Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 06.3827  2461319.8827  11.40  06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8
226.48138 -10.89502 galactic  CMa  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 8.7 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 1"  GK CMa                        
Type: M
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
    11.200   V         <  15.000   V         2454777.00000        148.700000000000   M4e                          
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits at 06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8:  12.57 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits at 06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8:  12.54 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.55 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits


fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits


fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

# Set SExtractor parameters file
cp default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex
# Plate-solve the FITS images
export TELESCOP=''
for i in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits ;do util/wcs_image_calibration.sh $i ;done
# Display the solved FITS images
ds9 -frame lock wcs  wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits  wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits -crosshair 358.41870 3514.03125 image    wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits -crosshair 364.82059 3508.20166 image   

./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits  && util/transients/search_for_transients_single_field.sh

REFERENCE_IMAGES=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs  util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn

Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code! The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter. Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code. The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:

     TAU0008  C2026 10 06.38272 06 36 15.64 -16 54 50.8          11.4 R      V36

Position measured on individual images:

     TAU0008  C2026 10 06.38238 06 36 15.61 -16 54 50.8          11.4 R      V36
     TAU0008  C2026 10 06.38306 06 36 15.66 -16 54 50.7          11.4 R      V36

You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services:
MPChecker (in case the button does not work)
NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets)
sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work)
fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)

Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP. Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!

TCP 2026 10 06.3827*  06 36 15.64 -16 54 50.8  11.4 U             CMa       9 0

Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!

 **** AAVSO file format ****

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
GK CMa,2461319.8827,11.40,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS


 **** VSNET file format ****

# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829   <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746    12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732    12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
GK CMa 20261006.3827 11.40CV NMW


The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs

The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to  vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 reference image: CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 reference image: CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
Field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461061.78189103 21.01.2026 06:45:45.385   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
First image: 2461061.78189103 21.01.2026 06:45:45.385   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Last  image: 2461319.88306042 06.10.2026 09:11:26.420   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 12
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.82
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 381 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  22747
Objects passed selection criteria:  22722
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.2    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.2    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 19850.2
Average stars matched: 19614.2 (98.8111 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   253608 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Oct  4 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-232-g1547b37e
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-04)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Tue Oct  6 04:23:24 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
WARNING: VaST exited with code 1 on the field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 after completing the measurements (memory cleanup crash); the transient search continues.
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461061.78189103 21.01.2026 06:45:45.385   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
First image: 2461061.78189103 21.01.2026 06:45:45.385   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Last  image: 2461319.88306042 06.10.2026 09:11:26.420   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
############################################################
***** PLATE SOLVE PROCESSING ERROR *****
***** cannot find wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits  *****
############################################################
***** PLATE SOLVE PROCESSING ERROR *****
***** cannot find wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits  *****
############################################################

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
CMa-02-Q1b1x1
#######################################
########### Starting CMa-02-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing CMa-02-Q1b1x1
WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 55286 MB free at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
WARNING: server tau is low on disk space, only 55286 MB free at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.png' -> 'transient_report/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits_preview.png'

CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits


renamed 'CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.png' -> 'transient_report/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits_preview.png'

CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.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= 1182.4763
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 924.8457
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3077.5812
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1016.8107
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3049.8337
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 1009.0782
----------------------------------------------
INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.60266
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/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     17.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 15.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.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= '2026-10-06T04:10:27.5216588' / Time of observation (local)" status=0
Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-06T09:10:27.5216588' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0
Record 13: "MJD-OBS =     61319.3822629745 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0
Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-06T09:10:37.4242606' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0
Record 15: "MJD-AVG =     61319.3823775924 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0
Record 16: "XBINNING=                    1 / X axis binning factor" status=0
Record 17: "YBINNING=                    1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0
Record 18: "GAIN    =                   30 / Sensor gain" status=0
Record 19: "OFFSET  =                   30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0
Record 20: "XPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0
Record 21: "YPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0
Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M'            / Imaging instrument name" status=0
Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0
Record 24: "SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0
Record 25: "CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0'             / Sensor readout mode" status=0
Record 27: "USBLIMIT=                   50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0
Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1'       / Name of telescope" status=0
Record 29: "FOCALLEN=                135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0
Record 30: "FOCRATIO=                  2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0
Record 31: "RA      =     106.664473768666 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0
Record 32: "DEC     =    -17.9997588278222 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0
Record 33: "CENTALT =     15.5494444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0
Record 34: "CENTAZ  =     124.920833333333 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0
Record 35: "AIRMASS =     3.68277171764063 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0
Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West'               / Telescope pointing state" status=0
Record 37: "SITEELEV=               1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0
Record 38: "SITELAT =     33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0
Record 39: "SITELONG=    -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0
Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky'         / Observer name" status=0
Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview'        / Observatory name" status=0
Record 42: "SITENAME= ''                   / Observatory site name" status=0
Record 43: "FWHEEL  = 'Simulator'          / Filter Wheel name" status=0
Record 44: "FILTER  = 'CV'                 / Active filter name" status=0
Record 45: "OBJECT  = 'CMa-02'             / Name of the object of interest" status=0
Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '07 06 40'           / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0
Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '-18 00 00'          / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0
Record 48: "OBJCTROT=                  0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0
Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser'        / Focusing equipment name" status=0
Record 50: "FOCPOS  =                29493 / [step] Focuser position" status=0
Record 51: "FOCUSPOS=                29493 / [step] Focuser position" status=0
Record 52: "FOCUSSZ =                  0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/d_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits :)

Spent 0.807648 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/d_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     17.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 15.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/d_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits :)

Spent 0.697471 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/d_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.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_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits



fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.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/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.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: 2461319.88237872
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_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Image size: 941.7'x627.3'  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: 07:06:44.094 -17:59:34.40 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Image size: 944.1'x627.2'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:06:40.780 -17:59:59.46 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 07:06:44.094 -17:59:34.40
Second-epoch image center 07:06:40.780 -17:59:59.46
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0149 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Image size: 944.0'x627.2'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.91"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:06:38.281 -17:59:20.44 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 07:06:44.094 -17:59:34.40
Second-epoch image center 07:06:38.281 -17:59:20.44
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0234 deg.
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# 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  07:06:40.780 -17:59:59.46
Second-epoch second image center 07:06:38.281 -17:59:20.44
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01468 deg.
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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/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits &> /tmp/tmp.txZ17TEELn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mjVJGg4th5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits &> /tmp/tmp.v9JIVUAGD2
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cKeNKJR2OQ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.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_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits and wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat 
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh has not found non-empty wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits and wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat
wait
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_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits and wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits and wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits) and catalog (wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 28217 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 98.3173 to 115.3156 deg, Dec -23.3308 to -12.4222 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 98.3173 to 115.3156 deg, Dec -23.3308 to -12.4222 deg
Loaded 27127 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): 17905 out of 19533 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 19533 out of 28217 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.861100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.861100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.82
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.04

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.04

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 28217 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 98.3173 to 115.3156 deg, Dec -23.3308 to -12.4222 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 98.3173 to 115.3156 deg, Dec -23.3308 to -12.4222 deg
Loaded 27127 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): 17905 out of 19533 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 19533 out of 28217 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 22694 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 98.2665 to 115.2375 deg, Dec -23.2865 to -12.5136 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 98.2665 to 115.2375 deg, Dec -23.2865 to -12.5136 deg
Loaded 26687 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): 15990 out of 17083 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 17083 out of 22694 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits (aperture=6.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.1 pix  CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
 2.5 pix  CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
 3.1 pix  fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
 3.1 pix  fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.0 mag.  CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
 14.7 mag.  CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
 14.1 mag.  fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
 14.1 mag.  fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.1 (SNR )  11.2 (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
############ /tmp/tmp.txZ17TEELn (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits' -> 'wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.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/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=3026, bad_region=0, passed=28217
Got 28217 stars (including 25157 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28217 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4937 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4937 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.279 n_q1=1279 n_q2=1023 n_q3=1439 n_q4=1132 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.057
The image catalog is written to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits -region wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.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.mjVJGg4th5 (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/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.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_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits' -> 'wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.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/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=2115, bad_region=0, passed=22694
Got 22694 stars (including 20556 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22694 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4866 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22694 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 

