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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh

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

Processing fields Cet-02-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    7.13    00:42:45.23 +01:38:39.7   3486 5406   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    7.13    00:42:45.20 +01:38:39.8   3492 5397   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581   7.13  00:42:45.21 +01:38:39.7
118.43048 -61.15146 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 11.1 pix   This object is listed in moons.txt   133.6"  Titan (8.2mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
23.7" Saturn  (0.4mag)
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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    8.33    00:42:36.74 +01:39:14.7   3464 5412   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    8.30    00:42:36.66 +01:39:15.4   3471 5403   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581   8.31  00:42:36.70 +01:39:15.1
118.35865 -61.13916 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.4" and 10.9 pix   This object is listed in moons.txt    1.6"  Titan (8.2mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
143.9" Saturn  (0.4mag)
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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    10.29    00:42:13.40 +01:36:12.6   3405 5382   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    10.27    00:42:13.44 +01:36:12.3   3412 5373   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  10.28  00:42:13.42 +01:36:12.4
118.15053 -61.18273 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 11.1 pix   This object is listed in moons.txt    0.4"  Iapetus (11.0mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
0.4" Iapetus  (11.0mag)
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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    7.52    00:42:45.22 +01:38:39.7   3486 5406   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    7.52    00:42:45.20 +01:38:39.5   3492 5397   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581   7.52  00:42:45.21 +01:38:39.6
118.43047 -61.15149 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 11.1 pix   This object is listed in moons.txt   133.7"  Titan (8.2mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
23.8" Saturn  (0.4mag)
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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    8.40    00:42:36.72 +01:39:14.9   3464 5412   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    8.36    00:42:36.67 +01:39:15.3   3471 5403   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581   8.38  00:42:36.69 +01:39:15.1
118.35856 -61.13915 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 11.0 pix   This object is listed in moons.txt    1.5"  Titan (8.2mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
144.1" Saturn  (0.4mag)
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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    10.29    00:42:13.41 +01:36:12.3   3405 5382   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    10.28    00:42:13.45 +01:36:12.2   3412 5373   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  10.29  00:42:13.43 +01:36:12.2
118.15060 -61.18279 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 11.1 pix   This object is listed in moons.txt    0.2"  Iapetus (11.0mag)
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
0.2" Iapetus  (11.0mag)
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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    12.57    00:59:19.87 +01:34:02.5   5996 5345   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    12.56    00:59:19.82 +01:34:02.2   6002 5336   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  12.56  00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4
127.03433 -61.24153 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 10.9 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
58 Concordia               -0      0       0  12.8     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4:  15.96 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4:  16.00 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    12.63    01:08:40.00 -04:30:05.9   7386 1657   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    12.59    01:08:39.99 -04:30:06.8   7392 1649   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  12.61  01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4
133.98076 -67.00321 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 11.1 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
191 Kolga                    0     -1       1  12.7     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4:  15.87 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4:  15.92 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    13.62    01:08:07.89 +00:31:01.8   7327 4703   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    13.76    01:08:07.84 +00:31:01.0   7334 4694   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  13.69  01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4
131.86808 -62.06471 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 10.9 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
522 Helga                   -0     -0       0  13.7     0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4:  15.93 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4:  15.93 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    13.89    00:58:20.27 -05:33:00.9   5818 1037   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    13.88    00:58:20.27 -05:33:02.2   5825 1027   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  13.88  00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6
127.59197 -68.35974 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 11.2 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
805 Hormuthia               -0     -0       0  14.0     0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6:  15.93 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6:  15.94 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    13.88    00:41:26.31 +00:24:53.4   3284 4661   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    13.87    00:41:26.16 +00:24:52.8   3290 4652   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  13.88  00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1
117.53796 -62.35222 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.3" and 10.9 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
1132 Hollandia               -0     -1       1  13.9    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1:  15.96 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1:  16.03 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    13.97    00:51:53.55 -04:19:27.5   4850 1787   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    13.94    00:51:53.52 -04:19:28.0   4857 1778   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  13.96  00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8
123.22419 -67.19588 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 11.1 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
155 Scylla                  -0     -0       0  14.2     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8:  15.98 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8:  15.98 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.74    00:41:45.88 +01:32:14.5   3336 5342   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.58    00:41:45.80 +01:32:15.3   3342 5333   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  14.66  00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9
117.90225 -61.23977 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.5" and 10.8 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
853 Nansenia                 0     -0       1  14.7    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9:  15.95 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9:  16.00 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.89    00:49:17.44 -02:19:18.9   4464 2999   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    15.21    00:49:17.55 -02:19:17.2   4471 2991   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 10.2581  2461323.7581  15.05  00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1
