FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
First image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Last  image: 2461324.64318545 11.10.2026 03:26:01.223   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.09
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 6 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  9286
Objects passed selection criteria:  9275
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.5    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.5    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 8543.5
Average stars matched: 8508.75 (99.5933 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   236584 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Fri Oct  9 16:07:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-234-g1a8c12b2
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-09)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Sat Oct 10 23:54:21 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
First image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Last  image: 2461324.64318545 11.10.2026 03:26:01.223   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 22
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -6.82
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 64 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  57596
Objects passed selection criteria:  57483
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.5    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.5    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 53458.8
Average stars matched: 52447.5 (98.1084 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   282004 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Fri Oct  9 16:07:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-234-g1a8c12b2
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-09)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Sat Oct 10 23:56:47 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## 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: 
Her-04-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Her-04-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Her-04-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 119879 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 119879 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits_preview.png'

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits


renamed 'Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits_preview.png'

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 377.9211
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 572.4627
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1187.2499
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 533.4922
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1190.2382
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 530.6190
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.14153
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.005
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
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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 =     21.2299995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.9 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Record 3: "NAXIS   =                    2 / Dimensionality" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits :)

Spent 0.825724 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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     21.1900005340576 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.9 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits :)

Spent 0.769638 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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits



fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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: 2461324.64254361
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Image size: 937.7'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 16:59:59.500 +29:59:59.56 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 16:59:59.500 +29:59:59.56
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0094 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Image size: 937.7'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 16:59:56.455 +30:00:32.51 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 16:59:56.455 +30:00:32.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0235 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  16:59:59.500 +29:59:59.56
Second-epoch second image center 16:59:56.455 +30:00:32.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01430 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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qYGVpRVdS5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IMmdkZJpHx
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7uUrvEsRGN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits &> /tmp/tmp.1BRno8e39N
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 13902 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.5130 to +35.2559 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
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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 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.5130 to 35.2559 deg
Loaded 9276 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): 6936 out of 7275 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7275 out of 13902 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.819250
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.819250
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.09
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.73

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.73

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 13902 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.5130 to +35.2559 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
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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 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.5130 to 35.2559 deg
Loaded 9276 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): 6936 out of 7275 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7275 out of 13902 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 11496 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5485 to 264.5041 deg, Dec +24.4929 to +35.2344 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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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 245.5485 to 264.5041 deg, Dec 24.4929 to 35.2344 deg
Loaded 9266 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): 6910 out of 7196 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7196 out of 11496 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 2.2 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.7 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 15.5 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 15.1 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
 15.0 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  15.0 (SNR )  11.9 (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.qYGVpRVdS5 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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=844, bad_region=2572, passed=13902
Got 13902 stars (including 10589 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13902 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4928 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4921 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11857 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4928 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11857 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11857 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4921 stars left (next iteration limit 5413)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits N_match=4921 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.348 n_q1=1678 n_q2=751 n_q3=1699 n_q4=793 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.085
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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.IMmdkZJpHx (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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=710, bad_region=2162, passed=11496
Got 11496 stars (including 8699 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11496 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4925 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9783 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9783 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9783 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 4925 stars left (next iteration limit 5417)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits N_match=4925 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=1680 n_q2=746 n_q3=1715 n_q4=784 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.070
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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.7uUrvEsRGN (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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=497, bad_region=1452, passed=8344
Got 8344 stars (including 6440 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8344 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013024 (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 0.010419 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4933 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4926 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7204 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4933 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7204 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7204 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4926 stars left (next iteration limit 5418)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4926 robust_rms=7.301 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.745 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.514 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4926 robust_rms=0.665 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.797 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.797 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4926 robust_rms=0.366 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.513 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.513 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4926 robust_rms_before=0.720 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.341 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.366 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.548 worst_region_rms_after=0.513 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.935 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.513
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.548 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.548 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.341 arcsec matched=4926
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits N_match=4926 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.287 n_q1=1723 n_q2=747 n_q3=1733 n_q4=723 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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.1BRno8e39N (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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=494, bad_region=1455, passed=8238
Got 8238 stars (including 6331 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8238 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013024 (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 0.010419 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4928 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4922 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4927 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 4922 stars left (next iteration limit 5414)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4922 robust_rms=7.319 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.630 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.386 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4922 robust_rms=0.681 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.856 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.856 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4922 robust_rms=0.357 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.522 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.522 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4922 robust_rms_before=0.729 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.348 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.357 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.515 worst_region_rms_after=0.522 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.974 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.522
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.515 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.515 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.348 arcsec matched=4922
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits N_match=4922 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.321 n_q1=1730 n_q2=757 n_q3=1711 n_q4=724 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.147
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits sigma_overall=0.323 worst_q_ratio=1.085
ref2=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits sigma_overall=0.393 worst_q_ratio=1.070
new1=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits sigma_overall=0.347 worst_q_ratio=1.119
new2=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.147
reference average sigma_overall=0.358 worst_q_ratio=1.0775
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355_astrometric_residuals.png (4921 matched stars from wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195_astrometric_residuals.png (4925 matched stars from wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166_astrometric_residuals.png (4926 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167_astrometric_residuals.png (4922 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 16:44:20.73 +31:17:50.5:  11.80 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 16:44:20.73 +31:17:50.5:  11.87 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  11.83 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:44:20.73 +31:17:50.5: ref_mag=11.83 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0817 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s
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: 0s
  
