NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E

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Processing fields Her-07-Q2b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Her-07-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits
Field Her-07-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits
Field Her-07-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Field Her-07-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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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: 
Her-07-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Her-07-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Her-07-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 885749 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 885749 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits_preview.png'
Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits

renamed 'Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits_preview.png'
Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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= 423.1829 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 630.9623 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3372.6497 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 862.0145 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3394.5948 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 860.1520 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 7.96972 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 19.7399997711182 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 21.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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= '2026-09-27T23:30:39.9383910' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-28T04:30:39.9383910' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61311.1879622452 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-09-28T04:30:49.8401108' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61311.1880768519 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 263.074838237616 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 21.9996262113966 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 28.6280555555556 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 278.523333333333 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 2.08043713894223 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'East' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Her-07' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '17 32 18' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+22 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20673 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20673 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 19.7399997711182 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 19.7399997711182 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 12.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 57.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 901.29 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 21.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 269.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 5.400432 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 4.00032 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/d_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits :) Spent 0.535098 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/d_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 19.7600002288818 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 21.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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= '2026-09-27T23:31:29.6607202' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-09-28T04:31:29.6607202' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61311.1885377313 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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58: "AMBTEMP = 21.4 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 269.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 5.400432 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 4.00032 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/d_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits :) Spent 0.562541 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/d_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits


fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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: 2461311.68807799 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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:17.585 +22:00:07.00 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:34.510 +22:00:43.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 17:32:17.585 +22:00:07.00 Second-epoch image center 17:32:34.510 +22:00:43.49 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0662 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:37.370 +22:01:26.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 17:32:17.585 +22:00:07.00 Second-epoch image center 17:32:37.370 +22:01:26.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0796 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 17:32:34.510 +22:00:43.49 Second-epoch second image center 17:32:37.370 +22:01:26.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01629 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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits &> /tmp/tmp.K3jdlFeWP3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PZqbNUMEuN Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IqJfvfgqgI Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FxsfWxfLPU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits and wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits and wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits and wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 18657 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 254.3677 to 271.8041 deg, Dec +16.5929 to +27.2649 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 254.3677 to 271.8041 deg, Dec 16.5929 to 27.2649 deg Loaded 11654 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): 9027 out of 9636 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 9636 out of 18657 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.804700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.804700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.18 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.62 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.62
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 18657 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 254.3677 to 271.8041 deg, Dec +16.5929 to +27.2649 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 254.3677 to 271.8041 deg, Dec 16.5929 to 27.2649 deg Loaded 11654 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): 9027 out of 9636 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 9636 out of 18657 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 18623 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 254.2942 to 271.7828 deg, Dec +16.5931 to +27.2574 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 254.2942 to 271.7828 deg, Dec 16.5931 to 27.2574 deg Loaded 11667 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): 9032 out of 9651 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 9651 out of 18623 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits (aperture=6.1) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits 2.3 pix Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits 2.4 pix fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 2.3 pix fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits 15.6 mag. Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 11.4 (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.K3jdlFeWP3 (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=1356, bad_region=5576, passed=18657 Got 18657 stars (including 12135 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18657 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4926 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4918 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14232 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4926 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14232 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14232 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4918 stars left (next iteration limit 5409) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits N_match=4918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.399 n_q1=1509 n_q2=1124 n_q3=1283 n_q4=1002 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.115 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits -region wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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.PZqbNUMEuN (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=1368, bad_region=5606, passed=18623 Got 18623 stars (including 12048 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18623 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4917 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14159 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14159 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14159 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4917 stars left (next iteration limit 5408) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits N_match=4917 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.397 n_q1=1514 n_q2=1135 n_q3=1268 n_q4=1000 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.137 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits -region wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.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.IqJfvfgqgI (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=585, bad_region=986, passed=7332 Got 7332 stars (including 5856 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7332 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4908 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6551 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6551 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6551 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Excluding outliers - 4908 stars left (next iteration limit 5398) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4908 robust_rms=6.970 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.597 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.597 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4908 robust_rms=0.457 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.758 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.758 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4908 robust_rms=0.409 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.612 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.612 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4908 robust_rms_before=0.570 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.418 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.409 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.699 worst_region_rms_after=0.612 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.777 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.612 verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Image size: 937.7'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:34.481 +22:00:43.28 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 7332 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky143890.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.570 -> 0.409 arcsec) SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (search radius 3.0 arcsec, 4908 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4797 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success SIP_REFIT: re-match found 4797 pairs (4908 from the initial matching) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4797 robust_rms=6.835 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.506 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.506 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4797 robust_rms=0.454 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.748 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.748 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4797 robust_rms=0.405 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.597 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.597 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4797 robust_rms_before=0.407 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.407 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.405 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.602 worst_region_rms_after=0.597 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.602 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.597 verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Image size: 937.7'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:34.481 +22:00:43.28 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 7332 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky146204.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.407 -> 0.405 arcsec) Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4797 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6551 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4797 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6548 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4797 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.429 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.440 n_q1=1636 n_q2=656 n_q3=1775 n_q4=730 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.036 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_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.FxsfWxfLPU (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=614, bad_region=975, passed=7297 Got 7297 stars (including 5814 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7297 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4904 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6530 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6530 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6530 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Excluding outliers - 4904 stars left (next iteration limit 5394) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4904 robust_rms=6.990 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.046 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.046 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4904 robust_rms=0.470 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.740 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.740 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4904 robust_rms=0.414 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.666 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.666 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4904 robust_rms_before=0.569 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.414 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.414 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.682 worst_region_rms_after=0.666 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.792 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.666 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.682 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.682 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.414 arcsec matched=4904 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits N_match=4904 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.414 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.407 n_q1=1669 n_q2=679 n_q3=1795 n_q4=761 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.037 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits sigma_overall=0.379 worst_q_ratio=1.115 ref2=Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits sigma_overall=0.392 worst_q_ratio=1.137 new1=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits sigma_overall=0.424 worst_q_ratio=1.036 new2=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits sigma_overall=0.423 worst_q_ratio=1.037 reference average sigma_overall=0.3855 worst_q_ratio=1.126 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370_astrometric_residuals.png (4918 matched stars from wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371_astrometric_residuals.png (4917 matched stars from wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164_astrometric_residuals.png (4797 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165_astrometric_residuals.png (4904 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21305_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 21305_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.23    17:44:53.68 +21:29:47.0   3065 3510   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:44:53.70 +21:29:47.