NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu

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

Processing fields Psc-08-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    8.26    00:10:26.20 -00:25:01.8   3211 2242   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    8.26    00:10:26.19 -00:25:01.8   3218 2244   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2435  2461323.7435   8.26  00:10:26.19 -00:25:01.8
101.01230 -61.53161 galactic  Psc  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.1" and 7.2 pix   This object is listed in planets.txt   20.9"  Neptune (7.7mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
20.9" Neptune  (7.7mag)
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Psc-08-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    8.28    00:10:26.19 -00:25:01.6   3211 2242   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    8.29    00:10:26.17 -00:25:01.7   3218 2244   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2435  2461323.7435   8.29  00:10:26.18 -00:25:01.7
101.01224 -61.53157 galactic  Psc  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 7.2 pix   This object is listed in planets.txt   21.0"  Neptune (7.7mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
21.0" Neptune  (7.7mag)
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Psc-08-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.34    00:11:43.52 +00:25:47.4   3013 1729   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.43    00:11:43.49 +00:25:48.0   3020 1731   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2435  2461323.7435  14.38  00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7
102.21337 -60.83431 galactic  Psc  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 7.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
1735 ITA                      0     -0       0  14.6     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7:  15.80 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7:  15.84 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Psc-08-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 3

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 reference image: Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits
Field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 reference image: Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits
Field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits
Field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Psc-08-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Psc-08-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Psc-08-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 378573 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 378573 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.png' -> 'transient_report/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits_preview.png'
Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits

renamed 'Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.png' -> 'transient_report/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits_preview.png'
Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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= 603.9730 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 442.2840 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1226.4038 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 518.7726 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1227.9473 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 519.0567 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.03056 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.001 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 15.1999998092651 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 16.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" 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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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/d_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits :) Spent 0.787449 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/d_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! 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"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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/d_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits :) Spent 0.821077 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/d_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits


fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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: 2461323.74319691 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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 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: 00:00:00.424 -02:00:17.62 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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.1' 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: 00:00:00.945 -01:59:59.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:00:00.424 -02:00:17.62 Second-epoch image center 00:00:00.945 -01:59:59.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0056 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.1' 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: 00:00:03.670 -01:59:46.85 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:00:00.424 -02:00:17.62 Second-epoch image center 00:00:03.670 -01:59:46.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0160 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 00:00:00.945 -01:59:59.01 Second-epoch second image center 00:00:03.670 -01:59:46.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01184 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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mTAYkHdoSk Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ynD4Ba2LnR Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits &> /tmp/tmp.EXtIGPzzr9 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AKuVtgEoaO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 5537 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1391 to 7.8851 deg, Dec -7.2685 to +3.2742 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 352.1391 to 7.8851 deg, Dec -7.2685 to 3.2742 deg Loaded 113496 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): 3358 out of 3443 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3443 out of 5537 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.632850 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.632850 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.37 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.26 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.26
