fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits
fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 01.21121 | 2461314.71121 | 12.18 | 05:01:08.89 +25:58:10.7 | 4852 0764 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 01.21181 | 2461314.71181 | 12.24 | 05:01:08.99 +25:58:10.9 | 4853 0759 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 01.2115 2461314.7115 12.21 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8
176.90971 -9.82717 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 5.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
49 Pales -0 -1 1 12.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8: 16.21 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
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Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242 STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Aur-05-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Aur-05-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Aur-05-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 705795 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 705795 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.png' -> 'transient_report/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits_preview.png'
Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits
renamed 'Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.png' -> 'transient_report/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits_preview.png'
Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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= 565.0960 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 645.3049 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 11888.5951 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 7776.3389 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 11882.8983 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 7835.9598 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 21.0382 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.008 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 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits :) Spent 0.668955 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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 17.1200008392334 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 17.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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= '2026-10-01T00:04:50.2055422' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-01T05:04:50.2055422' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61314.2116921875 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits :) Spent 0.748871 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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/d_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits
fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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: 2461314.71120685 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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Image size: 941.2'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:13.963 +29:59:05.41 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:13.963 +29:59:05.41 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0476 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Image size: 941.1'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:13.530 +29:59:34.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:13.530 +29:59:34.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0451 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 05:00:13.963 +29:59:05.41 Second-epoch second image center 05:00:13.530 +29:59:34.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00818 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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PiaxCVIuZM Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits &> /tmp/tmp.o4xvJkDGsO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IDOCJKGYHX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5H2nMIdmPF Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 16295 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec +24.3644 to +35.2863 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 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec 24.3644 to 35.2863 deg Loaded 8426 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): 6039 out of 6740 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6740 out of 16295 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.988300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.988300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.35 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 16295 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec +24.3644 to +35.2863 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 65.5633 to 84.6655 deg, Dec 24.3644 to 35.2863 deg Loaded 8426 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): 6039 out of 6740 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6740 out of 16295 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 16349 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6688 deg, Dec +24.3644 to +35.2864 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 65.5633 to 84.6688 deg, Dec 24.3644 to 35.2864 deg Loaded 8429 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): 6042 out of 6743 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6743 out of 16349 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (aperture=6.0) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 1.9 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 2.3 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 2.3 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 15.6 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 13.4 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 13.4 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 10.5 (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.PiaxCVIuZM (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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=1498, bad_region=2648, passed=16295 Got 16295 stars (including 12280 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16295 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4802 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14059 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4802 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14059 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4802 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14059 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4802 stars left (next iteration limit 5283) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits N_match=4802 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.270 n_q1=2427 n_q2=542 n_q3=1323 n_q4=510 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.062 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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.o4xvJkDGsO (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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=1486, bad_region=2654, passed=16349 Got 16349 stars (including 12341 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16349 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4798 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4798 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4798 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4797 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4797 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 4797 stars left (next iteration limit 5277) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits N_match=4797 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.277 n_q1=2431 n_q2=544 n_q3=1317 n_q4=505 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.088 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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.IDOCJKGYHX (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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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=330, bad_region=905, passed=2775 Got 2775 stars (including 1629 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2775 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1582 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1567 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1565 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1567 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2013 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1580 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1566 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2012 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1566 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2012 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Excluding outliers - 1566 stars left (next iteration limit 1723) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1566 robust_rms=6.750 arcsec worst_region_rms=8.813 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=8.813 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1566 robust_rms=0.740 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.029 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.029 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1566 robust_rms=0.591 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.813 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.813 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1566 robust_rms_before=1.619 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.555 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.591 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.829 worst_region_rms_after=0.813 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.378 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.813 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.829 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.829 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.555 arcsec matched=1566 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits N_match=1566 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.562 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.549 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.586 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.658 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.526 n_q1=289 n_q2=268 n_q3=519 n_q4=490 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.172 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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.5H2nMIdmPF (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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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=330, bad_region=905, passed=2768 Got 2768 stars (including 1626 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2768 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1580 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1567 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1565 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1567 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2002 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.2) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1579 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1567 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2002 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1567 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2002 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Excluding outliers - 1567 stars left (next iteration limit 1723) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1567 robust_rms=6.667 arcsec worst_region_rms=8.869 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=8.869 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1567 robust_rms=0.733 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.073 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.073 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1567 robust_rms=0.612 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.853 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.853 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1567 robust_rms_before=1.516 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.565 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.612 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.865 worst_region_rms_after=0.853 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.356 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.853 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.865 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.865 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.565 arcsec matched=1567 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits N_match=1567 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.561 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.639 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.680 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.517 n_q1=287 n_q2=276 n_q3=520 n_q4=484 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.212 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits sigma_overall=0.392 worst_q_ratio=1.062 ref2=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits sigma_overall=0.375 worst_q_ratio=1.088 new1=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits sigma_overall=0.562 worst_q_ratio=1.172 new2=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits sigma_overall=0.561 worst_q_ratio=1.212 reference average sigma_overall=0.3835 worst_q_ratio=1.075 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362_astrometric_residuals.png (4802 matched stars from wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363_astrometric_residuals.png (4797 matched stars from wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126_astrometric_residuals.png (1566 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.51 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127_astrometric_residuals.png (1567 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.53 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Image size: 941.2'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:13.963 +29:59:05.41 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:13.963 +29:59:05.41 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0476 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Image size: 941.1'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:00:13.530 +29:59:34.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 05:00:01.042 +29:59:39.82 Second-epoch image center 05:00:13.530 +29:59:34.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0451 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 05:00:13.963 +29:59:05.41 Second-epoch second image center 05:00:13.530 +29:59:34.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00818 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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits &> /tmp/tmp.habDpnoYPe Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits &> /tmp/tmp.W00O8BDUfr Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits &> /tmp/tmp.017tdQGsxk Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dpJsN3Hd7Z Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits and wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 129003 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec +24.3225 to +35.3000 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 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec 24.3225 to 35.3000 deg Loaded 8484 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): 4942 out of 6872 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6872 out of 129003 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.844750 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.844750 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.02 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.82 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.82
