NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU

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

Processing fields Tau-07-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 09 27.38187    2461310.88187    12.40    03:03:12.74 +02:13:21.7   1491 0730   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    12.40    03:03:12.68 +02:13:21.1   1484 0725   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 27.3822  2461310.8822  12.40  03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4
175.43686 -46.77239 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 9.5 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
221 Eos                     -0     -0       0  12.3     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4:  15.95 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4:  15.74 +/- 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?)   Tau-07-Q1b1x1 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 27.38187    2461310.88187    13.18    03:16:22.71 +02:19:12.8   3485 0899   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.20    03:16:22.65 +02:19:13.2   3477 0894   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 27.3822  2461310.8822  13.19  03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0
178.58980 -44.33196 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 9.3 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
464 Megaira                 -0     -0       0  13.3     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0:  16.09 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0:  15.92 +/- 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?)   Tau-07-Q1b1x1 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 27.38187    2461310.88187    13.58    03:18:57.31 +09:08:55.2   3655 5033   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.57    03:18:57.19 +09:08:52.8   3647 5027   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 09 27.3822  2461310.8822  13.57  03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0
172.68077 -39.07612 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 3.0" 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.  
619 Triberga                -0      1       1  13.6    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0:  16.18 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0:  16.03 +/- 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?)   Tau-07-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 3

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 reference image: Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 reference image: Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits
Field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
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: 
Tau-07-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Tau-07-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Tau-07-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 857851 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 857851 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits_preview.png'
Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits

renamed 'Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits_preview.png'
Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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= 611.0058 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 549.3758 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 5274.1963 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1101.9548 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 5635.4476 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1251.9356 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 8.63199 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.120 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/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 20.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 19.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/d_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits :) Spent 0.498756 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/d_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 20.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 18.9 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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= '2026-09-27T04:10:42.3477415' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-27T09:10:42.3477415' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61310.3824345716 / 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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/d_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits :) Spent 0.497862 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/d_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits


fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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: 2461310.88187490 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_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:52.117 +06:00:07.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 Second-epoch image center 03:25:52.117 +06:00:07.11 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0322 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Image size: 941.1'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:55.142 +06:00:38.24 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 Second-epoch image center 03:25:55.142 +06:00:38.24 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0475 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 03:25:52.117 +06:00:07.11 Second-epoch second image center 03:25:55.142 +06:00:38.24 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01523 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vtuRwk8WS3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3TJEGpkE2Y Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YqmGY91tal Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits &> /tmp/tmp.77tRdEiPsS Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 6894 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2623 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 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2623 deg Loaded 4344 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): 3518 out of 3704 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3704 out of 6894 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.929400 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.929400 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.35 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 6894 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2623 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 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2623 deg Loaded 4344 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): 3518 out of 3704 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3704 out of 6894 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 6511 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4391 to 59.4125 deg, Dec +0.6696 to +11.2487 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 43.4391 to 59.4125 deg, Dec 0.6696 to 11.2487 deg Loaded 4348 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): 3541 out of 3691 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3691 out of 6511 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (aperture=6.3) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 2.1 pix Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 2.2 pix fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 2.2 pix fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 15.4 mag. Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 14.3 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.vtuRwk8WS3 (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=524, bad_region=0, passed=6894 Got 6894 stars (including 6363 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6894 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4875 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4875 stars left (next iteration limit 5362) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits N_match=4875 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.232 n_q1=1258 n_q2=1017 n_q3=1321 n_q4=1279 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.316 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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.3TJEGpkE2Y (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=474, bad_region=1, passed=6511 Got 6511 stars (including 6031 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6511 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4880 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6511 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6511 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6511 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4880 stars left (next iteration limit 5368) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4880 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.272 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.237 n_q1=1260 n_q2=1041 n_q3=1292 n_q4=1287 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.274 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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.YqmGY91tal (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=364, bad_region=0, passed=2941 Got 2941 stars (including 2567 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2941 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2500 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2496 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2496 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2496 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2500 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2496 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2496 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 2496 stars left (next iteration limit 2745) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2496 robust_rms=13.916 arcsec worst_region_rms=26.967 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=26.967 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2496 robust_rms=0.510 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.707 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.707 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2496 robust_rms=0.293 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.331 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.331 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2496 robust_rms_before=1.038 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.304 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.293 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.378 worst_region_rms_after=0.331 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.086 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.331 verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:52.153 +06:00:06.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 2941 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky2401971.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.038 -> 0.293 arcsec) SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (search radius 3.0 arcsec, 2496 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2403 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success SIP_REFIT: re-match found 2403 pairs (2496 from the initial matching) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2403 robust_rms=14.054 arcsec worst_region_rms=25.870 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=25.870 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2403 robust_rms=0.509 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.690 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.690 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2403 robust_rms=0.292 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.334 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.334 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2403 robust_rms_before=0.294 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.294 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.292 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.334 worst_region_rms_after=0.334 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.334 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.334 verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:52.153 +06:00:06.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 2941 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky2402164.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.294 -> 0.292 arcsec) Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2403 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2403 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2941 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits N_match=2403 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.298 n_q1=639 n_q2=653 n_q3=469 n_q4=642 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.044 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.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.77tRdEiPsS (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=353, bad_region=0, passed=2762 Got 2762 stars (including 2404 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2762 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2340 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2337 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2337 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2337 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2340 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2337 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2337 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 2337 stars left (next iteration limit 2570) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2337 robust_rms=13.839 arcsec worst_region_rms=26.914 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=26.914 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2337 robust_rms=0.527 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.694 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.694 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2337 robust_rms=0.303 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.344 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.344 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2337 robust_rms_before=1.060 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.318 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.303 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.404 worst_region_rms_after=0.344 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.092 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.344 verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:55.175 +06:00:37.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 2762 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky2401979.