NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy

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Processing fields UMa-14-Q1b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 reference image: UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits
Field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 reference image: UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits
Field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits
Field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
UMa-14-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting UMa-14-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing UMa-14-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 579696 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 579696 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits_preview.png'
UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits

renamed 'UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.png' -> 'transient_report/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits_preview.png'
UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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= 409.6729 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 460.0302 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1841.5798 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 520.1260 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1861.7496 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 525.3933 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 4.49524 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.010 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 = 16.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 14.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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= '2026-10-09T06:32:22.4996397' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-09T11:32:22.4996397' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61322.4808159606 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-09T11:32:32.4017444' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61322.4809305673 / 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 = 179.997091816019 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 29.9994469167427 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 15.2936111111111 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 64.0305555555556 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.7411539835534 / 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 = 'UMa-14' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '12 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+30 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 = 29513 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29513 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 16.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 16.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 8.8 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 71.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.29 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 14.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 14.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 0.0 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/d_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits :) Spent 0.554242 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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/d_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 16.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 14.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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= '2026-10-09T06:33:32.4284458' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-09T11:33:32.4284458' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61322.4816253241 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-09T11:33:42.3301363' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61322.4817399303 / 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 = 179.997091797558 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 29.999446962108 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 15.5125 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 64.1638888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.69108693913703 / 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 = 'UMa-14' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '12 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+30 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 = 29513 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29513 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 16.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 16.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 8.8 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 71.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 903.29 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 14.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 14.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 0.0 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/d_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits :) Spent 0.532359 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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/d_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits


fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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: 2461322.98093170 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_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:57.223 +30:00:20.28 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Image size: 945.1'x626.9' 15.8(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:47.396 +29:59:53.23 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:59:57.223 +30:00:20.28 Second-epoch image center 11:59:47.396 +29:59:53.23 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0362 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Image size: 944.9'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:45.007 +30:00:33.93 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:59:57.223 +30:00:20.28 Second-epoch image center 11:59:45.007 +30:00:33.93 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0442 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 11:59:47.396 +29:59:53.23 Second-epoch second image center 11:59:45.007 +30:00:33.93 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01422 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kFgTW5NDoY Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Y7xHbuvwSE Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LDQ6wBTJYO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fQODRYhRjV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits and wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits and wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits and wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5408 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 170.4625 to 189.4649 deg, Dec +24.5411 to +35.2659 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 170.4625 to 189.4649 deg, Dec 24.5411 to 35.2659 deg Loaded 3743 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): 2834 out of 2904 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2904 out of 5408 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.726750 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.726750 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.18 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.55 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.55