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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22694 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22694 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60" 
Excluding outliers - 4869 stars left (next iteration limit 5351)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits N_match=4869 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.585 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.763 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.543 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.729 n_q1=1310 n_q2=1051 n_q3=1384 n_q4=1124 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.303
The image catalog is written to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits -region wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.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.v9JIVUAGD2 (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_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.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_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=875, bad_region=0, passed=14444
Got 14444 stars (including 13553 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 14444 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013113 (47.2 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010490 (37.8 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 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4842 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

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 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4921 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Excluding outliers - 4843 stars left (next iteration limit 5324)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4843 robust_rms=11.444 arcsec worst_region_rms=23.589 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=23.589 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4843 robust_rms=0.674 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.109 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.873 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4843 robust_rms=0.459 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.645 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.587 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4843 robust_rms_before=1.394 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.441 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.459 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.682 worst_region_rms_after=0.645 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.760 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.587
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.682 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.682 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.441 arcsec matched=4843
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits N_match=4843 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.654 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.434 n_q1=1201 n_q2=1116 n_q3=1212 n_q4=1314 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.489
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits -region wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.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.cKeNKJR2OQ (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_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.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_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=887, bad_region=0, passed=14567
Got 14567 stars (including 13664 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 14567 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013111 (47.2 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010489 (37.8 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 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4923 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4842 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4843 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4842 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14567 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

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 332 to 391 (Dec -23.5 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4921 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4845 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14567 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4845 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14567 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Excluding outliers - 4845 stars left (next iteration limit 5326)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4845 robust_rms=11.579 arcsec worst_region_rms=23.792 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=23.792 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4845 robust_rms=0.659 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.973 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.872 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4845 robust_rms=0.452 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.657 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.627 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4845 robust_rms_before=1.302 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.454 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.452 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.684 worst_region_rms_after=0.657 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.718 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.627
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.684 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.684 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.454 arcsec matched=4845
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits N_match=4845 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.449 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.651 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.418 n_q1=1191 n_q2=1111 n_q3=1216 n_q4=1327 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.492
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits -region wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.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_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits sigma_overall=0.315 worst_q_ratio=1.057
ref2=CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits sigma_overall=0.585 worst_q_ratio=1.303
new1=fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits sigma_overall=0.439 worst_q_ratio=1.489
new2=fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits sigma_overall=0.436 worst_q_ratio=1.492
reference average sigma_overall=0.45 worst_q_ratio=1.18
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309_astrometric_residuals.png (4873 matched stars from wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021_astrometric_residuals.png (4869 matched stars from wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.54 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400_astrometric_residuals.png (4843 matched stars from wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401_astrometric_residuals.png (4845 matched stars from wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits at 06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8:  12.57 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits at 06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8:  12.54 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.55 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8: ref_mag=12.55 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.4040 delta=1.15 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out30719.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 11s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
  
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Considering the candidate 30613_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 30613_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    10.49    07:23:45.74 -19:54:17.3   7273 2153   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:23:45.71 -19:54:17.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 30710_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 30710_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    11.24    06:59:44.75 -16:10:17.2   3736 4226   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  06:59:44.75 -16:10:17.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 30719_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
Preparing report for the candidate 30719_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
  
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Considering the candidate 30753_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 30753_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    11.22    07:22:01.96 -14:56:57.3   6930 5131   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:22:01.96 -14:56:57.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 30773_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 30773_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    11.00    07:24:49.35 -21:28:06.6   7451 1214   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:24:49.35 -21:28:06.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 30803_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 30803_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    11.38    07:22:15.84 -15:02:19.9   6965 5078   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:22:15.80 -15:02:20.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 17021_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 17021_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    9.79    07:15:52.11 -19:20:10.5   6140 2453   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:15:52.19 -19:20:10.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 25419_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 25419_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    9.67    07:17:50.87 -21:54:11.7   6480 0918   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:17:50.87 -21:54:12.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 10676_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 10676_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    10.69    06:55:17.48 -16:47:53.4   3119 3806   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  06:55:17.47 -16:47:53.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 11864_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 11864_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    10.95    06:45:08.12 -17:19:26.4   1679 3376   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  06:45:08.11 -17:19:26.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 08637_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 08637_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    11.13    07:21:35.19 -15:44:27.9   6880 4650   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  07:21:35.23 -15:44:27.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 24491_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401
The candidate 24491_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 06.38306    2461319.88306    7.83    06:41:15.23 -22:16:42.4   1380 0333   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits