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Considering the candidate 20089_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 20089_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    12.09    16:44:20.73 +31:17:50.8   6804 2358   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    12.07    16:44:20.73 +31:17:50.1   6798 2364   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-04-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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Image size: 937.7'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 16:59:59.500 +29:59:59.56 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 16:59:59.500 +29:59:59.56
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0094 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Image size: 937.7'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 16:59:56.455 +30:00:32.51 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 16:59:56.455 +30:00:32.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0235 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  16:59:59.500 +29:59:59.56
Second-epoch second image center 16:59:56.455 +30:00:32.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01430 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PgAgx9mWwa
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rcpcOTE9xe
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xutUh3hQwM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3wbNZ8VNCi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 76127 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.4895 to +35.2605 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 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.4895 to 35.2605 deg
Loaded 9308 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): 6381 out of 7309 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7309 out of 76127 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.694000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.694000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -6.82
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.87

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.87

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 76127 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.4895 to +35.2605 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 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.4895 to 35.2605 deg
Loaded 9308 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): 6381 out of 7309 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7309 out of 76127 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (aperture=4.8)
Read 68652 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5342 to 264.5372 deg, Dec +24.4756 to +35.2344 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 245.5342 to 264.5372 deg, Dec 24.4756 to 35.2344 deg
Loaded 9310 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): 6523 out of 7307 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7307 out of 68652 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 18 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 2.1 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.9 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 15.7 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 15.2 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
 15.2 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  15.2 (SNR )  14.4 (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.PgAgx9mWwa (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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=10, blended=4941, bad_region=10350, passed=76117
Got 76117 stars (including 61522 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 76117 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4928 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 68315 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 68315 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 68315 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Excluding outliers - 4928 stars left (next iteration limit 5420)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits N_match=4928 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.331 n_q1=1670 n_q2=752 n_q3=1689 n_q4=817 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.083
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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.rcpcOTE9xe (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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=27, blended=3872, bad_region=8966, passed=68625
Got 68625 stars (including 56386 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 68625 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4918 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 61874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 61874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 61874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4918 stars left (next iteration limit 5409)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits N_match=4918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.418 n_q1=1680 n_q2=738 n_q3=1698 n_q4=802 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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.xutUh3hQwM (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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=14, blended=2582, bad_region=6242, passed=51381
Got 51381 stars (including 42848 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51381 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013024 (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 0.010419 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4930 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4922 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4922 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46760 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4929 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46760 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46760 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4921 stars left (next iteration limit 5414)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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=4921 robust_rms=7.278 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.798 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.798 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4921 robust_rms=0.658 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.786 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.786 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4921 robust_rms=0.359 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.516 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.516 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4921 robust_rms_before=0.709 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.339 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.359 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.565 worst_region_rms_after=0.516 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.938 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.516
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.565 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.565 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.339 arcsec matched=4921
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits N_match=4921 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.297 n_q1=1713 n_q2=763 n_q3=1699 n_q4=746 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.146
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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.3wbNZ8VNCi (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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=18, blended=2539, bad_region=6308, passed=51039
Got 51039 stars (including 42436 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51039 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013024 (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 0.010419 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4926 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4918 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46356 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4925 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46356 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46355 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 4918 stars left (next iteration limit 5409)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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=4918 robust_rms=7.279 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.940 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.940 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4918 robust_rms=0.660 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.913 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.913 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4918 robust_rms=0.355 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.528 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.528 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4918 robust_rms_before=0.706 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.347 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.355 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.538 worst_region_rms_after=0.528 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.980 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.528