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 129003 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec +24.3225 to +35.3000 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 65.5559 to 84.6888 deg, Dec 24.3225 to 35.3000 deg Loaded 8484 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): 4942 out of 6872 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6872 out of 129003 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (aperture=4.5) Read 129055 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 65.5633 to 84.6902 deg, Dec +24.3185 to +35.2955 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 65.5633 to 84.6902 deg, Dec 24.3185 to 35.2955 deg Loaded 8479 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): 4936 out of 6881 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 6881 out of 129055 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (aperture=4.5) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 22 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.8 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 1.9 pix Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 2.0 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 2.0 pix fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.8 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 15.8 mag. Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 15.3 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 15.5 mag. fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.3 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.habDpnoYPe (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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=36, blended=14027, bad_region=17069, passed=128967 Got 128967 stars (including 98817 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 128967 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4838 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4808 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115105 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4838 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4807 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115105 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4807 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115105 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4807 stars left (next iteration limit 5288) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits N_match=4807 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.242 n_q1=2304 n_q2=551 n_q3=1396 n_q4=556 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.069 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.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.W00O8BDUfr (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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=35, blended=13827, bad_region=17077, passed=129020 Got 129020 stars (including 99020 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 129020 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4803 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4803 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115170 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4803 stars left (next iteration limit 5283) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits N_match=4803 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.254 n_q1=2300 n_q2=559 n_q3=1387 n_q4=557 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.066 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits -region wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.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.017tdQGsxk (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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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=2, blended=899, bad_region=7265, passed=26583 Got 26583 stars (including 18676 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26583 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4789 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4790 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4789 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21342 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4791 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21342 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4791 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21342 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" Excluding outliers - 4791 stars left (next iteration limit 5267) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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=4791 robust_rms=6.389 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.160 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.160 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4791 robust_rms=0.741 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.128 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.128 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4791 robust_rms=0.613 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.863 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.863 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4791 robust_rms_before=1.616 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.557 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.613 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.927 worst_region_rms_after=0.863 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.429 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.863 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.927 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.927 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.557 arcsec matched=4791 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits N_match=4791 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.552 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.572 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.539 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.694 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.487 n_q1=897 n_q2=902 n_q3=1389 n_q4=1603 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.258 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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.dpJsN3Hd7Z (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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=955, bad_region=7396, passed=26898 Got 26898 stars (including 18838 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26898 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4788 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4788 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4788 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21580 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4788 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21580 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4788 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21580 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" Excluding outliers - 4788 stars left (next iteration limit 5266) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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=4788 robust_rms=6.324 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.361 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.361 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4788 robust_rms=0.752 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.193 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.193 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4788 robust_rms=0.644 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.023 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.023 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4788 robust_rms_before=1.506 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.567 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.644 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=1.060 worst_region_rms_after=1.023 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.403 outer_annulus_rms_after=1.023 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 1.060 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits worst_region_rms_kept=1.060 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.567 arcsec matched=4788 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits N_match=4788 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.563 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.573 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.539 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.733 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.507 n_q1=907 n_q2=896 n_q3=1387 n_q4=1598 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.302 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.