**** FOUND  06:41:15.21 -22:16:42.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 13s
Prepared the HTML report for the field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
06:36:15.64 -16:54:50.8
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/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
  
Last  image: 2461319.88237872 06.10.2026 09:10:27.521 UTC
WARNING: VaST exited with code 1 on the field CMa-02-Q1b1x1 AFTER completing the measurements. This is a memory-management crash during cleanup (a VaST bug to report), NOT a wrong field / clouds / bad focus. The lightcurves were written, so the transient search continues.
____ VaST output (crashed during memory cleanup; the measurements above are complete) ____

--==VaST 1.0rc90==--

Parsing command line arguments...
opt 'F': Will NOT create flag images for SExtractor
opt '5': 5.000000 pix is the new fixed star matching radius!
opt 'b': Using 500 reference stars for image matching!
opt '3': Will try to select best aperture for each source!
opt 'y': 0 SysRem iterations will be conducted!
opt 't 4': robust linear magnitude calibration (vary zero-point and slope)
opt 'x': 99 is the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag!
WARNING: disabling the mag-size filter in order not to reject blended stars.
opt 'u': Stick with UTC time system, no conversion to TT will be done!
opt 'f': Run ./find_candidates manually!
opt 'k': "JD" keyword in FITS image header will be ignored!
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: symlinks_to_images
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: converted_images
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: unpacked_images

Checking the list of input images specified on the command line ...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks

Looking for the list of input images with time corrections in vast_list_of_input_images_with_time_corrections.txt ... list not found.
This is OK if you specify the input images on the command line, not through this text file.
Checking write permissions for the current directory (/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn)...  OK
Found a system-wide installation of SExtractor
Cleaning old outNNNNN.dat files.
Done with cleaning!

 VaST was started with the following command line: 
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits 


Preparing to process 4 input FITS images...


######## Forcing special settings for the transient detection ########
transient search mode: disabling the mag-size filter as it should be switched off when running a transient search!
transient search mode: disabling the bad image filter as it will not help during the transient search!
transient search mode: will not try to gues image saturation limit
transient search mode: no UTC-to-TT time system conversion will be performed!!!
transient search mode: setting the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag to 3
transient search mode: disabling rejectin of images with elliptical stars
transient search mode: not discarding large sources
################
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Setting the fixed star match radius of 5.00 pix
We have 4 images to process.
SExtractor catalog cache: restored CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits catalog from cache
SExtractor catalog cache: restored CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits catalog from cache
Running SExtractor in 3 parallel threads...
The gain value (GAIN=0.830) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
The above guess is baUsing the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-sed on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user
21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Using the catalog image00002.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1Parent process says: we are done fork()ing.
_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
The gain value (GAIN=0.830) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1Waiting for thread 2 to finish...
b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size
sex -c default.sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00004.cat  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size
sex -c default.sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00003.cat  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run
sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 5.6,5.6,5.0,6.2,6.7,7.3 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00003.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run
sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 5.6,5.6,5.0,6.2,6.7,7.3 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00004.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Waiting for thread 1 to finish...
autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits


Done with SExtractor!

TIMING SExtractor: 129 seconds


Matching stars between images!