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5408 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 170.4625 to 189.4649 deg, Dec +24.5411 to +35.2659 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 170.4625 to 189.4649 deg, Dec 24.5411 to 35.2659 deg Loaded 3743 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): 2834 out of 2904 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2904 out of 5408 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits (aperture=6.5) Read 5145 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 170.4617 to 189.4649 deg, Dec +24.5252 to +35.2658 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 170.4617 to 189.4649 deg, Dec 24.5252 to 35.2658 deg Loaded 3750 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): 2837 out of 2896 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2896 out of 5145 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits (aperture=6.5) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.4 pix UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits 2.4 pix UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits 2.7 pix fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 2.6 pix fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits 15.5 mag. UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits 14.3 mag. fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 14.3 mag. fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.kFgTW5NDoY (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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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=334, bad_region=0, passed=5408 Got 5408 stars (including 5067 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5408 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4875 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5408 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5408 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5408 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4874 stars left (next iteration limit 5362) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits N_match=4874 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=1208 n_q2=1279 n_q3=1170 n_q4=1217 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.126 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits -region wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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.Y7xHbuvwSE (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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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=316, bad_region=0, passed=5145 Got 5145 stars (including 4823 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5145 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4710 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4704 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4704 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4704 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5145 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4710 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4704 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5145 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4704 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5145 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4704 stars left (next iteration limit 5174) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits N_match=4704 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.415 n_q1=1144 n_q2=1255 n_q3=1122 n_q4=1183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.088 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits -region wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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.LDQ6wBTJYO (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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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=231, bad_region=0, passed=3010 Got 3010 stars (including 2775 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3010 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 945.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 945.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013126 (47.3 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010501 (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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2713 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2708 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3010 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2713 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3010 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3010 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 2708 stars left (next iteration limit 2978) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2708 robust_rms=10.656 arcsec worst_region_rms=22.429 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=22.429 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2708 robust_rms=0.789 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.119 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.930 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2708 robust_rms=0.499 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.625 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.504 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2708 robust_rms_before=1.720 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.415 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.499 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.522 worst_region_rms_after=0.625 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.984 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.504 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.522 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.522 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.415 arcsec matched=2708 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits N_match=2708 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.515 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.447 n_q1=720 n_q2=589 n_q3=747 n_q4=652 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.231 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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.fQODRYhRjV (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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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=195, bad_region=0, passed=2948 Got 2948 stars (including 2750 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2948 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013124 (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 0.010499 (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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2691 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2687 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2687 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2687 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2948 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2691 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2687 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2948 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2687 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2948 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 2687 stars left (next iteration limit 2955) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2687 robust_rms=10.953 arcsec worst_region_rms=22.541 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=22.541 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2687 robust_rms=0.739 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.025 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.943 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2687 robust_rms=0.473 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.569 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.506 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2687 robust_rms_before=1.701 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.406 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.473 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.487 worst_region_rms_after=0.569 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.909 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.506 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.487 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.487 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.406 arcsec matched=2687 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits N_match=2687 