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21573_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 21573_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.64    17:33:21.91 +23:35:14.4   4680 2251   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:33:21.91 +23:35:14.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21860_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 21860_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.99    17:36:05.12 +22:15:30.7   4304 3055   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:36:05.12 +22:15:30.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 22670_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 22670_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    11.55    17:39:20.23 +22:44:47.8   3851 2760   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:39:20.21 +22:44:47.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 02419_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 02419_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.64    17:30:23.05 +17:54:54.0   5128 5681   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:30:23.05 +17:54:54.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:17.585 +22:00:07.00 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Image size: 937.7'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:34.481 +22:00:43.28 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 17:32:17.585 +22:00:07.00 Second-epoch image center 17:32:34.481 +22:00:43.28 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0660 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 17:32:37.370 +22:01:26.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 17:32:17.585 +22:00:07.00 Second-epoch image center 17:32:37.370 +22:01:26.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0796 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 17:32:34.481 +22:00:43.28 Second-epoch second image center 17:32:37.370 +22:01:26.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01641 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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits &> /tmp/tmp.exbmOmdnTa Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uNDOF3StpS Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kQrGgCq3V3 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QtEO2p9Okl Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits and wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits and wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits and wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 114462 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 254.2973 to 271.8171 deg, Dec +16.5843 to +27.2668 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 254.2973 to 271.8171 deg, Dec 16.5843 to 27.2668 deg Loaded 11709 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): 7846 out of 9719 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 9719 out of 114462 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.670600 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.670600 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.84 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.83 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.83
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 114462 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 254.2973 to 271.8171 deg, Dec +16.5843 to +27.2668 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 254.2973 to 271.8171 deg, Dec 16.5843 to 27.2668 deg Loaded 11709 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): 7846 out of 9719 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 9719 out of 114462 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 114916 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 254.2942 to 271.8040 deg, Dec +16.5843 to +27.2626 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 254.2942 to 271.8040 deg, Dec 16.5843 to 27.2626 deg Loaded 11689 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): 7823 out of 9727 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 9727 out of 114916 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 35 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits 2.1 pix Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits 2.3 pix fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 2.2 pix fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.8 mag. Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits 15.8 mag. Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits 14.5 mag. fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 14.6 mag. fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 13.8 (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.exbmOmdnTa (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=31, blended=10060, bad_region=25851, passed=114431 Got 114431 stars (including 81203 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 114431 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4932 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4925 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 95133 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4932 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 95133 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 95132 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 4925 stars left (next iteration limit 5417) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits N_match=4925 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.399 n_q1=1558 n_q2=1133 n_q3=1260 n_q4=974 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.112 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits -region wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.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.uNDOF3StpS (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.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/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=41, blended=10190, bad_region=26034, passed=114875 Got 114875 stars (including 81385 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 114875 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4930 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 95391 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4930 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 95391 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 95391 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4924 stars left (next iteration limit 5416) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits N_match=4924 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.403 n_q1=1543 n_q2=1147 n_q3=1248 n_q4=986 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.091 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits -region wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.