121.65425 -65.18812 galactic  Cet  Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.3" and 10.9 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
2193 Jackson                  1      1       1  15.3    -0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1:  16.02 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1:  16.08 +/- 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?)   Cet-02-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: 14

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits
Field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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: 
Cet-02-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Cet-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Cet-02-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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits_preview.png'
Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits

renamed 'Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits_preview.png'
Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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= 797.3932 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 475.0541 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1224.6117 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 516.3028 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1222.6395 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 515.8059 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.53577 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 = 15.0100002288818 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 16.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits :) Spent 0.750545 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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits :) Spent 0.760284 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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/d_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits


fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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: 2461323.75777738 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Image size: 937.1'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: 00:51:26.196 -01:59:42.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.196 -01:59:42.95 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0060 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Image size: 937.2'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: 00:51:23.577 -01:58:50.67 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:23.577 -01:58:50.67 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0217 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 00:51:26.196 -01:59:42.95 Second-epoch second image center 00:51:23.577 -01:58:50.67 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01816 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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jioldqN0eH Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UZqpirjauY Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits &> /tmp/tmp.f8EzOhTxOo Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ofDdeGRIOm Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5517 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to +3.3142 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 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to 3.3142 deg Loaded 3965 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): 3226 out of 3364 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3364 out of 5517 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.864150 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.864150 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.45 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) Read 5517 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to +3.3142 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 4.9633 to 20.7882 deg, Dec -7.2970 to 3.3142 deg Loaded 3965 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): 3226 out of 3364 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3364 out of 5517 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (aperture=5.9) Read 5460 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9695 to 20.8088 deg, Dec -7.2935 to +3.3227 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 4.9695 to 20.8088 deg, Dec -7.2935 to 3.3227 deg Loaded 3971 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): 3212 out of 3360 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3360 out of 5460 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (aperture=5.8) ____ 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: 2.1 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 2.0 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 2.3 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 15.4 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 15.2 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 15.3 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.2 (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 cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.jioldqN0eH (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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=396, bad_region=1270, passed=5517 Got 5517 stars (including 3949 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5517 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3862 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3862 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4487 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 3862 stars left (next iteration limit 4248) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits N_match=3862 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.247 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.229 n_q1=1232 n_q2=744 n_q3=1161 n_q4=725 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.239 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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.UZqpirjauY (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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=414, bad_region=1257, passed=5460 Got 5460 stars (including 3880 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5460 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3799 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3794 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4442 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 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 3799 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4442 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4442 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 3794 stars left (next iteration limit 4173) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits N_match=3794 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=1201 n_q2=734 n_q3=1146 n_q4=713 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.295 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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.f8EzOhTxOo (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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=372, bad_region=1183, passed=5236 Got 5236 stars (including 3743 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5236 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3667 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3664 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4276 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 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 3667 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4276 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4276 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 3664 stars left (next iteration limit 4030) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3664 robust_rms=7.914 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.372 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.372 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3664 robust_rms=0.496 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.980 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.980 