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.510 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.438 n_q1=728 n_q2=586 n_q3=724 n_q4=649 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.247 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits sigma_overall=0.378 worst_q_ratio=1.126 ref2=UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits sigma_overall=0.381 worst_q_ratio=1.088 new1=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits sigma_overall=0.418 worst_q_ratio=1.231 new2=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits sigma_overall=0.409 worst_q_ratio=1.247 reference average sigma_overall=0.3795 worst_q_ratio=1.107 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206_astrometric_residuals.png (4874 matched stars from wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526_astrometric_residuals.png (4704 matched stars from wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538_astrometric_residuals.png (2708 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539_astrometric_residuals.png (2687 matched stars from wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:57.223 +30:00:20.28 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Image size: 945.1'x626.9' 15.8(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:47.396 +29:59:53.23 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:59:57.223 +30:00:20.28 Second-epoch image center 11:59:47.396 +29:59:53.23 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0362 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Image size: 944.9'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 11:59:45.007 +30:00:33.93 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:59:57.223 +30:00:20.28 Second-epoch image center 11:59:45.007 +30:00:33.93 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0442 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 11:59:47.396 +29:59:53.23 Second-epoch second image center 11:59:45.007 +30:00:33.93 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01422 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Dn5xP0eE4E Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LS8st46vCU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qhdfUwKkyR Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FHrwhjrFzV Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits and wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits and wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits and wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits) and catalog (wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 26491 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 170.4625 to 189.4897 deg, Dec +24.5289 to +35.2696 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 170.4625 to 189.4897 deg, Dec 24.5289 to 35.2696 deg Loaded 3753 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): 2745 out of 2932 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2932 out of 26491 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.615200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.615200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.92 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.70 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.70
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 26491 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 170.4625 to 189.4897 deg, Dec +24.5289 to +35.2696 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 170.4625 to 189.4897 deg, Dec 24.5289 to 35.2696 deg Loaded 3753 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): 2745 out of 2932 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2932 out of 26491 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits (aperture=5.1) Read 25039 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 170.4617 to 189.5196 deg, Dec +24.5210 to +35.2658 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 170.4617 to 189.5196 deg, Dec 24.5210 to 35.2658 deg Loaded 3759 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): 2759 out of 2924 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 2924 out of 25039 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits (aperture=5.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits 2.2 pix UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits 2.6 pix fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 2.5 pix fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.7 mag. UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits 15.6 mag. UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits 14.6 mag. fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 14.7 mag. fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.6 (SNR ) 13.9 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.Dn5xP0eE4E (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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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=18, blended=1107, bad_region=0, passed=26473 Got 26473 stars (including 25324 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26473 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4866 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26473 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26473 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26473 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4866 stars left (next iteration limit 5352) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits N_match=4866 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.398 n_q1=1240 n_q2=1242 n_q3=1163 n_q4=1221 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.099 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits -region wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.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.LS8st46vCU (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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits' -> 'wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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=18, blended=1055, bad_region=1, passed=25021 Got 25021 stars (including 23938 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25021 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4877 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: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25021 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4877 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(), 25021 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25021 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.398 n_q1=1259 n_q2=1219 n_q3=1186 n_q4=1209 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.092 The image catalog is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits -region wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.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.qhdfUwKkyR (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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=796, bad_region=44, passed=15669 Got 15669 stars (including 14804 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15669 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 945.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 945.