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.kQrGgCq3V3 (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=2851, bad_region=4198, passed=49044 Got 49044 stars (including 42633 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 49044 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013024 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010419 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4915 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4901 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45839 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4915 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45839 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45839 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4901 stars left (next iteration limit 5391) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_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: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4901 robust_rms=6.824 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.607 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.607 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4901 robust_rms=0.461 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.776 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.776 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4901 robust_rms=0.411 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.606 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.606 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4901 robust_rms_before=0.410 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.409 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.411 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.611 worst_region_rms_after=0.606 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.611 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.606 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.611 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.611 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.409 arcsec matched=4901 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4901 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.381 n_q1=1689 n_q2=646 n_q3=1837 n_q4=729 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.051 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_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.QtEO2p9Okl (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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=2856, bad_region=4044, passed=49135 Got 49135 stars (including 42853 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 49135 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4917 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4905 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46095 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4917 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4906 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46095 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4906 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46095 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4906 stars left (next iteration limit 5395) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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=4906 robust_rms=6.841 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.826 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.826 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4906 robust_rms=0.473 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.750 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.750 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4906 robust_rms=0.412 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.659 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.659 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4906 robust_rms_before=0.581 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.411 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.412 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.677 worst_region_rms_after=0.659 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.789 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.659 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.677 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.677 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.411 arcsec matched=4906 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits N_match=4906 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.431 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.402 n_q1=1699 n_q2=644 n_q3=1831 n_q4=732 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.037 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/wcs_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:47:31.87 +17:55:59.9: 13.41 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:32:13.25 +18:22:50.6: 12.94 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:39:12.15 +24:21:51.7: 14.04 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:38:20.94 +25:30:09.7: 13.73 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:38:05.02 +20:56:47.2: 13.43 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:42:17.82 +23:27:04.7: 13.46 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-58-56_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0370.fits at 17:36:47.05 +20:37:00.5: 14.17 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:47:31.87 +17:55:59.9: 13.33 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.37 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:47:31.87 +17:55:59.9: ref_mag=13.37 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4909 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:32:13.25 +18:22:50.6: 12.95 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.95 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:32:13.25 +18:22:50.6: ref_mag=12.95 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.9116 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:39:12.15 +24:21:51.7: 14.11 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.07 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:38:20.94 +25:30:09.7: 13.68 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:39:12.15 +24:21:51.7: ref_mag=14.07 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.9926 delta=0.08 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:42:17.82 +23:27:04.7: 13.37 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:36:47.05 +20:37:00.5: 14.09 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.70 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:38:20.94 +25:30:09.7: ref_mag=13.70 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.7722 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-59-42_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0371.fits at 17:38:05.02 +20:56:47.2: 13.46 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.41 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.13 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:42:17.82 +23:27:04.7: ref_mag=13.41 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4335 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:36:47.05 +20:37:00.5: ref_mag=14.13 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1988 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.45 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:38:05.02 +20:56:47.2: ref_mag=13.45 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5313 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 132332_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 132332_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    14.01    17:48:13.78 +22:49:50.2   2609 2694   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:48:13.81 +22:49:50.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 132336_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 132336_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    13.51    17:47:31.87 +17:56:00.1   2646 5661   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.47    17:47:31.87 +17:55:59.8   2653 5668   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 132337_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 132337_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.32    17:48:07.32 +22:04:14.6   2616 3155   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:48:07.30 +22:04:14.