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.538 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.538 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.347 arcsec matched=4918
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits N_match=4918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.313 n_q1=1720 n_q2=768 n_q3=1676 n_q4=754 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.123
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:08:45.27 +32:43:25.6:  14.49 +/- 0.07  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:05:26.58 +32:26:29.3:  13.10 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:00:54.24 +27:20:04.0:  14.02 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:23:06.49 +28:34:13.5:  13.19 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 16:49:31.57 +29:55:04.9:  13.44 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:28:51.57 +33:18:49.0:  13.51 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:16:38.14 +31:05:39.4:  15.28 +/- 0.15  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 16:47:01.79 +28:27:24.1:  14.20 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:26:49.32 +33:09:22.0:  15.12 +/- 0.15  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:28:51.57 +33:18:49.0:  13.60 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:08:45.27 +32:43:25.6:  14.49 +/- 0.08  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:05:26.58 +32:26:29.3:  13.09 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:23:06.49 +28:34:13.5:  13.26 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.55 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:28:51.57 +33:18:49.0: ref_mag=13.55 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8081 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.10 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.22 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:05:26.58 +32:26:29.3: ref_mag=13.10 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=13.4696 delta=-0.37 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:23:06.49 +28:34:13.5: ref_mag=13.22 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5222 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:00:54.24 +27:20:04.0:  14.09 +/- 0.06  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  14.49 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:08:45.27 +32:43:25.6: ref_mag=14.49 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.6803 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 16:49:31.57 +29:55:04.9:  13.50 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  14.04 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:00:54.24 +27:20:04.0: ref_mag=14.04 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.1382 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.46 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:49:31.57 +29:55:04.9: ref_mag=13.46 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.7254 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:16:38.14 +31:05:39.4:  14.95 +/- 0.14  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  15.10 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:16:38.14 +31:05:39.4: ref_mag=15.10 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.8780 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 16:47:01.79 +28:27:24.1:  14.25 +/- 0.07  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  14.22 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:47:01.79 +28:27:24.1: ref_mag=14.22 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.0594 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:26:49.32 +33:09:22.0:  15.15 +/- 0.18  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  15.14 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:26:49.32 +33:09:22.0: ref_mag=15.14 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.9587 delta=0.18 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 89084_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89084_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    14.65    17:08:45.26 +32:43:25.7   3662 1545   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.71    17:08:45.28 +32:43:25.5   3655 1551   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89096_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89096_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    14.11    17:00:54.22 +27:20:04.1   4679 4807   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.17    17:00:54.26 +27:20:03.8   4672 4813   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89102_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89102_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.83    17:06:50.96 +31:18:25.4   3892 2411   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  17:06:50.99 +31:18:25.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89105_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89105_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    13.80    17:28:51.68 +33:18:49.3   1105 1089   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.82    17:28:51.46 +33:18:48.6   1099 1095   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89106_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89106_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    13.73    16:49:31.61 +29:55:05.0   6159 3218   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.72    16:49:31.52 +29:55:04.8   6153 3223   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89109_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89109_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    13.51    17:23:06.52 +28:34:13.5   1719 4011   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.54    17:23:06.46 +28:34:13.5   1712 4016   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89110_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89110_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.39    16:46:49.19 +25:47:08.1   6599 5716   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  16:46:49.17 +25:47:08.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89111_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89111_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    13.41    17:05:26.61 +32:26:29.2   4082 1720   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.55    17:05:26.55 +32:26:29.4   4076 1726   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89302_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89302_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.49    17:10:23.20 +29:08:29.7   3415 3715   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  17:10:23.18 +29:08:29.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89368_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89368_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.00    17:05:34.05 +26:26:40.7   4043 5354   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  17:05:34.05 +26:26:41.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89372_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89372_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.89    16:40:25.88 +29:52:25.7   7348 3201   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  16:40:25.94 +29:52:25.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89375_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89375_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.19    17:06:57.39 +27:01:20.3   3858 5003   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  17:06:57.37 +27:01:21.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89376_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89376_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.89    16:49:21.46 +29:58:52.0   6173 3184   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  16:49:21.39 +29:58:53.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89378_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89378_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.79    16:52:50.37 +32:37:00.3   5681 1603   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  16:52:50.46 +32:37:00.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89388_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89388_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.00    16:43:45.33 +32:41:41.0   6838 1513   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