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.060 -> 0.303 arcsec) SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (search radius 3.0 arcsec, 2337 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2240 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success SIP_REFIT: re-match found 2240 pairs (2337 from the initial matching) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2240 robust_rms=13.766 arcsec worst_region_rms=26.555 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=26.555 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2240 robust_rms=0.507 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.709 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.709 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2240 robust_rms=0.301 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.339 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.339 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2240 robust_rms_before=0.302 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.302 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.301 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.339 worst_region_rms_after=0.339 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.339 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.339 SIP_REFIT: the refit on the re-matched pairs is worse than the solution it would replace (worst-region 0.339 vs 0.339 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: 2240 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2240 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2762 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits N_match=2240 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.318 n_q1=574 n_q2=612 n_q3=440 n_q4=614 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.047 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits sigma_overall=0.283 worst_q_ratio=1.316 ref2=Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits sigma_overall=0.290 worst_q_ratio=1.274 new1=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.044 new2=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits sigma_overall=0.315 worst_q_ratio=1.047 reference average sigma_overall=0.2865 worst_q_ratio=1.295 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129_astrometric_residuals.png (4875 matched stars from wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164_astrometric_residuals.png (4880 matched stars from wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353_astrometric_residuals.png (2403 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354_astrometric_residuals.png (2240 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:52.153 +06:00:06.55 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 Second-epoch image center 03:25:52.153 +06:00:06.55 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0323 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Image size: 941.3'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 03:25:55.175 +06:00:37.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 Second-epoch image center 03:25:55.175 +06:00:37.66 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0475 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 03:25:52.153 +06:00:06.55 Second-epoch second image center 03:25:55.175 +06:00:37.66 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01521 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H18DsyZ78X Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zS8J2iSaqd Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QnccJcqxP0 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SsZMafaWSU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 40138 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2698 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 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2698 deg Loaded 4347 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): 3388 out of 3752 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3752 out of 40138 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.819500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.819500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.08 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.74 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.74
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 40138 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2698 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 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2698 deg Loaded 4347 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): 3388 out of 3752 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3752 out of 40138 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 36794 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4364 to 59.4140 deg, Dec +0.6695 to +11.2585 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 43.4364 to 59.4140 deg, Dec 0.6695 to 11.2585 deg Loaded 4354 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3421 out of 3757 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3757 out of 36794 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 10 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 2.0 pix Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 2.1 pix fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 2.1 pix fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.7 mag. Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 15.6 mag. Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 14.5 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 14.5 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 13.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.H18DsyZ78X (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=1702, bad_region=4, passed=40128 Got 40128 stars (including 38357 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40128 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4880 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40128 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40128 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4880 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40128 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4880 stars left (next iteration limit 5368) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits N_match=4880 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.230 n_q1=1244 n_q2=1018 n_q3=1335 n_q4=1283 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.315 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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.zS8J2iSaqd (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=15, blended=1580, bad_region=2, passed=36779 Got 36779 stars (including 35146 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 36779 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4881 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4881 stars left (next iteration limit 5369) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4881 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.238 n_q1=1241 n_q2=1030 n_q3=1302 n_q4=1308 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.269 The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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.QnccJcqxP0 (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=603, bad_region=0, passed=18965 Got 18965 stars (including 18333 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18965 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4877 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18965 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18965 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18965 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4877 stars left (next iteration limit 5364) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.