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_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/wcs_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL WARNING: the installed astorb.dat is only 24 bytes, far below the 30000000 bytes expected - it is incomplete and will be re-downloaded ######### Updating astorb.dat ######### ### download command ### /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu curl --connect-timeout 10 --retry 1 --retry-delay 30 --speed-limit 100 --speed-time 30 --max-time 3600 --insecure --continue-at - --output astorb_dat_new.gz https://kirx.net/~kirx/vast_catalogs/astorb.dat.gz % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108.3M 0 476.5k 0 0 476.4k 0 03:52 00:01 03:51 476.6k 17 108.3M 17 18.53M 0 0 9.26M 0 00:11 00:02 00:09 9.26M 38 108.3M 38 42.14M 0 0 14.04M 0 00:07 00:03 00:04 14.04M 60 108.3M 60 65.90M 0 0 16.47M 0 00:06 00:04 00:02 16.47M 83 108.3M 83 90.23M 0 0 17.96M 0 00:06 00:05 00:01 17.96M 100 108.3M 100 108.3M 0 0 18.79M 0 00:05 00:05 17.96M 100 108.3M 100 108.3M 0 0 18.78M 0 00:05 00:05 17.96M 100 108.3M 100 108.3M 0 0 18.78M 0 00:05 00:05 17.96M TMP_OUTPUT=astorb_dat_new ### UNPACK_COMMAND ### We are currently at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu Will run the unpack command: gunzip astorb_dat_new.gz Unpack complete Moved astorb_dat_new to astorb.dat Successfully updated astorb.dat Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8: 16.21 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 05:14:54.14 +31:02:57.6: 12.74 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-12-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0362.fits at 05:10:01.80 +26:45:54.9: 12.82 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 05:14:54.14 +31:02:57.6: 12.71 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.73 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:14:54.14 +31:02:57.6: ref_mag=12.73 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7218 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-13-14_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0363.fits at 05:10:01.80 +26:45:54.9: 12.87 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.85 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:10:01.80 +26:45:54.9: ref_mag=12.85 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.8083 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out151035.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 15s 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 149643_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 149643_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 05:16:21.16 +33:23:03.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 149929_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 149929_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.67 05:16:21.13 +33:23:03.3 6877 5240 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.2") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 150714_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 150714_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 10.48 05:19:25.30 +27:53:49.2 7319 1924 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 04:56:57.87 +33:05:59.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 150776_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 150776_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.02 04:56:57.85 +33:05:58.8 4423 5084 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 04:41:14.14 +28:37:41.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 150968_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 150968_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.01 04:41:14.17 +28:37:41.4 2251 2478 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:18:18.04 +33:47:33.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151035_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 Preparing report for the candidate 151035_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151162_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151162_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.08 05:18:18.01 +33:47:33.5 7120 5494 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:15:29.77 +32:42:37.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151255_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151255_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.41 05:15:29.77 +32:42:37.1 6771 4829 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 04:56:56.87 +33:06:50.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151666_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151666_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.49 04:56:56.84 +33:06:50.2 4421 5092 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:14:46.51 +31:23:50.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151752_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151752_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.61 05:14:46.54 +31:23:50.5 6684 4033 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 01.21121 2461314.71121 12.73 05:14:54.14 +31:02:57.4 6701 3827 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151818_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151818_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.72 05:14:54.14 +31:02:57.9 6702 3823 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 04:57:04.44 +33:12:28.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151886_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151886_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.74 04:57:04.49 +33:12:27.9 4439 5149 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:05:46.00 +26:25:46.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 151963_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 151963_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 13.01 05:05:45.95 +26:25:46.2 5484 1029 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 01.21121 2461314.71121 12.81 05:10:01.69 +26:45:55.1 6060 1233 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-03-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 152193_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 152193_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.81 05:10:01.91 +26:45:54.7 6061 1228 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:01:54.49 +28:18:16.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 152239_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 152239_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 13.19 05:01:54.50 +28:18:17.0 4987 2171 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 04:48:18.82 +29:47:15.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 143713_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 143713_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 13.35 04:48:18.88 +29:47:15.9 3228 3127 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:10:32.21 +32:10:41.