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013126 (47.3 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010501 (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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4826 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4821 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4821 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4821 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15669 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4825 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15669 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15669 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Excluding outliers - 4820 stars left (next iteration limit 5303) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4820 robust_rms=10.428 arcsec worst_region_rms=22.852 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=22.852 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4820 robust_rms=0.789 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.079 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.951 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4820 robust_rms=0.537 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.657 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.536 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4820 robust_rms_before=1.736 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.446 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.537 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.537 worst_region_rms_after=0.657 outer_annulus_rms_before=2.001 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.536 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.537 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.537 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.446 arcsec matched=4820 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits N_match=4820 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.541 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.487 n_q1=1298 n_q2=980 n_q3=1402 n_q4=1140 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.217 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.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.FHrwhjrFzV (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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.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=3, blended=759, bad_region=44, passed=15719 Got 15719 stars (including 14894 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15719 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013124 (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 0.010499 (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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4811 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4808 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15719 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4814 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15719 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15719 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4808 stars left (next iteration limit 5288) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4808 robust_rms=10.676 arcsec worst_region_rms=23.415 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=23.415 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4808 robust_rms=0.735 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.064 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.942 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4808 robust_rms=0.515 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.624 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.544 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4808 robust_rms_before=1.696 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.439 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.515 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.557 worst_region_rms_after=0.624 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.898 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.544 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.557 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.557 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.439 arcsec matched=4808 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits N_match=4808 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.558 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.465 n_q1=1290 n_q2=982 n_q3=1400 n_q4=1136 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.272 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits -region wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/wcs_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:24:31.86 +30:34:57.8: 14.30 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:34:14.63 +28:32:52.5: 13.83 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:27:23.73 +34:49:00.3: 14.00 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:41:52.35 +25:56:42.8: 13.14 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:24:30.34 +34:00:15.8: 14.62 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:26:00.50 +28:44:55.6: 13.29 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-24-51_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0206.fits at 11:24:13.40 +33:00:16.9: 14.27 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:24:31.86 +30:34:57.8: 14.05 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:27:23.73 +34:49:00.3: 13.79 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:26:00.50 +28:44:55.6: 13.32 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:24:30.34 +34:00:15.8: 14.49 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:41:52.35 +25:56:42.8: 13.21 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:34:14.63 +28:32:52.5: 13.86 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.15 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.89 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:24:31.86 +30:34:57.8: ref_mag=14.15 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.3639 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.55 +/- 0.08 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:27:23.73 +34:49:00.3: ref_mag=13.89 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8632 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.17 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.30 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.84 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:24:30.34 +34:00:15.8: ref_mag=14.55 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.2252 delta=0.33 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:41:52.35 +25:56:42.8: ref_mag=13.17 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1465 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:26:00.50 +28:44:55.6: ref_mag=13.30 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3649 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:34:14.63 +28:32:52.5: ref_mag=13.84 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.6471 delta=0.19 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-11-30_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1526.fits at 11:24:13.40 +33:00:16.9: 14.39 +/- 0.10 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.32 +/- 0.07 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:24:13.40 +33:00:16.9: ref_mag=14.32 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.2765 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31283_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 31283_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    14.33    11:24:31.91 +30:34:56.9   0173 3452   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    14.40    11:24:31.81 +30:34:58.7   0178 3446   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31289_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 31289_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    13.87    11:27:23.70 +34:49:00.5   0581 6027   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.86    11:27:23.77 +34:49:00.1   0587 6020   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31291_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 31291_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    13.30    11:26:00.48 +28:44:55.7   0351 2334   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.46    11:26:00.51 +28:44:55.6   0356 2327   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31617_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 31617_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.07    11:38:37.79 +33:38:42.3   2009 5293   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits **** FOUND 11:38:37.80 +33:38:41.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31744_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 31744_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    13.17    11:41:52.38 +25:56:43.4   2500 0650   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.13    11:41:52.32 +25:56:42.2   2506 0644   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31756_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 31756_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.58    11:25:50.80 +26:45:17.7   0313 1112   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits **** FOUND 11:25:50.70 +26:45:16.