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=4877 robust_rms=13.831 arcsec worst_region_rms=27.166 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=27.166 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4877 robust_rms=0.530 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.768 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.768 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4877 robust_rms=0.332 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.387 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.387 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4877 robust_rms_before=0.333 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.336 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.332 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.389 worst_region_rms_after=0.387 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.389 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.387 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.389 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.389 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.333 arcsec matched=4877 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits N_match=4877 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.352 n_q1=1321 n_q2=1325 n_q3=995 n_q4=1236 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.037 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.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.SsZMafaWSU (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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=576, bad_region=0, passed=18353 Got 18353 stars (including 17737 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18353 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010459 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4877 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18353 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18353 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18353 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4877 stars left (next iteration limit 5364) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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=4877 robust_rms=13.919 arcsec worst_region_rms=27.293 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=27.293 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4877 robust_rms=0.556 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.757 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.757 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4877 robust_rms=0.354 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.402 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.402 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4877 robust_rms_before=0.355 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.357 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.354 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.399 worst_region_rms_after=0.402 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.405 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.402 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.399 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.399 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.355 arcsec matched=4877 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits N_match=4877 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.349 n_q1=1302 n_q2=1324 n_q3=995 n_q4=1256 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.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_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:14:21.24 +10:20:53.8: 12.88 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:53:11.61 +06:32:57.4: 13.09 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:31:52.45 +04:17:47.3: 13.14 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4: 15.74 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:14:21.24 +10:20:53.8: 12.83 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:53:11.61 +06:32:57.4: 13.04 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:31:52.45 +04:17:47.3: 13.04 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.07 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.86 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.09 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:53:11.61 +06:32:57.4: ref_mag=13.07 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3438 delta=-0.28 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:14:21.24 +10:20:53.8: ref_mag=12.86 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=13.1134 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:31:52.45 +04:17:47.3: ref_mag=13.09 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4634 delta=-0.37 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out51551.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out51706.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out51809.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 11s 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 51399_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51399_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 27.38187    2461310.88187    13.46    03:31:52.49 +04:17:47.8   5747 2222   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.46    03:31:52.41 +04:17:46.9   5739 2216   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51400_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51400_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 27.38187    2461310.88187    13.18    03:14:21.20 +10:20:53.3   2932 5726   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.06    03:14:21.28 +10:20:54.4   2925 5720   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51403_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51403_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    10.29    03:48:28.68 +01:35:42.8   8354 0729   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits **** FOUND 03:48:28.68 +01:35:43.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51545_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51545_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    12.26    03:04:34.08 +01:52:57.5   1700 0529   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits **** FOUND 03:04:34.09 +01:52:57.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51551_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 Preparing report for the candidate 51551_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51651_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51651_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.02    03:07:20.00 +05:01:15.2   2032 2453   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits **** FOUND 03:07:19.98 +05:01:14.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51706_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 Preparing report for the candidate 51706_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51742_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51742_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.02    03:54:47.28 +09:11:53.7   8999 5404   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits **** FOUND 03:54:47.27 +09:11:54.