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 105568_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 105568_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 11.67 05:10:32.17 +32:10:41.7 6138 4501 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:15:47.52 +26:45:15.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 121914_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 121914_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.91 05:15:47.50 +26:45:15.5 6839 1224 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:09:38.55 +28:39:28.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 77453_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 77453_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.71 05:09:38.60 +28:39:29.1 6014 2374 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.9") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 121345_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 121345_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 10.75 04:53:13.09 +30:00:47.1 3875 3235 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:03:15.44 +28:42:52.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 70065_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 70065_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 12.21 05:03:15.37 +28:42:51.3 5170 2416 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:07:49.54 +30:24:04.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 62858_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 The candidate 62858_fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 01.21181 2461314.71181 11.63 05:07:49.52 +30:24:04.5 5783 3428 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-01_CI_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_002614_TTUQ2b1x1_1774385_WFvuYGIu/fd_Aur-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-01_00-04-50_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0127.fits **** FOUND 05:16:21.56 +30:42:37.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 16s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aur-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8 ########### Completed Aur-05-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8 ################################################################################### 05:01:08.94 +25:58:10.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### 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)2461314.71120685 -observatory V36 13:51:19.21 -13:20:07.4 Mercury (-0.1mag) 14:12:52.17 -20:52:16.5 Venus (-4.8mag) 08:15:39.14 +20:49:47.7 Mars (1.1mag) 09:27:28.29 +15:36:50.5 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:45:22.96 +01:55:41.3 Saturn (0.3mag) 04:12:58.27 +21:00:12.6 Uranus (5.7mag) 00:11:21.70 -00:19:02.5 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:23.25 -23:43:11.7 Pluto (14.5mag) 04:18:35.74 +26:00:43.8 Moon (-11.2mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 363 Oct 1 00:29 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461314.71120685: 09:27:27.11 +15:36:57.9 Io (9.5mag) 09:27:38.51 +15:35:57.1 Europa (6.2mag) 09:27:13.05 +15:38:13.3 Ganymede (8.0mag) 09:27:57.58 +15:34:16.3 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:26:29.23 +15:58:49.0 Himalia (15.7mag) 09:27:25.99 +15:37:02.6 Thebe (16.5mag) 09:25:37.15 +15:55:47.9 Elara (17.5mag) 09:30:29.01 +14:59:46.6 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:26:48.65 +16:01:14.8 Carme (18.9mag) 00:45:25.76 +01:55:05.8 Titan (8.2mag) 00:45:25.08 +01:55:21.3 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:44:44.07 +01:53:51.3 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:45:38.49 +01:55:28.9 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:43:48.57 +01:43:43.2 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 1 00:29 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461314.71120685: 01:33:50.86 +19:46:34.5 JWST 17:47:52.07 +31:51:45.0 Chandra 10:34:58.48 -57:54:35.1 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 1 00:29 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461314.71120685 -observatory V36 03:47:39.31 +20:05:48.2 17.2mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:16:20.25 -33:43:45.5 14.6mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:35:02.53 -71:44:24.0 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:16:38.08 +34:21:22.0 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 05:05:38.68 +48:01:01.7 16.7mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:25:34.28 +25:34:48.0 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 08:56:23.04 +34:40:33.2 16.1mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:25:48.87 +42:01:02.4 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:44:47.19 -13:26:01.6 16.7mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 11:58:31.34 +16:50:08.3 16.4mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:40:58.31 -01:51:57.7 16.6mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 18:01:31.67 +68:44:48.9 16.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:47:08.24 +44:33:21.9 17.7mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:35:52.75 +13:17:41.1 17.6mag A/2026 E1 00:50:12.10 +20:04:56.2 18.0mag 2P/Encke 22:47:34.16 -33:39:14.8 14.1mag 10P/Tempel 01:56:11.37 +39:38:13.0 17.0mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:04:21.84 -07:20:13.7 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 12:56:42.69 -12:25:26.3 18.0mag 63P/Wild 07:21:09.01 +17:04:47.0 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels 03:08:57.74 +14:45:12.1 16.9mag 88P/Howell 07:01:47.91 +37:09:07.3 17.2mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:37:49.32 +17:40:41.5 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:19:49.65 +15:35:07.2 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 13:41:39.04 -29:12:21.4 17.7mag 124P/Mrkos 06:42:43.48 +19:44:47.0 15.7mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 23:24:06.09 -06:15:41.5 13.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 09:54:02.43 +04:14:02.2 13.4mag 169P/NEAT 03:32:52.24 +05:53:45.0 14.7mag 220P/McNaught 05:45:26.16 +42:52:56.7 15.4mag 260P/McNaught -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.5K Oct 1 00:29 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 Oct 1 00:29 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:42:36.61 +41:13:50.5 TCP J00423661+4113505 2026-09-29.7462 17.4mag 22:03:46.29 -11:07:57.8 TCP J22034629-1107578 2026-09-29.7438 14.51Cmag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Oct 1 00:29 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 22:54:06.067 -30:54:18.16 AT 2026abgs 2026-09-01.59 19.74 23:36:50.507 -18:25:52.11 AT 2026abgr 2026-09-10.33 19.8377 21:02:51.216 -46:42:43.39 AT 2026abgq 2026-09-08.49 19.71 22:02:10.332 -48:36:38.02 AT 2026abgp 2026-09-08.53 19.87 21:52:21.472 -49:52:32.76 AT 2026abgo 2026-09-08.53 19.89 01:21:59.577 +27:39:37.17 AT 2026abgn 2026-09-10.04 19.81 01:47:29.118 +34:58:06.10 AT 2026abgm 2026-08-27.58 20.08 22:34:51.296 -21:55:21.23 AT 2026abgl 2026-08-13.43 20.49 23:10:06.537 -12:32:24.43 AT 2026abgk 2026-08-09.62 20.73 21:13:51.314 -27:54:54.88 AT 2026abgj 2026-08-11.42 20.46 00:39:35.670 -23:33:58.32 AT 2026abgi 2026-08-12.59 21.24 23:50:40.885 -22:21:27.13 AT 2026abgh 2026-09-03.46 21.32 00:50:17.770 -28:53:41.69 AT 2026abgg 2026-06-23.79 20.14 01:37:46.664 -44:11:29.14 AT 2026abgf 2026-09-10.59 20.23 17:26:13.489 -06:52:39.77 AT 2026abge 2026-09-11.38 20.61 03:31:01.749 -35:31:30.12 AT 2026abgd 2026-09-03.76 19.9 00:34:05.597 +43:45:16.15 AT 2026abgc 2026-09-10.37 19.7543 23:27:42.003 +23:35:16.96 SN 2026abgb 2026-09-10.30 18.9925 21:01:42.344 -50:55:01.74 AT 2026abga 2026-09-10.50 18.43 21:49:52.457 -54:10:13.02 AT 2026abfz 2026-09-10.53 20.07 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 1 00:29 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