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3664 robust_rms=0.332 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.387 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.384 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3664 robust_rms_before=1.045 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.318 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.332 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.354 worst_region_rms_after=0.387 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.093 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.384 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.354 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.354 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.318 arcsec matched=3664 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits N_match=3664 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.329 n_q1=1174 n_q2=625 n_q3=1199 n_q4=666 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.178 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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.ofDdeGRIOm (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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=398, bad_region=1191, passed=5217 Got 5217 stars (including 3692 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5217 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.2 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3614 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3611 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3611 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3611 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4248 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.2 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3615 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3611 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4248 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3611 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4248 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 3611 stars left (next iteration limit 3972) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3611 robust_rms=7.921 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.858 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.858 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3611 robust_rms=0.514 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.969 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.969 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3611 robust_rms=0.345 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.409 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.409 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3611 robust_rms_before=1.043 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.339 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.345 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.382 worst_region_rms_after=0.409 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.105 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.409 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.382 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.382 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.339 arcsec matched=3611 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits N_match=3611 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.336 n_q1=1142 n_q2=631 n_q3=1180 n_q4=658 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.133 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits sigma_overall=0.264 worst_q_ratio=1.239 ref2=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits sigma_overall=0.314 worst_q_ratio=1.295 new1=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits sigma_overall=0.330 worst_q_ratio=1.178 new2=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits sigma_overall=0.349 worst_q_ratio=1.133 reference average sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.267 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061_astrometric_residuals.png (3862 matched stars from wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062_astrometric_residuals.png (3794 matched stars from wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330_astrometric_residuals.png (3664 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331_astrometric_residuals.png (3611 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:53:24.39 -01:50:28.5: 12.14 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:35:58.14 +01:20:38.9: 12.14 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:53:24.39 -01:50:28.5: 12.13 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.13 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:53:24.39 -01:50:28.5: ref_mag=12.13 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0940 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:35:58.14 +01:20:38.9: 12.14 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.14 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:35:58.14 +01:20:38.9: ref_mag=12.14 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1146 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s 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: 3s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20186_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 20186_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20214_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 20214_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20377_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 20377_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21005_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 21005_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    12.11    00:53:24.44 -01:50:28.4   5087 3287   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    12.08    00:53:24.35 -01:50:28.6   5093 3278   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 21010_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 21010_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    12.12    00:35:58.09 +01:20:39.2   2454 5231   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    12.11    00:35:58.18 +01:20:38.7   2461 5222   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 8s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-02-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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Image size: 937.1'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: 00:51:26.196 -01:59:42.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.196 -01:59:42.95 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0060 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Image size: 937.2'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: 00:51:23.577 -01:58:50.67 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 00:51:25.608 -02:00:02.80 Second-epoch image center 00:51:23.577 -01:58:50.67 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0217 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 00:51:26.196 -01:59:42.95 Second-epoch second image center 00:51:23.577 -01:58:50.67 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01816 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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qq7gCaRG6k Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mr1S7ib8j8 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VSogd82tyo Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Z0LFZseScv Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits and wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 29514 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to +3.3164 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 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to 3.3164 deg Loaded 3973 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): 3194 out of 3433 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3433 out of 29514 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.758700 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.758700 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.18 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 29514 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to +3.3164 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 4.9555 to 20.8043 deg, Dec -7.2973 to 3.3164 deg Loaded 3973 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): 3194 out of 3433 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3433 out of 29514 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 30077 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9695 to 20.8139 deg, Dec -7.2935 to +3.3255 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 4.9695 to 20.8139 deg, Dec -7.2935 to 3.3255 deg Loaded 3973 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): 3182 out of 3441 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3441 out of 30077 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (aperture=4.6) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 23 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 1.9 pix Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 15.6 mag. Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 15.4 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 15.4 mag. fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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.qq7gCaRG6k (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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=6, blended=1068, bad_region=5575, passed=29508 Got 29508 stars (including 23045 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29508 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4859 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 4859 stars left (next iteration limit 5344) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits N_match=4859 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.238 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.229 n_q1=1604 n_q2=899 n_q3=1497 n_q4=859 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.219 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.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.mr1S7ib8j8 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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=11, blended=1115, bad_region=5717, passed=30066 Got 30066 stars (including 23434 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30066 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4863 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4857 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25562 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 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 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25562 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25562 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4858 stars left (next iteration limit 5342) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits N_match=4858 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.262 n_q1=1593 n_q2=894 n_q3=1493 n_q4=878 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.269 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits -region wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.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.VSogd82tyo (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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=1003, bad_region=5228, passed=27585 Got 27585 stars (including 21551 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27585 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4814 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4808 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23615 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4815 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23615 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4808 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23615 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4808 stars left (next iteration limit 5288) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4808 robust_rms=7.614 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.241 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.241 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4808 robust_rms=0.503 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.960 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.960 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4808 robust_rms=0.338 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.396 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.393 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4808 robust_rms_before=1.024 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.328 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.338 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.364 worst_region_rms_after=0.396 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.107 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.393 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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.364 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.328 arcsec matched=4808 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits N_match=4808 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.337 n_q1=1548 n_q2=829 n_q3=1521 n_q4=910 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.150 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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.Z0LFZseScv (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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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=1075, bad_region=5270, passed=27754 Got 27754 stars (including 21626 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27754 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4817 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4811 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23749 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4819 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4812 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23749 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4812 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23749 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4812 stars left (next iteration limit 5292) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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=4812 robust_rms=7.618 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.122 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.122 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4812 robust_rms=0.520 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.976 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.976 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4812 robust_rms=0.356 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.435 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.435 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4812 robust_rms_before=1.023 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.343 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.356 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.399 worst_region_rms_after=0.435 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.064 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.435 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.399 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.399 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.343 arcsec matched=4812 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits N_match=4812 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.348 n_q1=1551 n_q2=837 n_q3=1520 n_q4=904 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.133 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.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_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/wcs_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:06:10.51 +01:57:42.1: 13.06 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:40:07.93 -04:05:09.1: 12.72 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:58:10.63 -00:05:00.7: 14.80 +/- 0.12 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:47:03.27 -02:38:02.1: 13.34 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:06:10.51 +01:57:42.1: 13.11 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4: 16.