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 5537 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1391 to 7.8851 deg, Dec -7.2685 to +3.2742 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 352.1391 to 7.8851 deg, Dec -7.2685 to 3.2742 deg Loaded 113496 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): 3358 out of 3443 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3443 out of 5537 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits (aperture=6.3) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 5464 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1355 to 7.8705 deg, Dec -7.2684 to +3.2771 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 352.1355 to 7.8705 deg, Dec -7.2684 to 3.2771 deg Loaded 113493 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): 3322 out of 3420 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3420 out of 5464 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits (aperture=6.3) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory 2.2 pix Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits 2.2 pix fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 2.2 pix fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits 15.3 mag. Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits 15.3 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 15.3 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.3 (SNR ) 12.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.mTAYkHdoSk (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=342, bad_region=1203, passed=5537 Got 5537 stars (including 4070 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5537 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1391 through 0 to 7.8851, gap 7.8851 to 352.1391 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3972 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4582 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1393 through 0 to 7.8851, gap 7.8851 to 352.1393 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4582 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4582 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 3972 stars left (next iteration limit 4369) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits N_match=3972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.272 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.283 n_q1=1263 n_q2=686 n_q3=1324 n_q4=699 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.153 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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.ynD4Ba2LnR (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=3, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=354, bad_region=1178, passed=5461 Got 5461 stars (including 4010 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5461 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1355 through 0 to 7.8705, gap 7.8705 to 352.1355 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3914 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1357 through 0 to 7.8705, gap 7.8705 to 352.1357 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 3913 stars left (next iteration limit 4305) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits N_match=3913 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.331 n_q1=1258 n_q2=678 n_q3=1296 n_q4=681 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.142 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.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.EXtIGPzzr9 (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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=413, bad_region=1306, passed=5538 Got 5538 stars (including 3902 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5538 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1426 through 0 to 7.8764, gap 7.8764 to 352.1426 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3818 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3814 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4472 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1428 through 0 to 7.8767, gap 7.8767 to 352.1428 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3818 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4472 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4472 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 3814 stars left (next iteration limit 4195) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3814 robust_rms=7.670 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.013 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.013 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3814 robust_rms=0.553 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.670 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.670 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3814 robust_rms=0.319 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.367 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.367 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3814 robust_rms_before=0.947 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.310 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.319 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.344 worst_region_rms_after=0.367 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.212 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.367 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.344 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.344 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.310 arcsec matched=3814 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits N_match=3814 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.334 n_q1=1227 n_q2=737 n_q3=1159 n_q4=691 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.030 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.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.AKuVtgEoaO (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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=407, bad_region=1309, passed=5548 Got 5548 stars (including 3916 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5548 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1547 through 0 to 7.8847, gap 7.8847 to 352.1547 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3830 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3824 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1549 through 0 to 7.8850, gap 7.8850 to 352.1549 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3830 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 3824 stars left (next iteration limit 4206) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3824 robust_rms=7.652 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.521 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.521 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3824 robust_rms=0.503 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.971 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.971 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3824 robust_rms=0.299 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.365 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.365 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3824 robust_rms_before=0.956 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.294 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.299 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.339 worst_region_rms_after=0.365 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.183 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.365 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.339 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.339 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.294 arcsec matched=3824 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits N_match=3824 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.305 n_q1=1223 n_q2=745 n_q3=1156 n_q4=700 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.028 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits sigma_overall=0.303 worst_q_ratio=1.153 ref2=Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits sigma_overall=0.351 worst_q_ratio=1.142 new1=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits sigma_overall=0.325 worst_q_ratio=1.030 new2=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.028 reference average sigma_overall=0.327 worst_q_ratio=1.1475 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999_astrometric_residuals.png (3972 matched stars from wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000_astrometric_residuals.png (3913 matched stars from wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312_astrometric_residuals.png (3814 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313_astrometric_residuals.png (3824 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:55:16.58 -02:28:32.2: 12.10 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:58:44.43 -01:12:33.9: 