No manually selected comparison stars file manually_selected_comparison_stars.lst which is fine.
Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-01-21T06:45:45.3852644
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-01-21T06:45:45.3852644

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-01-21T06:45:45.385
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Exposure 20 sec, 21.01.2026 06:45:45.385 UTC = JD(UTC) 2461061.78189103 mid. exp.
The reference image star  8498.015   871.843 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  4000.982  1321.996 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star   886.371  1376.003 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star   727.320  2730.144 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  1960.916  3339.837 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8216.928  3949.535 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  9446.521  4274.779 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  2318.002  4331.949 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star   637.438  5544.440 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  5282.088  5086.006 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more reference image stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 204650, (204649 good for image matching)
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 23
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 12
 * rejected close to frame edge: 1011
 * rejected as being too small (<1.2 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>4.7 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 8
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.

Please note: the CCD position-dependent magnitude correction will be applied.
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.53
Detection limit from the magnitude-SNR relation= -7.5  (4.0 sigma detection)
The simple faintest star detection limit= -7.0
80 percent brightest stars detection limit= -8.4
Selected detection limit= -8.4
Final detection limit= -8.4 (after subtracting MAG_TRANSIENT_ABOVE_THE_REFERENCE_FRAME_LIMIT=0.0)

Parameter box for transient search:    10.04.9 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 14
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
    168294 * detected, using  411/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.011371, number_of_ambiguous_matches=2327 
refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=2 pairs=161038 inliers=161038 rms 1.13 -> 0.34 pix, max corner correction 3.6 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.010985, number_of_ambiguous_matches=2248 
161116 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=1 pairs=161116 inliers=161116 rms 0.31 -> 0.31 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.010980, number_of_ambiguous_matches=2247 
161116 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=1 pairs=161116 inliers=161116 rms 0.31 -> 0.31 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.010980, number_of_ambiguous_matches=2247 
161116 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] =  -0.569
    168294 stars detected, 161116 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 131582, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 131582 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 131554 stars for magnitude calibration.
Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction:
 delta_m = 0.00001*X_pix +0.00001*Y_pix -0.05009
Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)...
Computing robust linear magnitude calibration.
Used 98249 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.60
    211828 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.)
Magnitude calibration is performed successfully!
Saving observations to the cache... OK
memory:  357332 kB used, 385828 kB peak, 65261712 kB available RAM
Total number of measurements 372944 (372944 measurements stored in RAM)
sorting the measurements cached in memory,
writing lightcurve (outNNNNN.dat) files...
processed 2 of 4 images ( 50.0%)



Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-06T09:10:27.5216588
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-06T09:10:27.5216588

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-10-06T09:10:27.521
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
The star  8497.995   871.983 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  1151.993   919.021 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  6861.306  1182.226 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star   884.008  1377.008 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  3619.003  1436.990 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star   351.991  1876.005 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  2636.233  2108.000 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  4923.170  2428.048 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star   724.969  2732.030 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  1455.011  3133.000 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 100308
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 17
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 21
 * rejected close to frame edge: 464
 * rejected as being too small (<1.4 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>5.6 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 188
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
    100308 * detected, using  245/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.001898, number_of_ambiguous_matches=402 
refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=3 pairs=94161 inliers=94161 rms 1.68 -> 0.74 pix, max corner correction 7.8 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000902, number_of_ambiguous_matches=191 
96004 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=3 pairs=96004 inliers=96004 rms 0.70 -> 0.46 pix, max corner correction 6.9 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000746, number_of_ambiguous_matches=158 
96734 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=3 pairs=96734 inliers=96734 rms 0.43 -> 0.34 pix, max corner correction 3.2 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000736, number_of_ambiguous_matches=156 
96758 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] = 175.307
    100308 stars detected, 96758 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 76693, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 76693 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 76525 stars for magnitude calibration.
Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction:
 delta_m = 0.00007*X_pix -0.00006*Y_pix -0.10926
Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)...
Computing robust linear magnitude calibration.
Used 17828 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -8.06
    215378 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.)
Magnitude calibration is performed successfully!
Saving observations to the cache... OK
memory:  508408 kB used, 635868 kB peak, 65261712 kB available RAM
processed 3 of 4 images ( 75.0%)



Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-06T09:11:26.4203577
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-06T09:11:26.4203577