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51765_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 The candidate 51765_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 27.38187    2461310.88187    13.29    03:53:11.64 +06:32:57.4   8874 3784   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-09-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0353.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 27.38255    2461310.88255    13.42    03:53:11.59 +06:32:57.3   8866 3778   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-27_CI_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_043118_TTUQ1b1x1_2394124_rpAb6TYU/fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 51809_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 Preparing report for the candidate 51809_fd_Tau-07-Q1b1x1_2026-09-27_04-10-42_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0354 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 13s Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-07-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0 ########### Completed Tau-07-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0 ################################################################################### 03:03:12.71 +02:13:21.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 03:16:22.68 +02:19:13.0 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 03:18:57.25 +09:08:54.0 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461310.88187490 -observatory V36 13:32:09.16 -11:01:52.5 Mercury (-0.1mag) 14:11:08.42 -20:19:50.1 Venus (-4.8mag) 08:06:12.10 +21:14:57.3 Mars (1.1mag) 09:24:43.06 +15:49:15.5 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:46:28.60 +02:02:50.8 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:13:13.15 +21:00:50.1 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:11:45.02 -00:16:30.0 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:30.91 -23:42:53.3 Pluto (14.5mag) 00:38:54.88 +07:49:14.6 Moon (-12.7mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Sep 27 07:51 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461310.88187490: 09:24:37.81 +15:49:44.2 Io (6.0mag) 09:24:53.95 +15:48:18.6 Europa (6.2mag) 09:24:59.60 +15:47:48.5 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:24:44.53 +15:49:08.8 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:23:28.88 +16:11:10.5 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:24:44.15 +15:49:10.6 Thebe (16.5mag) 09:22:43.13 +16:07:02.7 Elara (17.6mag) 09:27:54.90 +15:12:33.1 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:24:20.16 +16:12:37.1 Carme (18.9mag) 00:46:14.87 +02:02:43.9 Titan (8.3mag) 00:46:33.08 +02:02:37.8 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:45:53.06 +02:01:43.6 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:46:39.75 +02:02:11.4 Hyperion (14.3mag) 00:44:57.02 +01:51:04.3 Phoebe (16.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 27 07:51 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461310.88187490: 00:59:39.17 +18:05:45.0 JWST 14:55:01.23 +52:14:57.0 Chandra 12:33:19.04 -62:01:39.4 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 27 07:51 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461310.88187490 -observatory V36 03:47:29.58 +20:01:26.3 17.2mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:13:33.60 -33:48:41.5 14.6mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:32:55.90 -71:29:48.4 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:16:44.26 +34:14:49.5 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 05:06:19.21 +47:44:31.1 16.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 21:58:58.64 +25:58:38.2 17.6mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:23:31.10 +25:38:06.1 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 11:07:42.06 +26:36:51.9 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 10:00:52.94 +05:07:26.7 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:27:11.24 -17:23:41.6 15.1mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:53:56.53 +34:20:33.1 16.0mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:10:35.01 +15:08:14.5 18.0mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:26:05.51 +42:12:54.5 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:02:15.29 +47:42:21.0 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:43:50.45 -13:21:55.9 14.9mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 11:51:44.87 +17:09:06.2 16.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:37:20.45 -01:32:39.0 16.7mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 17:46:45.22 +69:49:56.5 16.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:50:55.82 +44:56:08.5 17.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:32:12.94 +12:57:19.1 17.6mag A/2026 E1 22:43:46.77 -34:13:16.9 14.0mag 10P/Tempel 01:50:26.64 +39:36:29.6 17.1mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:01:45.90 -07:01:47.5 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:49:00.08 -11:17:15.6 17.9mag 63P/Wild 07:15:06.92 +17:28:00.7 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:11:33.85 +14:51:52.7 16.9mag 88P/Howell 06:47:56.76 +35:53:43.0 17.2mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:27:57.84 +18:56:38.5 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:11:43.04 +16:27:11.9 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 13:32:29.44 -28:00:59.9 17.7mag 124P/Mrkos 06:39:13.33 +19:54:21.9 15.7mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 00:06:54.50 -09:44:38.0 13.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:46:02.27 +05:18:54.4 13.1mag 169P/NEAT 03:33:07.71 +06:22:20.4 14.6mag 220P/McNaught 05:37:28.13 +41:56:45.6 15.3mag 260P/McNaught 15:39:56.93 -02:26:54.1 18.0mag 391P/Kowalski 09:44:28.12 +15:51:12.1 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.9K Sep 27 07:51 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 04:39:17.45 -28:06:12.40 ASASSN-26fg 2026-09-23.25 15.73 05:25:07.80 +04:38:32.40 SN2026aajs 2026-09-21.32 17.04 19:56:12.67 +08:25:27.70 AT2026acgs 2026-09-18.14 15.84 00:02:34.07 +52:55:19.10 ASASSN-26ff 2026-09-16.43 15.37 23:44:33.18 +17:46:12.20 SN2026yjv 2026-09-15.38 18.32 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Sep 27 07:51 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:42:13.93 +41:16:35.6 PNV J00421393+4116356 2026-09-22.6597 19.66Cmag 18:14:01.58 +15:13:55.5 TCP J18140158+1513555 2026-09-24.4645 14.1mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Sep 27 07:51 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 06:25:33.313 -20:11:11.96 AT 2026aaut 2026-08-30.77 19.31 06:14:32.572 -24:42:19.36 AT 2026aaus 2026-09-04.79 19.93 06:10:08.738 -43:00:39.69 AT 2026aaur 2026-09-04.79 19.91 04:32:40.620 -40:57:11.51 AT 2026aauq 2026-09-04.72 19.78 04:16:08.060 -02:15:01.22 AT 2026aaup 2026-08-30.70 19.14 21:05:07.063 -18:02:34.69 AT 2026aauo 2026-08-30.59 19.75 23:45:38.204 -16:12:16.04 AT 2026aaun 2026-09-04.50 20.04 01:06:51.439 -11:55:59.53 AT 2026aaum 2026-09-04.57 20.03 22:55:49.384 -49:52:26.66 AT 2026aaul 2026-09-04.59 19.79 02:06:18.906 -16:24:37.27 AT 2026aauk 2026-09-03.73 19.72 01:45:01.907 -48:19:49.51 AT 2026aauj 2026-08-07.73 20.23 02:57:38.158 -36:56:04.66 AT 2026aaui 2026-08-22.76 20.46 02:11:30.245 -27:58:31.40 AT 2026aauh 2026-09-04.65 20.17 04:40:34.354 -44:14:37.62 AT 2026aaug 2026-08-27.77 19.45 01:43:40.711 -45:30:00.49 AT 2026aauf 2026-09-04.63 20.28 01:55:59.163 -14:46:35.57 AT 2026aaue 2026-09-03.74 19.86 23:46:22.482 -55:45:47.47 AT 2026aaud 2026-09-04.64 19.73 02:51:42.071 -40:00:46.34 AT 2026aauc 2026-09-04.66 20.14 04:00:56.503 -31:21:32.44 AT 2026aaub 2026-09-04.71 19.87 05:25:35.891 -32:38:44.36 AT 2026aaua 2026-09-04.75 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