12.06 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:54:14.08 +02:14:52.0: 11.84 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:54:14.08 +02:14:52.0: 11.80 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.82 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:58:44.43 -01:12:33.9: 12.04 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:54:14.08 +02:14:52.0: ref_mag=11.82 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0192 delta=-0.20 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:55:16.58 -02:28:32.2: 12.09 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.05 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:58:44.43 -01:12:33.9: ref_mag=12.05 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0637 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.09 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:55:16.58 -02:28:32.2: ref_mag=12.09 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1005 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 4s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20251_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 Preparing report for the candidate 20251_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20944_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 20944_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    11.90    00:11:41.17 -01:44:55.4   3032 3051   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits **** FOUND 00:11:41.17 -01:44:55.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21027_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 21027_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    12.03    23:54:14.09 +02:14:51.9   5660 0620   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    12.01    23:54:14.08 +02:14:52.0   5667 0622   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21053_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 21053_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    12.06    23:58:44.42 -01:12:33.9   4981 2717   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    12.06    23:58:44.44 -01:12:33.8   4988 2719   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21062_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 21062_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    12.08    23:55:16.58 -02:28:32.2   5505 3481   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    12.12    23:55:16.58 -02:28:32.2   5512 3483   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 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: 00:00:00.424 -02:00:17.62 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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.1' 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: 00:00:00.945 -01:59:59.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:00:00.424 -02:00:17.62 Second-epoch image center 00:00:00.945 -01:59:59.01 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0056 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.1' 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: 00:00:03.670 -01:59:46.85 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:00:00.424 -02:00:17.62 Second-epoch image center 00:00:03.670 -01:59:46.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0160 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 00:00:00.945 -01:59:59.01 Second-epoch second image center 00:00:03.670 -01:59:46.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01184 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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5Bl5nFKq0w Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits &> /tmp/tmp.OBEBD719IU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QHQ5mAvbZP Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7u66RgLtud Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 29281 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1384 to 7.8963 deg, Dec -7.2757 to +3.2741 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 352.1384 to 7.8963 deg, Dec -7.2757 to 3.2741 deg Loaded 113505 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): 3329 out of 3554 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3554 out of 29281 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.525300 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.525300 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.12 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 29281 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1384 to 7.8963 deg, Dec -7.2757 to +3.2741 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 352.1384 to 7.8963 deg, Dec -7.2757 to 3.2741 deg Loaded 113505 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): 3329 out of 3554 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3554 out of 29281 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits (aperture=5.0) The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max) Read 30046 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1258 to 7.8769 deg, Dec -7.2751 to +3.2772 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 352.1258 to 7.8769 deg, Dec -7.2751 to 3.2772 deg Loaded 113502 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): 3314 out of 3546 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3546 out of 30046 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 15 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits 2.1 pix Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits 2.1 pix fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 2.1 pix fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits 15.4 mag. Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits 15.5 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 15.4 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.4 (SNR ) 14.6 (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.5Bl5nFKq0w (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=1084, bad_region=5467, passed=29269 Got 29269 stars (including 22908 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29269 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1384 through 0 to 7.8963, gap 7.8963 to 352.1384 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4857 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4850 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25114 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1387 through 0 to 7.8963, gap 7.8963 to 352.1387 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4857 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25114 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25114 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4850 stars left (next iteration limit 5335) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits N_match=4850 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.302 n_q1=1560 n_q2=873 n_q3=1533 n_q4=884 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.137 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.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.OBEBD719IU (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.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/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=1265, bad_region=5561, passed=30034 Got 30034 stars (including 23398 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30034 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1258 through 0 to 7.8769, gap 7.8769 to 352.1258 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4861 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4854 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25818 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 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1262 through 0 to 7.8769, gap 7.8769 to 352.1262 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4861 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25818 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25818 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4854 stars left (next iteration limit 5339) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits N_match=4854 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.340 n_q1=1568 n_q2=872 n_q3=1544 n_q4=870 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.153 The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.