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.08 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:06:10.51 +01:57:42.1: ref_mag=13.08 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1428 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:47:03.27 -02:38:02.1: 13.43 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:40:07.93 -04:05:09.1: 12.76 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:58:10.63 -00:05:00.7: 15.13 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.38 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.92 +/- 0.09 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.73 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:47:03.27 -02:38:02.1: ref_mag=13.38 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.6432 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:58:10.63 -00:05:00.7: ref_mag=14.92 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.8678 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:40:07.93 -04:05:09.1: ref_mag=12.73 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7339 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6: 15.94 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8: 15.98 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:34:32.45 -05:43:24.5: 14.87 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8: 15.98 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:34:32.45 -05:43:24.5: 14.82 +/- 0.15 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.84 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:34:32.45 -05:43:24.5: ref_mag=14.84 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.5965 delta=0.25 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:39:35.09 +00:51:34.0: 14.41 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:39:35.09 +00:51:34.0: 14.38 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.39 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:39:35.09 +00:51:34.0: ref_mag=14.39 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.5965 delta=-0.20 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:00:09.85 -02:47:29.4: 15.11 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 01:05:13.24 +01:39:49.7: 15.22 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:35:04.83 -05:31:44.2: 15.21 +/- 0.20 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:05:13.24 +01:39:49.7: 15.43 +/- 0.22 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.31 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:05:13.24 +01:39:49.7: ref_mag=15.31 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.8020 delta=0.51 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 01:00:09.85 -02:47:29.4: 15.22 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.16 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:00:09.85 -02:47:29.4: ref_mag=15.16 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7096 delta=0.45 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:35:24.48 -03:09:17.7: 15.20 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:35:04.83 -05:31:44.2: 15.34 +/- 0.22 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.27 +/- 0.15 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:35:04.83 -05:31:44.2: ref_mag=15.27 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=14.8719 delta=0.40 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:35:24.48 -03:09:17.7: 15.26 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.23 +/- 0.13 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:35:24.48 -03:09:17.7: ref_mag=15.23 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.8231 delta=0.41 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:42:49.67 -05:31:26.0: 15.34 +/- 0.22 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:38:25.76 -06:01:05.3: 15.11 +/- 0.18 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-48-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0061.fits at 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1: 16.02 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:38:25.76 -06:01:05.3: 15.18 +/- 0.20 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.14 +/- 0.14 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:38:25.76 -06:01:05.3: ref_mag=15.14 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.8424 delta=0.30 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9: 16.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:42:49.67 -05:31:26.0: 15.37 +/- 0.22 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.36 +/- 0.16 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:42:49.67 -05:31:26.0: ref_mag=15.36 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=14.8463 delta=0.51 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-49-45_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0062.fits at 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1: 16.08 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out33117.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out33133.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out34547.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out35011.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out35029.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out35213.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out37167.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out37215.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 14s 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: 12s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31862_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 31862_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.80    00:58:10.53 -00:05:00.4   5814 4345   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.96    00:58:10.72 -00:05:00.9   5821 4336   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31872_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 31872_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    13.64    00:47:03.31 -02:38:02.5   4126 2813   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    13.64    00:47:03.24 -02:38:01.7   4132 2804   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31878_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 31878_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31904_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 31904_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32063_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 32063_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33117_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 33117_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33133_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 33133_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33224_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 33224_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    12.73    00:40:07.93 -04:05:09.2   3076 1937   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    12.73    00:40:07.93 -04:05:09.1   3083 1928   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33748_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 33748_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    13.12    01:06:10.52 +01:57:42.4   7037 5583   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    13.17    01:06:10.49 +01:57:41.9   7044 5574   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 34547_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 34547_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35011_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 35011_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35029_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 35029_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35213_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 35213_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36386_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 36386_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.51    00:34:32.50 -05:43:25.4   2224 0940   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.72    00:34:32.40 -05:43:23.6   2231 0932   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36758_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 36758_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.60    00:39:35.13 +00:51:34.5   3004 4933   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.60    