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-10-06T09:11:26.420
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00004.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
The star  8497.991   872.023 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  1151.997   919.014 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star   193.048  1037.954 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star   880.924  1377.848 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  3618.995  1437.014 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star   351.969  1875.977 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8838.154  2029.648 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8837.458  2032.045 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  2636.000  2107.734 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  4921.196  2431.645 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 101196
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 9
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 29
 * rejected close to frame edge: 480
 * rejected as being too small (<1.4 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>5.6 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 207
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
    101196 * detected, using  247/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.002173, number_of_ambiguous_matches=468 
refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=3 pairs=97964 inliers=97964 rms 1.76 -> 0.71 pix, max corner correction 8.5 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000748, number_of_ambiguous_matches=161 
100097 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=3 pairs=100097 inliers=100097 rms 0.65 -> 0.39 pix, max corner correction 5.8 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000641, number_of_ambiguous_matches=138 
100504 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=2 pairs=100504 inliers=100504 rms 0.35 -> 0.34 pix, max corner correction 0.5 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000645, number_of_ambiguous_matches=139 
100505 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] = 175.330
    101196 stars detected, 100505 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 77469, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 77469 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 77306 stars for magnitude calibration.
Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction:
 delta_m = 0.00007*X_pix -0.00006*Y_pix -0.10780
Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)...
Computing robust linear magnitude calibration.
Used 18081 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -8.06
    216069 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.)
Magnitude calibration is performed successfully!
Saving observations to the cache... OK
memory:  517440 kB used, 635868 kB peak, 65261712 kB available RAM
Total number of measurements 574448 (201504 measurements stored in RAM)
sorting the measurements cached in memory,
writing lightcurve (outNNNNN.dat) files...
processed 4 of 4 images (100.0%)
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 12194 seconds
Done with measurements! =)

Total number of measurements 574448 (0 measurements stored in RAM)
Freeing up some memory...  Sorting the measurements cached in memory...
Writing lightcurve (outNNNNN.dat) files...
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
The lightcurve files have been written, freeing up more memory...
Creating vast_image_details.log ... 

Writing summary file: vast_summary.log ...  OK
Selecting the best aperture for each source