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.QHQ5mAvbZP (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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=1138, bad_region=5942, passed=30038 Got 30038 stars (including 23162 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30038 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1416 through 0 to 7.8812, gap 7.8812 to 352.1416 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4831 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4825 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25533 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1418 through 0 to 7.8815, gap 7.8815 to 352.1418 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4832 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25533 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25533 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4825 stars left (next iteration limit 5307) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.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=4825 robust_rms=7.507 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.384 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.384 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4825 robust_rms=0.547 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.771 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.771 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4825 robust_rms=0.325 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.379 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.379 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4825 robust_rms_before=0.964 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.318 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.325 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.351 worst_region_rms_after=0.379 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.219 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.379 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.351 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.351 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.318 arcsec matched=4825 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits N_match=4825 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.335 n_q1=1513 n_q2=953 n_q3=1472 n_q4=887 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.057 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.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.7u66RgLtud (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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1136, bad_region=5922, passed=29746 Got 29746 stars (including 22902 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29746 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1534 through 0 to 7.8956, gap 7.8956 to 352.1534 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4828 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25269 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1536 through 0 to 7.8960, gap 7.8960 to 352.1536 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4834 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25269 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25269 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4828 stars left (next iteration limit 5310) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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=4828 robust_rms=7.590 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.567 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.567 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4828 robust_rms=0.496 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.108 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.108 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4828 robust_rms=0.305 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.361 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.361 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4828 robust_rms_before=0.975 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.302 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.305 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.364 worst_region_rms_after=0.361 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.194 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.361 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.364 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.364 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.302 arcsec matched=4828 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits N_match=4828 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.299 n_q1=1506 n_q2=959 n_q3=1469 n_q4=894 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.044 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.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_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:50:57.84 -04:17:52.3: 14.47 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:44:30.92 -04:38:51.5: 13.28 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:15:29.09 -05:53:02.5: 14.39 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:04:52.71 +00:44:08.5: 14.21 +/- 0.09 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:17:39.35 -01:01:20.1: 12.63 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:55:27.96 +01:40:46.4: 14.44 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:56:27.65 -00:35:54.1: 13.39 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7: 15.80 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:47:44.00 +02:02:27.6: 13.26 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:44:30.92 -04:38:51.5: 13.15 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:55:27.96 +01:40:46.4: 14.47 +/- 0.13 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:04:52.71 +00:44:08.5: 14.12 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.20 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:17:39.35 -01:01:20.1: 12.68 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:15:29.09 -05:53:02.5: 14.28 +/- 0.10 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:50:57.84 -04:17:52.3: 14.53 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:44:30.92 -04:38:51.5: ref_mag=13.20 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4436 delta=-0.24 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.16 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.45 +/- 0.09 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:04:52.71 +00:44:08.5: ref_mag=14.16 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.4976 delta=-0.34 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:55:27.96 +01:40:46.4: ref_mag=14.45 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.3572 delta=0.10 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.65 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.33 +/- 0.07 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.50 +/- 0.08 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:15:29.09 -05:53:02.5: ref_mag=14.33 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.5342 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:17:39.35 -01:01:20.1: ref_mag=12.65 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1570 delta=-0.50 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:50:57.84 -04:17:52.3: ref_mag=14.50 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.7028 