00:39:35.04 +00:51:33.6   3010 4924   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36893_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 36893_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.71    01:00:09.79 -02:47:28.9   6104 2706   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.71    01:00:09.90 -02:47:29.8   6111 2697   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36943_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 36943_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.71    01:05:13.22 +01:39:50.9   6890 5402   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    15.08    01:05:13.25 +01:39:48.6   6897 5392   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 36990_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 36990_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.75    00:35:04.70 -05:31:43.6   2306 1060   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    15.12    00:35:04.95 -05:31:44.9   2314 1051   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37035_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 37035_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.79    00:35:24.45 -03:09:17.6   2362 2502   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.88    00:35:24.50 -03:09:17.7   2369 2493   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37045_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 37045_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.76    00:42:49.66 -05:31:26.2   3480 1064   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.97    00:42:49.68 -05:31:25.9   3486 1055   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37167_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 37167_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37187_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 The candidate 37187_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 10.25778    2461323.75778    14.83    00:38:25.75 -06:01:06.9   2813 0762   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-11-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0330.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 10.25849    2461323.75849    14.86    00:38:25.77 -06:01:03.6   2820 0754   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_022739_TTUQ2b1x1_2001125_zMjq9mxh/fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 37215_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 Preparing report for the candidate 37215_fd_Cet-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_01-12-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0331 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 27s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1 ########### Completed Cet-02-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 #### 00:42:45.21 +01:38:39.7 00:42:36.70 +01:39:15.1 00:42:13.42 +01:36:12.4 00:42:45.21 +01:38:39.6 00:42:36.69 +01:39:15.1 00:42:13.43 +01:36:12.2 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1 ################################################################################### 00:42:45.21 +01:38:39.7 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:42:36.70 +01:39:15.1 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:42:13.42 +01:36:12.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:42:45.21 +01:38:39.6 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:42:36.69 +01:39:15.1 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:42:13.43 +01:36:12.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:59:19.84 +01:34:02.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 01:08:40.00 -04:30:06.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 01:08:07.86 +00:31:01.4 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:58:20.27 -05:33:01.6 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:41:26.24 +00:24:53.1 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:51:53.54 -04:19:27.8 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:41:45.84 +01:32:14.9 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 00:49:17.50 -02:19:18.1 -- 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)2461323.75777738 -observatory V36 14:32:45.55 -17:52:28.3 Mercury (0.0mag) 14:08:41.13 -21:02:29.7 Venus (-4.6mag) 08:37:17.12 +19:45:20.1 Mars (1.0mag) 09:33:37.69 +15:08:43.8 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:42:46.23 +01:38:57.8 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:12:11.76 +20:58:15.3 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:10:27.38 -00:24:54.2 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:11.64 -23:43:30.5 Pluto (14.5mag) 12:37:29.65 -08:15:03.2 Moon (-8.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Oct 10 02:30 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461323.75777738: 09:33:40.69 +15:08:28.2 Io (6.1mag) 09:33:30.13 +15:09:25.2 Europa (6.2mag) 09:33:38.86 +15:08:38.7 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:33:09.86 +15:11:15.0 Callisto (6.9mag) 09:33:17.23 +15:29:30.8 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:33:40.30 +15:08:31.0 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:32:09.37 +15:30:07.0 Elara (17.5mag) 09:36:08.13 +14:31:30.6 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:32:18.78 +15:35:31.2 Carme (18.8mag) 00:42:36.64 +01:39:16.4 Titan (8.2mag) 00:42:48.48 +01:38:38.3 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:42:13.44 +01:36:12.1 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:42:30.01 +01:38:59.7 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:41:06.27 +01:26:40.2 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)2461323.75777738: 02:42:00.92 +21:21:06.4 JWST 11:10:42.62 +44:11:21.8 Chandra 06:21:04.17 +19:51:06.0 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)2461323.75777738 -observatory V36 03:46:26.94 +20:11:38.6 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:23:43.03 -33:31:26.1 14.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:39:20.99 -72:19:39.9 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:15:59.21 +34:37:03.8 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 07:29:44.17 +25:28:11.4 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:01:23.82 +35:32:59.2 16.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:26:32.41 +41:34:35.6 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 19:51:25.47 +46:18:54.6 17.3mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) 05:46:07.46 -13:34:31.9 16.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:14:59.33 +16:05:15.4 16.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:49:50.78 -02:37:33.1 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 18:37:58.18 +65:39:44.9 15.3mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:37:23.94 +43:26:53.9 17.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:44:34.23 +14:08:52.9 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:28:58.02 -15:47:05.9 12.9mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:29:47.30 +19:09:21.5 16.4mag 2P/Encke 22:57:02.36 -31:56:34.3 14.5mag 10P/Tempel 02:09:17.43 +38:55:10.5 17.0mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:10:28.50 -08:04:14.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:23:09.14 -08:50:09.7 15.6mag 65P/Gunn 07:34:16.10 +16:07:54.2 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 03:01:10.75 +14:23:40.5 17.6mag 88P/Howell 07:34:51.35 +39:55:17.9 16.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 08:59:59.51 +14:32:59.2 15.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:38:41.47 +13:31:11.3 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:03:52.33 -31:53:34.0 17.8mag 124P/Mrkos 06:50:01.67 +19:21:27.8 15.6mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 21:49:25.63 +02:28:55.6 9.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:16:48.66 +35:26:46.1 16.9mag 162P/Siding Spring 10:15:40.49 +01:55:20.6 14.2mag 169P/NEAT 03:29:55.30 +04:44:31.2 17.9mag 220P/McNaught 06:01:44.41 +44:58:08.3 15.6mag 260P/McNaught 07:25:58.11 +25:38:47.7 17.9mag 266P/Christensen 09:55:05.75 +31:41:46.8 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 02:30 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 02:30 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 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