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 132338_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 132338_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.99    17:51:07.18 +19:29:56.5   2156 4707   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:51:07.14 +19:29:56.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 132339_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 132339_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.51    17:49:11.96 +24:10:39.0   2490 1875   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:49:12.01 +24:10:38.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 132964_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 132964_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.42    17:44:53.68 +21:29:47.1   3065 3510   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:44:53.69 +21:29:47.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 135561_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 135561_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.29    17:50:59.70 +19:15:22.2   2170 4855   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:50:59.74 +19:15:22.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 137910_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 137910_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.68    17:41:43.61 +21:31:18.7   3511 3498   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:41:43.62 +21:31:18.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 138055_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 138055_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.61    17:15:36.79 +23:45:46.4   7139 2091   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:15:36.84 +23:45:46.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 138342_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 138342_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.99    17:50:03.38 +20:52:16.6   2328 3877   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:50:03.34 +20:52:16.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 138975_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 138975_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    12.91    17:32:13.26 +18:22:49.1   4854 5393   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.92    17:32:13.23 +18:22:52.0   4861 5400   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 139029_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 139029_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.89    17:31:18.52 +19:32:57.4   4986 4690   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:31:18.57 +19:32:57.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 139634_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 139634_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.19    17:50:03.31 +22:46:53.8   2353 2719   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:50:03.36 +22:46:54.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 139900_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 139900_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.04    17:21:55.06 +21:09:59.5   6301 3690   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:21:55.10 +21:09:59.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 139980_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 139980_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.25    17:49:51.71 +20:50:52.3   2355 3891   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:49:51.74 +20:50:52.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141322_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141322_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.15    17:35:46.95 +19:49:09.3   4348 4530   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:35:46.97 +19:49:09.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141541_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141541_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.58    17:49:54.37 +22:11:34.2   2366 3076   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:49:54.31 +22:11:33.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141658_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141658_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.20    17:19:43.72 +20:39:42.8   6619 3987   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:19:43.67 +20:39:41.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141662_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141662_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.42    17:30:34.99 +24:03:34.5   5062 1962   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:30:35.01 +24:03:34.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141693_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141693_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.50    17:32:46.46 +18:14:08.8   4782 5489   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:32:46.41 +18:14:10.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141711_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141711_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    13.45    17:42:17.88 +23:27:05.1   3435 2323   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.42    17:42:17.77 +23:27:04.4   3442 2331   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 141829_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 141829_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.50    17:44:29.41 +19:00:13.7   3102 5021   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:44:29.34 +19:00:14.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 142229_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 142229_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    13.47    17:38:05.05 +20:56:47.1   4016 3841   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.60    17:38:04.99 +20:56:47.4   4023 3849   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 142267_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 142267_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.54    17:49:53.76 +22:47:43.3   2376 2711   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:49:53.89 +22:47:42.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 145158_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 145158_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    13.85    17:38:20.98 +25:30:08.7   3986 1083   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.72    17:38:20.91 +25:30:10.7   3993 1090   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 146835_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 146835_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    14.00    17:39:12.18 +24:21:51.3   3867 1773   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.99    17:39:12.13 +24:21:52.1   3873 1781   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 147409_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 147409_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 09 28.18808    2461311.68808    14.19    17:36:47.03 +20:37:00.2   4199 4041   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-30-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    14.20    17:36:47.07 +20:37:00.8   4206 4048   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 147413_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 147413_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.99    17:48:56.76 +24:50:02.6   2533 1476   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:48:56.73 +24:50:02.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 84151_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 84151_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.34    17:32:35.58 +26:12:23.7   4776 0661   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:32:35.58 +26:12:24.