**** FOUND  16:43:45.26 +32:41:40.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89457_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89457_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    14.20    16:47:01.89 +28:27:23.4   6518 4090   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    13.97    16:47:01.68 +28:27:24.8   6512 4096   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89608_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89608_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    14.87    17:16:38.21 +31:05:38.5   2628 2511   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.89    17:16:38.07 +31:05:40.4   2622 2516   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89624_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167
The candidate 89624_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 11.14254    2461324.64254    14.96    17:26:49.33 +33:09:22.2   1362 1201   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-25-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0166.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 11.14319    2461324.64319    14.96    17:26:49.30 +33:09:21.9   1355 1206   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_234652_TTUQ2b1x1_763722_JMudeSms/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_22-26-01_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0167.fits

make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed Her-04-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 ####
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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).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461324.64254361 -observatory V36
14:36:22.88 -18:14:07.1 Mercury (0.0mag)
14:07:37.79 -20:57:46.1 Venus (-4.5mag)
08:39:20.52 +19:38:41.8 Mars (1.0mag)
09:34:12.03 +15:06:05.3 Jupiter (-1.9mag)
00:42:31.02 +01:37:21.8 Saturn (0.4mag)
04:12:06.39 +20:58:01.5 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:10:22.19 -00:25:27.6 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:11.03 -23:43:30.4 Pluto (14.5mag)
13:17:05.13 -13:17:06.0 Moon (-8.3mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461324.64254361:
09:34:10.61 +15:06:13.8 Io (6.1mag)
09:34:18.85 +15:05:27.6 Europa (6.2mag)
09:34:24.52 +15:04:57.4 Ganymede (5.6mag)
09:33:46.75 +15:08:22.7 Callisto (6.9mag)
09:33:55.50 +15:26:39.3 Himalia (15.6mag)
09:34:14.55 +15:05:52.5 Thebe (16.4mag)
09:32:46.09 +15:27:41.0 Elara (17.5mag)
09:36:39.21 +14:28:54.5 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
09:32:49.32 +15:33:06.0 Carme (18.8mag)
00:42:18.46 +01:37:35.8 Titan (8.2mag)
00:42:35.20 +01:37:12.4 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:41:59.85 +01:34:35.1 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:42:15.04 +01:37:15.5 Hyperion (14.1mag)
00:40:50.60 +01:25:02.9 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461324.64254361:
02:48:12.72 +21:18:20.6 JWST
16:36:13.49 +45:33:45.7 Chandra
10:09:38.49 -56:16:49.0 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461324.64254361 -observatory V36
03:46:12.82 +20:11:51.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:24:29.84 -33:30:11.4 14.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:39:42.86 -72:23:09.0 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:15:53.54 +34:38:35.9 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
07:30:05.34 +25:27:38.0 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:01:49.48 +35:38:30.9 16.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
18:26:42.76 +41:32:13.5 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
05:46:11.09 -13:35:12.4 16.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
12:16:37.95 +16:00:53.1 16.2mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:50:44.07 -02:41:59.6 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
