:43:56.8 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 11:02:09.30 +26:46:37.0 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 09:57:14.45 +05:09:18.3 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:27:18.07 -16:51:32.5 15.0mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:49:36.38 +33:50:35.7 16.0mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:09:03.28 +15:10:49.8 18.0mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:27:18.62 +42:32:16.8 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:08:47.62 +48:17:53.9 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:41:51.77 -13:15:07.5 14.9mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 11:40:59.59 +17:39:38.1 16.6mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:31:36.95 -01:01:27.7 16.7mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 17:24:04.09 +71:22:01.5 16.5mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:56:31.41 +45:26:29.8 17.6mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:26:17.89 +12:25:28.3 17.6mag A/2026 E1 22:37:58.71 -34:54:04.4 13.7mag 10P/Tempel 01:41:02.88 +39:12:16.1 17.4mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 11:57:32.64 -06:32:13.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:36:30.10 -09:24:46.1 17.8mag 63P/Wild 07:04:45.98 +18:04:02.7 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:14:48.42 +14:59:16.7 16.8mag 88P/Howell 06:25:49.07 +33:45:25.3 17.2mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:11:23.18 +20:54:23.5 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 10:58:23.84 +17:50:47.1 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 13:17:55.36 -26:01:40.6 17.6mag 124P/Mrkos 06:33:04.21 +20:09:13.3 15.8mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 01:08:22.72 -13:54:01.6 14.3mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:36:00.92 +07:16:46.2 12.7mag 169P/NEAT 03:32:15.52 +07:06:21.9 14.6mag 220P/McNaught 05:23:25.92 +40:20:31.2 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 15:35:02.98 -01:47:01.8 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski 09:39:28.29 +16:09:09.2 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.9K Sep 20 23:17 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 16:21:12.24 +57:37:51.30 SN 2026aafh 2026-09-14.11 15.02 23:36:00.27 -19:28:18.00 SN 2026aaks 2026-09-14.44 16.89 16:35:24.86 -05:32:38.20 SN2026aasi 2026-09-12.99 16.58 16:46:08.71 +37:25:21.80 SN2026aafk 2026-09-13.25 17.4 23:48:37.86 +50:25:24.60 SN2026aafs 2026-09-13.47 17 21:20:27.02 +02:10:42.50 SN2026aagh ------- 08:02:26.85 -24:37:44.10 ASASSN-26fe 2026-09-13.34 13.67 02:29:34.91 +23:06:56.30 SN2026aars 2026-09-12.27 16.93 02:47:25.52 -32:58:34.50 SN 2026znh 2026-09-9.92 16.26 04:59:14.53 -83:27:58.80 ASASSN-26fd 2026-09-9.11 17.27 17:52:06.79 -23:43:20.70 ASASSN-26fc 2026-09-8.79 12.14 03:52:53.26 -14:19:28.70 SN 2026zfw 2026-09-8 17.78 01:53:26.46 +10:07:25.10 SN2026aacj 2026-09-7.17 16.27 20:04:34.47 +62:38:38.10 SN2026zji 2026-09-7.14 15.87 22:37:05.59 +34:24:35.70 SN2026aaiv 2026-09-7.22 13.48 22:24:21.29 -10:25:31.60 ASASSN-26fb 2026-09-5.3 13.93 00:44:54.28 +41:33:10.50 AT2026aabo 2026-09-3.29 15.02 00:52:12.40 -58:22:08.60 SN 2026zhl 2026-08-31.92 16.51 19:53:57.87 +61:00:19.70 ASASSN-26fa 2026-08-31.18 14.63 00:21:50.96 -09:29:16.30 AT2026zwp 2026-08-31.41 15.59 19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80 V488 2026-08-30.13 9.37 18:25:12.79 -22:25:29.10 V8055 2026-08-30 10.76 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Sep 20 23:17 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4 PNV J00421276+4116284 2026-09-10.9176 18.67Cmag 17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7 TCP J17520680-2343207 2026-09-08.7896 12.6mag 00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1 PNV J00424094+4115371 2026-09-17.8925 18.3mag 08:49:20.13 -09:19:15.8 TCP J08492013-0919158 2026-09-18.4698 13.3mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 190K Sep 20 23:17 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 18:22:14.640 +40:00:51.94 AT 2026aaib 2026-08-29.73 20.32 18:27:15.460 +42:18:52.04 AT 2026aaia 2026-08-29.72 20.64 18:21:59.150 +41:20:47.10 AT 2026aahz 2026-08-29.72 21.17 00:25:39.480 +42:47:23.08 AT 2026aahy 2026-08-26.72 20.4 01:04:53.450 +39:52:15.46 AT 2026aahx 2026-08-20.72 20.84 00:44:00.810 +43:14:46.59 AT 2026aahw 2026-08-20.72 21.08 22:51:34.110 +15:44:03.01 AT 2026aahv 2026-08-20.71 21.05 21:59:13.640 +10:22:20.47 AT 2026aahu 2026-08-19.62 21.45 22:12:02.290 +18:37:03.36 AT 2026aaht 2026-08-19.61 21.65 21:53:47.780 +17:31:23.29 AT 2026aahs 2026-08-19.61 20.93 22:21:10.910 +25:13:03.64 AT 2026aahr 2026-08-19.60 20.95 23:09:04.550 +23:33:02.89 AT 2026aahq 2026-08-18.73 21.24 23:54:21.700 +42:26:44.49 AT 2026aahp 2026-08-18.73 20.9 23:16:00.720 +40:22:41.13 AT 2026aaho 2026-08-18.72 20.65 17:32:19.490 +27:38:27.97 AT 2026aahn 2026-08-17.71 21.76 17:11:45.550 +22:13:10.66 AT 2026aahm 2026-08-17.71 21.23 17:07:03.110 +22:46:10.65 AT 2026aahl 2026-08-16.63 21.63 17:32:14.940 +21:27:26.95 AT 2026aahk 2026-08-16.63 21.52 17:51:05.090 +19:25:51.66 AT 2026aahj 2026-08-16.63 21.56 23:30:59.770 +18:43:45.97 AT 2026aahi 2026-08-12.72 21.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Sep 20 23:17 tns_transients_list.txt

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