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:56:27.65 -00:35:54.1: 13.47 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:56:27.65 -00:35:54.1: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.5757 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:47:44.00 +02:02:27.6: 13.32 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.29 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:47:44.00 +02:02:27.6: ref_mag=13.29 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4685 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:15:01.31 +01:55:11.7: 15.01 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:59:54.84 -00:15:40.0: 14.67 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:44:18.58 +01:01:47.4: 15.21 +/- 0.23 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 00:14:23.01 -05:37:28.6: 14.95 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-07-33_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0999.fits at 23:57:20.33 -06:06:32.3: 14.43 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:15:01.31 +01:55:11.7: 14.99 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.00 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:59:54.84 -00:15:40.0: 14.78 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:15:01.31 +01:55:11.7: ref_mag=15.00 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7081 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.72 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:59:54.84 -00:15:40.0: ref_mag=14.72 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.6336 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 00:14:23.01 -05:37:28.6: 14.90 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.92 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:57:20.33 -06:06:32.3: 14.42 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:14:23.01 -05:37:28.6: ref_mag=14.92 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.6291 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-08-38_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1000.fits at 23:44:18.58 +01:01:47.4: 15.05 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.42 +/- 0.09 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.11 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:57:20.33 -06:06:32.3: ref_mag=14.42 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.5244 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:44:18.58 +01:01:47.4: ref_mag=15.11 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=14.7316 delta=0.38 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out36531.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32303_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 32303_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.67    23:50:57.83 -04:17:52.4   6157 4583   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.74    23:50:57.84 -04:17:52.3   6164 4585   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32306_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 32306_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.63    00:04:52.76 +00:44:08.5   4050 1542   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.41    00:04:52.66 +00:44:08.4   4057 1544   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32309_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 32309_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.45    00:15:29.04 -05:53:01.7   2459 5561   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.67    00:15:29.15 -05:53:03.4   2465 5564   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32314_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 32314_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    13.54    23:44:30.97 -04:38:51.6   7134 4798   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    13.39    23:44:30.86 -04:38:51.4   7141 4800   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32315_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 32315_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    13.14    00:17:39.36 -01:01:20.2   2116 2612   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    13.18    00:17:39.34 -01:01:20.0   2123 2614   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32347_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 Preparing report for the candidate 32347_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34719_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 34719_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    13.49    23:47:44.02 +02:02:27.2   6647 0742   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    13.45    23:47:43.99 +02:02:28.1   6654 0744   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35039_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 35039_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    13.66    23:56:27.67 -00:35:54.1   5324 2347   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    13.51    23:56:27.63 -00:35:54.1   5331 2349   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36391_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 36391_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.32    23:55:27.99 +01:40:46.9   5473 0966   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.40    23:55:27.93 +01:40:45.9   5480 0968   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36531_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 Preparing report for the candidate 36531_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37169_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 37169_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.71    23:44:18.61 +01:01:47.8   7167 1355   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.78    23:44:18.55 +01:01:47.0   7174 1357   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37196_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 37196_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.63    00:15:01.28 +01:55:11.9   2508 0823   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.83    00:15:01.34 +01:55:11.5   2514 0825   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37283_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 37283_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.65    23:59:54.83 -00:15:39.4   4802 2144   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.61    23:59:54.84 -00:15:40.6   4809 2146   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37425_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 37425_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.63    23:57:20.40 -06:06:31.6   5198 5682   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.46    23:57:20.26 -06:06:33.0   5205 5684   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37496_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 The candidate 37496_fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.24320    2461323.74320    14.63    00:14:23.00 -05:37:28.7   2625 5402   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0312.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.24373    2461323.74373    14.63    00:14:23.03 -05:37:28.4   2632 5403   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_022543_TTUQ2b1x1_1675296_0cXfr8Tu/fd_Psc-08-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_00-50-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0313.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 11s Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7 ########### Completed Psc-08-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 00:10:26.19 -00:25:01.8 00:10:26.18 -00:25:01.7 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7 ################################################################################### 00:10:26.19 -00:25:01.