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 112837_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 112837_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.74    17:33:21.90 +23:35:14.9   4680 2251   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:33:21.91 +23:35:14.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 67955_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 67955_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    11.69    17:39:20.21 +22:44:47.7   3851 2760   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:39:20.19 +22:44:47.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 12210_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 12210_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    12.21    17:22:38.71 +17:53:03.8   6245 5683   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:22:38.71 +17:53:03.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 23254_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 23254_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    13.46    17:38:11.39 +18:53:16.4   4005 5095   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:38:11.39 +18:53:16.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 62721_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 62721_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    11.10    17:36:05.11 +22:15:30.4   4304 3055   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:36:05.11 +22:15:30.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 11796_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 The candidate 11796_fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 09 28.18865    2461311.68865    10.78    17:30:23.06 +17:54:54.4   5128 5681   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-28_CI_Her-07-Q2b1x1_012438_TTUQ2b1x1_36357_grpVpB8E/fd_Her-07-Q2b1x1_2026-09-27_23-31-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits **** FOUND 17:30:23.06 +17:54:54.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Her-07-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### 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)2461311.68807799 -observatory V36 13:36:14.65 -11:31:56.8 Mercury (-0.1mag) 14:11:38.97 -20:27:54.3 Venus (-4.8mag) 08:08:12.17 +21:09:45.5 Mars (1.1mag) 09:25:18.18 +15:46:37.2 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:46:14.91 +02:01:20.4 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:13:10.26 +21:00:42.7 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:11:40.12 -00:17:02.2 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:29.19 -23:42:57.7 Pluto (14.5mag) 01:24:00.14 +12:43:49.0 Moon (-12.2mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Sep 28 01:27 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461311.68807799: 09:25:25.48 +15:45:59.3 Io (9.3mag) 09:25:21.44 +15:46:21.7 Europa (6.3mag) 09:25:33.64 +15:45:15.1 Ganymede (7.9mag) 09:25:28.00 +15:45:46.7 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:24:07.12 +16:08:34.6 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:25:22.31 +15:46:17.1 Thebe (16.5mag) 09:23:20.08 +16:04:39.5 Elara (17.6mag) 09:28:27.78 +15:09:49.4 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:24:51.78 +16:10:12.0 Carme (18.9mag) 00:46:03.16 +02:01:04.4 Titan (8.2mag) 00:46:16.07 +02:01:20.5 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:45:38.39 +02:00:03.6 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:46:28.28 +02:00:45.0 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:44:42.71 +01:49:31.3 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 28 01:28 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461311.68807799: 01:07:55.44 +18:29:18.1 JWST 17:10:36.44 +40:16:41.7 Chandra 05:04:02.90 +46:03:27.5 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Sep 28 01:27 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461311.68807799 -observatory V36 03:47:33.74 +20:02:26.0 17.2mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:14:07.62 -33:47:40.9 14.6mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:33:23.30 -71:32:51.2 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:16:43.44 +34:16:11.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 05:06:17.00 +47:48:07.5 16.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 21:58:28.41 +25:51:42.4 17.6mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:23:57.85 +25:37:22.5 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 11:08:24.78 +26:35:42.9 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) 10:01:20.66 +05:07:13.8 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS) 15:27:12.28 -17:27:51.9 15.1mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) 08:54:28.20 +34:24:38.8 16.1mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 15:10:47.91 +15:07:59.0 18.0mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS) 18:26:00.23 +42:10:24.9 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 20:01:28.15 +47:37:28.3 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:44:03.46 -13:22:48.2 14.9mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 11:53:09.76 +17:05:07.0 16.4mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:38:05.86 -01:36:42.8 16.7mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 17:49:49.16 +69:36:51.7 16.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:50:09.26 +44:51:35.6 17.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:32:59.04 +13:01:33.5 17.6mag A/2026 E1 22:44:34.75 -34:06:40.9 14.0mag 10P/Tempel 01:51:40.64 +39:37:41.7 17.1mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:02:18.69 -07:05:39.7 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:50:37.30 -11:31:41.6 17.9mag 63P/Wild 07:16:24.46 +17:23:09.6 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:11:03.42 +14:50:35.1 16.9mag 88P/Howell 06:50:51.09 +36:09:46.6 17.2mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:30:03.61 +18:40:49.8 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:13:25.71 +16:16:15.6 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 13:34:24.27 -28:16:10.5 17.7mag 124P/Mrkos 06:39:58.70 +19:52:21.4 15.7mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 23:58:04.77 -09:03:33.2 13.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:47:37.35 +05:04:50.6 13.2mag 169P/NEAT 03:33:07.77 +06:16:23.0 14.6mag 220P/McNaught 05:39:11.67 +42:08:41.8 15.4mag 260P/McNaught 09:42:09.16 +32:30:26.7 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.8K Sep 28 01:27 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 28 01:27 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 28 01:27 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 01:57:55.362 -22:31:24.48 AT 2026aaxw 2026-08-31.66 19.65 01:52:55.402 -09:12:08.29 AT 2026aaxv 2026-09-04.64 20.08 05:04:14.730 -42:14:07.54 AT 2026aaxu 2026-09-03.80 19.73 00:02:28.077 -23:32:16.72 AT 2026aaxt 2026-09-04.59 20.16 01:03:33.302 -33:27:15.30 AT 2026aaxs 2026-08-22.73 20.13 02:42:04.255 -11:07:39.46 AT 2026aaxr 2026-09-03.17 19.67 02:31:19.833 -25:27:29.88 SN 2026aaxq 2026-09-06.65 20.16 00:52:57.241 -59:43:14.89 AT 2026aaxp 2026-09-06.70 19.51 01:20:22.758 -62:39:05.68 AT 2026aaxo 2026-09-06.70 20.13 00:14:01.541 -00:00:55.27 AT 2026aaxn 2026-09-08.53 19.62 04:14:33.098 -37:43:12.21 AT 2026aaxm 2026-08-22.80 20.49 19:48:31.105 -23:12:17.17 AT 2026aaxl 2026-09-04.43 20.19 00:38:15.294 -37:17:09.43 AT 2026aaxk 2026-09-04.60 20.02 21:01:01.181 -13:41:08.56 SN 2026aaxj 2026-09-08.41 19.99 22:54:22.028 -56:22:37.05 AT 2026aaxi 2026-09-08.58 20.16 01:42:07.146 -40:01:01.18 AT 2026aaxh 2026-09-04.64 20.37 21:44:13.978 -09:13:15.35 AT 2026aaxg 2026-09-08.45 20.21 02:32:42.330 -42:59:32.85 AT 2026aaxf 2026-09-04.67 20.08 23:28:33.837 -17:12:39.07 AT 2026aaxe 2026-09-04.48 20.3 23:27:55.166 -08:22:08.81 AT 2026aaxd 2026-09-04.50 20.02 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Sep 28 01:27 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