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32009_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 32009_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    13.66    11:34:14.62 +28:32:52.5   1456 2210   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.64    11:34:14.65 +28:32:52.5   1461 2204   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32082_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 32082_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.80    11:32:05.84 +30:14:01.1   1177 3224   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits **** FOUND 11:32:05.91 +30:14:01.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32225_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 32225_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    13.49    12:10:32.91 +29:05:30.2   6234 2746   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (27.4") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32249_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 32249_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    14.25    11:24:30.27 +34:00:16.5   0207 5539   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    14.20    11:24:30.41 +34:00:15.1   0212 5532   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32321_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 The candidate 32321_fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 09.48093    2461322.98093    14.28    11:24:13.35 +33:00:16.7   0160 4929   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-32-22_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0538.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 09.48174    2461322.98174    14.27    11:24:13.45 +33:00:17.2   0165 4922   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-09_CI_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_063430_TTUQ1b1x1_79247_XvqYEccy/fd_UMa-14-Q1b1x1_2026-10-09_06-33-32_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0539.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s Prepared the HTML report for the field UMa-14-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed UMa-14-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 #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461322.98093170 -observatory V36 14:29:30.34 -17:32:39.0 Mercury (0.0mag) 14:09:32.81 -21:05:50.4 Venus (-4.6mag) 08:35:28.06 +19:51:08.7 Mars (1.1mag) 09:33:07.26 +15:11:04.4 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:42:59.57 +01:40:22.6 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:12:16.33 +20:58:27.1 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:10:31.94 -00:24:24.6 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:12.24 -23:43:30.1 Pluto (14.5mag) 12:04:14.00 -03:39:12.4 Moon (-8.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Oct 9 06:36 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461322.98093170: 09:33:03.71 +15:11:24.4 Io (6.1mag) 09:33:00.20 +15:11:44.4 Europa (6.2mag) 09:32:58.06 +15:11:56.2 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:32:39.75 +15:13:33.7 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:32:43.35 +15:32:01.9 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:33:06.75 +15:11:07.7 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:31:36.84 +15:32:16.3 Elara (17.5mag) 09:35:40.49 +14:33:49.6 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:31:51.67 +15:37:39.9 Carme (18.8mag) 00:42:53.42 +01:40:42.6 Titan (8.2mag) 00:42:55.97 +01:40:07.0 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:42:25.51 +01:37:38.5 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:42:44.20 +01:40:31.0 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:41:20.04 +01:28:06.2 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 9 06:36 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461322.98093170: 02:35:33.15 +21:19:08.3 JWST 18:29:46.69 +20:19:29.0 Chandra 14:27:19.71 -61:23:48.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 9 06:36 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461322.98093170 -observatory V36 03:46:37.97 +20:11:23.9 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:23:02.56 -33:32:30.8 14.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:39:01.10 -72:16:37.1 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:16:03.83 +34:35:42.6 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:59:58.07 +48:24:26.1 17.1mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:29:25.02 +25:28:41.9 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:01:00.65 +35:28:12.5 16.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:26:24.37 +41:36:42.1 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:46:03.49 -13:33:54.8 16.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:13:33.11 +16:09:06.5 16.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:49:04.25 -02:33:38.9 16.6mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 18:34:47.67 +65:57:28.0 15.9mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:38:15.65 +43:33:18.6 17.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:43:49.54 +14:04:17.4 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:28:41.06 -12:10:58.4 12.9mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:31:39.32 +19:15:30.7 17.6mag 2P/Encke 22:56:11.17 -32:06:20.9 14.4mag 10P/Tempel 02:08:06.87 +39:01:28.5 16.8mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:09:57.25 -08:00:26.6 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:23:39.26 -08:48:37.4 15.6mag 65P/Gunn 07:33:12.39 +16:12:53.1 13.8mag 78P/Gehrels 03:01:55.22 +14:25:49.1 17.6mag 88P/Howell 07:31:58.75 +39:41:50.1 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:58:09.06 +14:49:31.8 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:37:05.43 +13:41:52.0 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:01:56.16 -31:40:09.2 17.8mag 124P/Mrkos 06:49:27.33 +19:23:30.2 15.6mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 21:56:32.27 +01:47:53.1 9.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:15:05.86 +35:29:59.2 16.9mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:13:45.00 +02:06:37.2 14.1mag 169P/NEAT 03:30:17.11 +04:50:27.2 14.7mag 220P/McNaught 06:00:28.44 +44:47:51.5 15.4mag 260P/McNaught 07:24:08.80 +25:41:27.0 17.9mag 266P/Christensen 09:54:18.16 +31:44:42.6 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.7K Oct 9 06:36 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Oct 9 06:36 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 00:38:15.01 +41:14:47.2 TCP J00381501+4114472 2026-10-08.5978 17.72Cmag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Oct 9 06:36 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 03:50:13.324 -35:19:48.52 AT 2026acrb 2026-09-22.31 21.9011 03:40:52.819 -34:49:11.26 AT 2026acra 2026-09-22.31 22.0744 03:20:08.542 -35:04:16.71 AT 2026acqz 2026-09-22.31 22.6351 03:34:19.381 -35:08:14.08 AT 2026acqy 2026-09-22.31 21.41 03:42:18.468 -34:14:55.59 AT 2026acqx 2026-09-22.31 22.1984 22:24:44.060 +20:59:06.05 AT 2026acqw 2026-09-16.56 20.82 21:40:02.160 +15:00:30.81 AT 2026acqv 2026-09-10.70 21.85 21:39:01.640 +18:47:42.43 AT 2026acqu 2026-09-10.70 22.23 00:12:12.410 +04:58:03.37 AT 2026acqt 2026-09-20.79 22.48 23:43:42.930 +01:57:31.27 AT 2026acqs 2026-09-20.78 22.68 23:45:18.660 +05:45:16.42 AT 2026acqr 2026-09-20.78 22.55 23:40:19.150 +05:20:07.86 AT 2026acqq 2026-09-20.78 22.43 02:13:52.020 +01:45:39.64 AT 2026acqp 2026-09-19.92 22.81 01:07:33.770 +02:42:27.03 AT 2026acqo 2026-09-19.90 22.6 02:21:01.513 +01:39:33.18 AT 2026acqn 2026-09-19.85 23.05 23:15:45.160 +04:54:53.74 AT 2026acqm 2026-09-19.81 22.59 22:47:46.190 +02:11:28.63 AT 2026acql 2026-09-19.80 22.32 23:00:11.810 +04:09:17.60 AT 2026acqk 2026-09-17.77 21.72 01:30:04.370 +00:37:22.70 AT 2026acqj 2026-09-16.84 22.86 01:11:15.050 -01:08:02.84 AT 2026acqi 2026-09-16.84 22.76 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 9 06:36 tns_transients_list.txt

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