An ERROR has occured while processing file out12641.dat 
ERROR: Can't open file lightcurve.tmp
ERROR running  lib/select_aperture_with_smallest_scatter_for_each_object
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SExtractor catalog cache: saved CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-06_CI_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_041223_TTUQ1b1x1_834630_4J1VA6Sn/fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-21_00-45-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0309.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-08_21-20-46_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0021.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-10-27_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0400.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_CMa-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-06_04-11-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0401.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
Last  image: 2461319.88237872 06.10.2026 09:10:27.521 UTC
ERROR found an unsoved plate in the field CMa-02-Q1b1x1
########### Completed CMa-02-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
###################################################################################
mv: cannot stat 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids': No such file or directory
# 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).
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 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
exclusion_list_index_html.txt NOT FOUND
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461319.88237872 -observatory V36
14:15:50.58 -16:06:22.0 Mercury (-0.0mag)
14:11:57.81 -21:10:44.2 Venus (-4.7mag)
08:28:08.67 +20:13:45.3 Mars (1.1mag)
09:31:03.34 +15:20:32.6 Jupiter (-1.9mag)
00:43:53.29 +01:46:04.0 Saturn (0.3mag)
04:12:33.58 +20:59:10.6 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:10:50.42 -00:22:25.5 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:15.44 -23:43:26.7 Pluto (14.5mag)
09:32:05.02 +15:14:37.7 Moon (-9.4mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct  6 04:23 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461319.88237872:
09:30:59.41 +15:20:54.8 Io (6.1mag)
09:30:53.87 +15:21:24.5 Europa (6.2mag)
09:31:07.88 +15:20:07.9 Ganymede (5.6mag)
09:30:57.95 +15:21:02.5 Callisto (6.9mag)
09:30:25.92 +15:42:03.9 Himalia (15.6mag)
09:31:06.78 +15:20:15.3 Thebe (16.5mag)
09:29:24.87 +15:40:57.0 Elara (17.5mag)
09:33:47.41 +14:43:16.0 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
09:30:01.16 +15:46:19.8 Carme (18.9mag)
00:44:01.76 +01:46:07.6 Titan (8.2mag)
00:43:57.75 +01:45:50.6 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:43:15.47 +01:43:32.6 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:43:49.49 +01:46:24.5 Hyperion (14.1mag)
00:42:15.53 +01:33:53.3 Phoebe (16.4mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct  6 04:23 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461319.88237872:
02:13:57.39 +21:04:21.5 JWST
17:40:11.29 +33:22:46.2 Chandra
06:56:16.58 -00:48:10.5 XMM-Newton
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct  6 04:23 spacecraft.txt
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461319.88237872 -observatory V36
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.8K Oct  6 04:23 comets.txt
08:07:27.96 -65:51:03.90  ASASSN-26fi  2026-10-1.36 15.82
21:02:34.66 +23:57:26.20  ASASSN-26fh  2026-10-1.27 15.94
20:00:16.62 +03:26:29.90  AT2026adfv  2026-10-1.3 16.42
00:08:42.74 -32:33:16.50  SN2026abhc  2026-09-29.15 15.57
21:02:30.26 -19:27:41.80  SN2026acxa  2026-09-29.13 14.65
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
22:37:05.64 +34:24:35.00  SN2026aaiv  2026-09-7.25 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
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
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
22:05:02.06 +20:49:01.2  TCP J22050206+2049012  2026-10-03.5715  17.13Cmag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
22:37:30.470 -04:19:22.67  AT 2026acgg  2026-04-18.80 18.9
22:37:37.648 -05:44:38.93  AT 2026acgf  2026-04-18.79 18.97
21:35:35.054 -52:16:15.19  AT 2026acge  2026-09-17.46 19.94
03:07:14.346 -13:52:08.25  AT 2026acgd  2026-09-14.63 20.2
20:50:27.138 -28:50:01.17  AT 2026acgc  2026-09-11.46 20.22
01:07:11.321 -22:35:49.57  AT 2026acgb  2026-09-08.59 20.15
21:57:49.232 -47:01:59.67  AT 2026acga  2026-09-13.47 20.01
23:45:25.816 -53:33:25.78  AT 2026acfz  2026-09-13.56 20.29
03:26:48.462 -20:09:57.64  AT 2026acfy  2026-09-06.65 20.41
05:50:23.732 +31:54:28.07  AT 2026acfx  2026-09-17.19 19.29
20:23:48.311 -47:30:13.60  AT 2026acfw  2026-09-14.44 20.17
21:02:26.779 -25:04:19.23  AT 2026acfv  2026-09-08.48 20.35
22:24:29.868 -48:04:31.58  AT 2026acfu  2026-09-14.50 20.23
21:59:32.457 -58:04:38.65  AT 2026acft  2026-09-17.50 19.8
00:48:44.150 -12:05:15.03  AT 2026acfs  2026-09-16.58 20.09
20:34:06.261 -37:39:54.95  AT 2026acfr  2026-09-17.56 20.28
23:24:16.652 -29:09:40.81  AT 2026acfq  2026-09-17.61 20.45
02:10:14.980 -30:57:25.53  AT 2026acfp  2026-09-17.71 19.85
22:19:09.857 -13:04:12.52  AT 2026acfo  2026-09-10.44 19.95
20:43:01.070 -30:31:29.70  AT 2026acfn  2026-09-17.10 18.2
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Tue Oct  6 04:15:03 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 62 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 2 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 59 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 194 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 393s (6.55 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 85s (1.42 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 217s (3.62 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 1s (0.02 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 5s (0.08 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 5s (0.08 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 4s (0.07 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 13s (0.22 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 725s (12.08 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 129 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 12194 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 29932s (498.87 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 15s (0.25 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 57s (0.95 min)
FIELD_CMa-02-Q1b1x1: 30849s (514.15 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 30883s (514.72 min)
Finished: Tue Oct  6 12:49:46 CDT 2026