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:10:26.18 -00:25:01.7 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:11:43.51 +00:25:47.7 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461323.74319691 -observatory V36 14:32:41.88 -17:52:06.5 Mercury (0.0mag) 14:08:41.97 -21:02:34.3 Venus (-4.6mag) 08:37:15.06 +19:45:26.5 Mars (1.0mag) 09:33:37.12 +15:08:46.4 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:42:46.49 +01:38:59.4 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:12:11.85 +20:58:15.5 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:10:27.47 -00:24:53.6 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:11.65 -23:43:30.5 Pluto (14.5mag) 12:36:31.48 -08:09:59.8 Moon (-8.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Oct 10 02:31 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461323.74319691: 09:33:39.80 +15:08:32.6 Io (6.1mag) 09:33:29.40 +15:09:28.7 Europa (6.2mag) 09:33:38.07 +15:08:42.5 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:33:09.27 +15:11:17.7 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:33:16.59 +15:29:33.6 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:33:39.32 +15:08:35.8 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:32:08.75 +15:30:09.4 Elara (17.5mag) 09:36:07.61 +14:31:33.2 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:32:18.27 +15:35:33.5 Carme (18.8mag) 00:42:36.96 +01:39:18.0 Titan (8.2mag) 00:42:48.65 +01:38:39.9 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:42:13.67 +01:36:13.8 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:42:30.27 +01:39:01.4 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:41:06.53 +01:26:41.8 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 10 02:31 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461323.74319691: 02:41:59.35 +21:20:49.9 JWST 10:53:21.97 +41:59:11.3 Chandra 06:14:16.47 +23:04:40.2 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 10 02:31 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461323.74319691 -observatory V36 03:46:27.17 +20:11:38.3 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:23:42.27 -33:31:27.5 14.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:39:20.62 -72:19:36.4 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:15:59.30 +34:37:02.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 07:29:43.81 +25:28:11.9 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:01:23.38 +35:32:53.7 16.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:26:32.25 +41:34:38.1 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 19:51:26.08 +46:19:00.6 17.3mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:46:07.40 -13:34:31.2 16.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:14:57.69 +16:05:19.7 16.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:49:49.90 -02:37:28.7 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 18:37:54.60 +65:40:05.5 15.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:37:24.94 +43:27:01.1 17.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:44:33.38 +14:08:47.7 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:28:57.64 -15:43:07.0 12.9mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:29:49.47 +19:09:28.6 16.4mag 2P/Encke 22:57:01.48 -31:56:45.7 14.5mag 10P/Tempel 02:09:16.31 +38:55:17.9 17.0mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:10:27.90 -08:04:10.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:23:09.72 -08:50:08.0 15.6mag 65P/Gunn 07:34:14.90 +16:07:59.7 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 03:01:11.62 +14:23:42.8 17.6mag 88P/Howell 07:34:48.14 +39:55:02.3 16.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:59:57.42 +14:33:17.8 15.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:38:39.66 +13:31:23.3 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:03:50.12 -31:53:19.0 17.8mag 124P/Mrkos 06:50:01.03 +19:21:30.0 15.6mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 21:49:33.57 +02:28:10.2 9.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:16:46.71 +35:26:49.6 16.9mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:15:38.27 +01:55:33.2 14.2mag 169P/NEAT 03:29:55.76 +04:44:37.9 17.9mag 220P/McNaught 06:01:43.03 +44:57:56.2 15.6mag 260P/McNaught 07:25:56.81 +25:38:48.9 17.9mag 266P/Christensen 09:55:04.85 +31:41:50.0 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.7K Oct 10 02:31 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 05:39:14.97 +51:06:11.70 ASASSN-26fk 2026-10-5.53 -3.9 02:49:03.98 -49:55:57.00 SN 2026adfy 2026-10-4.88 16.61 22:03:46.31 -11:07:57.70 AT2026adgn 2026-10-4.28 -2.56 15:03:12.98 +49:51:05.40 ASASSN-26fj 2026-10-2.06 15.91 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 22:37:05.59 +34:24:35.70 SN2026aaiv 2026-09-7.22 13.48 22:24:21.29 -10:25:31.60 ASASSN-26fb 2026-09-5.3 13.93 00:44:54.28 +41:33:10.50 AT2026aabo 2026-09-3.29 15.02 00:52:12.40 -58:22:08.60 SN 2026zhl 2026-08-31.92 16.51 19:53:57.87 +61:00:19.70 ASASSN-26fa 2026-08-31.18 14.63 00:21:50.96 -09:29:16.30 AT2026zwp 2026-08-31.41 15.59 19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80 V488 2026-08-30.13 9.37 18:25:12.79 -22:25:29.10 V8055 2026-08-30 10.76 17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10 ASASSN-26ez 2026-08-25.13 10.87 19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00 AT2026zwo 2026-08-24.16 15.78 04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90 AT2026zjy 2026-08-23.03 15.91 03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50 SN2026ymb 2026-08-23.4 16.44 20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30 SN2026yid 2026-08-22.82 15.13 04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60 ASASSN-26ey 2026-08-20.02 15.55 16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80 ASASSN-26ex 2026-08-18.78 3.63 21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60 SN 2026sfn 2026-08-16.3 17.09 23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00 SN 2026yib 2026-08-14.85 17.36 00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70 SN 2026whu 2026-08-14.96 16.5 19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90 ASASSN-26ew 2026-08-13.82 14.73 13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00 SN 2026wkv 2026-08-10.12 15.83 05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10 TCP J05210763+2338194 2026-08-10.59 9.34 01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10 SN2026wpd 2026-08-9.34 16.37 23:47:50.87 +49:28:49.80 SN2026wjs 2026-08-9.35 17.12 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Oct 10 02:31 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 10 02:31 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 21:26:02.840 +18:32:35.45 AT 2026acua 2026-09-19.63 21.51 23:01:29.050 +13:26:28.84 AT 2026actz 2026-09-16.57 21.6 23:11:56.220 +13:00:12.92 AT 2026acty 2026-09-16.57 21.25 21:27:19.340 +14:52:36.51 AT 2026actx 2026-09-10.70 20.74 23:13:00.900 +27:43:18.56 AT 2026actw 2026-09-10.67 21.38 22:48:58.670 +25:17:22.66 AT 2026actv 2026-09-10.67 20.85 23:08:25.890 +17:23:34.90 AT 2026actu 2026-09-08.70 20.92 23:26:01.650 +04:42:51.59 AT 2026actt 2026-09-20.77 22.65 01:25:10.470 +05:14:45.08 AT 2026acts 2026-09-19.91 22.5 23:54:52.550 +03:52:17.36 AT 2026actr 2026-09-19.82 22.65 01:13:11.200 +04:25:46.09 AT 2026actq 2026-09-19.83 22.51 02:12:52.180 +06:15:33.28 AT 2026actp 2026-09-17.85 22.41 01:15:33.580 +00:34:39.51 AT 2026acto 2026-09-13.84 22.45 01:15:50.690 +03:06:14.05 AT 2026actn 2026-09-13.84 22.42 02:21:01.320 +03:23:34.05 AT 2026actm 2026-09-10.91 22.41 00:57:53.520 +00:50:47.48 AT 2026actl 2026-09-12.89 22.5 02:06:55.930 +05:22:05.89 AT 2026actk 2026-09-19.85 22.99 02:04:41.170 -01:21:54.37 AT 2026actj 2026-09-08.84 22.36 22:01:32.858 -26:38:25.05 AT 2026acti 2026-09-03.36 21.44 02:32:20.592 -10:31:38.74 AT 2026acth 2026-09-04.58 21.21 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 10 02:31 tns_transients_list.txt

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