18:41:36.25 +65:19:04.9 15.8mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:36:24.49 +43:19:25.0 17.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:45:25.20 +14:14:10.4 17.7mag A/2026 E1
16:29:14.01 -19:43:59.7 12.9mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard)
00:27:38.13 +19:01:58.6 17.7mag 2P/Encke
22:58:01.13 -31:45:06.5 14.5mag 10P/Tempel
02:10:28.42 +38:46:40.1 16.8mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
12:11:04.07 -08:08:34.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
00:22:35.06 -08:51:49.3 15.6mag 65P/Gunn
07:35:27.49 +16:02:14.0 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels
03:00:18.90 +14:21:10.1 17.6mag 88P/Howell
07:38:03.19 +40:10:36.2 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
09:02:04.22 +14:14:05.1 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
11:40:30.64 +13:19:02.3 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
14:06:05.25 -32:08:45.5 17.8mag 124P/Mrkos
06:50:39.76 +19:19:08.8 15.6mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
21:41:38.00 +03:14:02.1 9.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
10:17:52.16 +01:42:38.0 14.2mag 169P/NEAT
03:29:28.30 +04:37:46.9 14.8mag 220P/McNaught
06:03:06.45 +45:09:48.5 15.4mag 260P/McNaught
07:27:15.97 +25:37:25.5 17.9mag 266P/Christensen
09:55:59.43 +31:38:30.3 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS
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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
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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
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
18:50:25.837 +51:48:48.31  AT 2026acxy  2026-09-26.14 19.507
17:29:04.550 +70:58:39.69  AT 2026acxx  2026-09-18.17 19.9857
18:36:38.362 +53:14:52.16  AT 2026acxw  2026-09-22.17 19.6863
03:16:13.837 +33:07:04.16  AT 2026acxv  2026-09-24.50 20.55
05:52:14.054 +15:53:08.19  AT 2026acxu  2026-09-22.43 20.8781
08:02:21.458 +24:05:52.06  AT 2026acxt  2026-09-24.51 19.9945
08:26:53.421 +00:01:31.92  AT 2026acxs  2026-09-24.52 18.9046
08:04:09.422 +26:03:07.21  AT 2026acxr  2026-09-16.52 20.3455
09:49:29.452 +22:28:47.85  AT 2026acxq  2026-09-24.52 18.9887
10:39:38.343 +25:39:08.54  AT 2026acxp  2026-09-24.53 18.7327
10:46:46.678 +35:46:40.03  AT 2026acxo  2026-09-24.53 18.7833
07:54:42.514 -01:42:07.85  AT 2026acxn  2026-09-24.52 20.2449
08:05:13.593 +06:17:43.23  AT 2026acxm  2026-09-24.52 19.4626
08:21:28.246 +03:46:33.77  AT 2026acxl  2026-09-24.52 19.7999
04:46:32.556 +00:05:47.64  AT 2026acxk  2026-09-22.48 20.2187
03:43:52.593 +21:51:56.00  AT 2026acxj  2026-07-06.48 19.0551
07:17:54.475 +23:18:27.43  AT 2026acxi  2026-09-25.47 19.7261
05:06:29.004 +73:49:45.19  AT 2026acxh  2026-09-16.43 20.0492
02:06:05.697 -18:58:51.46  AT 2026acxg  2026-09-24.55 20.61
03:50:17.333 -23:39:17.08  AT 2026acxf  2026-09-24.59 19.74
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Sat Oct 10 23:53:30 CDT 2026
=======================================
TIMING SExtractor: 4 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 16s (0.27 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 52s (0.87 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 16s (0.27 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 5s (0.08 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 92s (1.53 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 34 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 13 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 12 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 69s (1.15 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 3s (0.05 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 42s (0.70 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 1s (0.02 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 2s (0.03 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 121s (2.02 min)
FIELD_Her-04-Q2b1x1: 242s (4.03 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 249s (4.15 min)
Finished: Sat Oct 10 23:57:39 CDT 2026