NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I

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Processing fields Mon-01-Q1b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits
Field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits
Field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits
Field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Mon-01-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Mon-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Mon-01-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 550212 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 550212 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.png' -> 'transient_report/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits_preview.png'
Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits

renamed 'Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.png' -> 'transient_report/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits_preview.png'
Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits


Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 727.0976 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 879.1823 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2311.0663 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 681.9728 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2320.6821 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 683.4210 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.17848 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Header: 73 keys total, 34 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-10-13T06:21:58.9413039' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-13T11:21:58.9413039' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61326.4735988542 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-13T11:22:08.8446266' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61326.473713472 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 359.649936950086 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -0.152082562267046 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 0.0 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 0.0 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 37.8082182299908 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 37: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 38: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 39: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 41: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 42: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 43: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 44: "OBJECT = 'Mon-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 45: "OBJCTRA = '06 51 26' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTDEC= '+06 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 49: "FOCPOS = 29542 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 50: "FOCUSPOS= 29542 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 52: "FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 53: "FOCUSTEM= 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "DEWPOINT= 17.3 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 55: "HUMIDITY= 91.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 56: "PRESSURE= 898.61 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 57: "AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 58: "WINDDIR = 22.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 59: "WINDGUST= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 60: "WINDSPD = 1.400112 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 61: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 62: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 63: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 67: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/d_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits :) Spent 0.700294 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/d_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 22.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 18.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Header: 73 keys total, 34 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-10-13T06:23:03.9530010' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-13T11:23:03.9530010' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61326.4743513078 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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"WINDDIR = 22.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 59: "WINDGUST= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 60: "WINDSPD = 1.400112 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 61: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 62: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 63: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 64: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 67: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/d_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits :) Spent 0.619158 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/d_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.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_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits


fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits


Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Last image: 2461326.97371459 13.10.2026 11:21:58.941 UTC WARNING: VaST exited with code 1 on the field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 as too few input images were matched to the reference image - wrong pointing? clouds? very bad focus? Blind plate solve of the unmatched second-epoch image fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits to check the telescope pointing Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.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_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Field of view for the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits was not set. Trying to guess... The guess is 605 arcmin. No image with WCS calibration found for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits .... Determining astrometry method... Using the local copy of Astrometry.net software... Choosing aperture... Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/lib/make_outxyls_for_astrometric_calibration found 2070 high-SNR stars for plate solving This service uses tools provided by Astrometry.net. For more information visit http://astrometry.net/ ######### Trying to solve plate assuming 605' field of view ######### /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Using the local copy of Astrometry.net code IMAGE_SIZE= --width 9576 --height 6388 SCALE_LOW=544.5 SCALE_HIGH=3025.0 Using solve-field binary /usr/local/astrometry/bin/solve-field Reading input file 1 of 1: "out3059971.xyls"... Reading sort column "FLUX_APER" Sorting sort column mmapping input file Copying table header. Writing row 0 Done Solving... Reading file "./out3059971.axy"... Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 1-10). log-odds ratio 33.217 (2.66669e+14), 8 match, 0 conflict, 25 distractors, 24 index. RA,Dec = (89.4075,-25.9404), pixel scale 5.97451 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -------+++---+--++---+----------+(best)------------------------------------------------------------------- Field 1: solved with index index-4116.fits. Field 1 solved: writing to file ./out3059971.solved to indicate this. Field: out3059971.xyls Field center: (RA,Dec) = (89.407511, -25.942271) deg. Field center: (RA H:M:S, Dec D:M:S) = (05:57:37.803, -25:56:32.177). Field size: 15.7775 x 10.5766 degrees Field rotation angle: up is 3.17981 degrees E of N Field parity: neg Inserting WCS header... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits' -> 'fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits' WCS keywords and Astrometry.net provenance markers have been successfully stripped from all HDUs in the file. -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 117M Oct 13 06:27 fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 12K Oct 13 06:27 out3059971.wcs Inserting WCS header (1st iteration local)... Opening FITS image file fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits for reading... done! Creating new image file (wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits)... done! done! All done! done The WCS header appears to be added with no errors in /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits (fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits) Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST001 = 'wcs_image_calibration.sh' / VaST script name Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST002 = 'local ' / ASTROMETRYNET_LOCAL_OR_REMOTE Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST003 = 'local ' / PLATE_SOLVE_SERVER Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST004 = 'iteration01' / astrometry.net run Reading input file 1 of 1: "out3059971.xyls"... Reading sort column "FLUX_APER" Sorting sort column mmapping input file Copying table header. Writing row 0 Done Solving... Reading file "./out3059971.axy"... Only searching for solutions within 15.7217 degrees of RA,Dec (89.4085,-25.9415) log-odds ratio 33.217 (2.66669e+14), 8 match, 0 conflict, 25 distractors, 24 index. RA,Dec = (89.4075,-25.9404), pixel scale 5.97451 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -------+++---+--++---+----------+(best)------------------------------------------------------------------- Field 1: solved with index index-4116.fits. Field 1 solved: writing to file ./out3059971.solved to indicate this. Field: out3059971.xyls Field center: (RA,Dec) = (89.408932, -25.944844) deg. Field center: (RA H:M:S, Dec D:M:S) = (05:57:38.144, -25:56:41.440). Field size: 15.7583 x 10.5841 degrees Field rotation angle: up is 3.18034 degrees E of N Field parity: neg WCS keywords and Astrometry.net provenance markers have been successfully stripped from all HDUs in the file. -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 117M Oct 13 06:27 fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 12K Oct 13 06:27 out3059971.wcs Inserting WCS header (2nd iteration local)... Opening FITS image file fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits for reading... done! Creating new image file (wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits)... done! done! All done! The WCS header appears to be added with no errors. Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST001 = 'wcs_image_calibration.sh' / VaST script name Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST002 = 'local ' / ASTROMETRYNET_LOCAL_OR_REMOTE Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST003 = 'local ' / PLATE_SOLVE_SERVER Keyword does not exist Keyword has been changed to: VAST004 = 'iteration02' / astrometry.net run The field of view is large: we'll try to run Astromety.net code on the image itself rather than a star list Reading input file "wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits"... Found an existing WCS header, will try to verify it. Extracting sources... simplexy: found 7944 sources. Solving... Reading file "./wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.axy"... Verifying WCS using indices with quads of size [63.6728, 954.494] arcmin Verifying WCS with index 87 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4117.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 67.3519 (1.7805e+29), 8 match, 7 conflict, 50 distractors, 8 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.96403 arcsec/pix. fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (8 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the 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fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) --> log-odds 17.4811 Verifying WCS with index 88 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4116.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 81.0275 (1.54806e+35), 15 match, 2 conflict, 89 distractors, 24 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+--+-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c--------+----+----+----------+-------c--+--+----- --> log-odds 81.0275 Verifying WCS with index 89 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4115.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 131.006 (7.85864e+56), 29 match, 2 conflict, 167 distractors, 47 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+----++---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 131.006 Verifying WCS with index 90 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4114.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 213.787 (7.02438e+92), 56 match, 7 conflict, 312 distractors, 87 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+---+++---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 213.787 Verifying WCS with index 91 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4113.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 291.427 (3.6731e+126), 87 match, 8 conflict, 369 distractors, 183 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 291.427 Verifying WCS with index 92 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4112.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 241.755 (9.83464e+104), 138 match, 8 conflict, 633 distractors, 367 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 241.755 Verifying WCS with index 93 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4111.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 230.295 (1.03761e+100), 221 match, 7 conflict, 997 distractors, 725 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++-------+--c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 230.295 Verifying WCS with index 94 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4110.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 253.072 (8.08321e+109), 351 match, 5 conflict, 1444 distractors, 1443 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++-------+--c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 253.072 Verifying WCS using indices with quads of size [63.6728, 954.494] arcmin Verifying WCS with index 87 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4117.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 67.3519 (1.7805e+29), 8 match, 7 conflict, 50 distractors, 8 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.96403 arcsec/pix. fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (8 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (7 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (6 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (5 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (5 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (5 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (4 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) fit-wcs.c:118:fit_sip_wcs: Too few correspondences for the SIP order specified (3 < 10) --> log-odds 17.4811 Verifying WCS with index 88 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4116.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 81.0275 (1.54806e+35), 15 match, 2 conflict, 89 distractors, 24 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+--+-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c--------+----+----+----------+-------c--+--+----- --> log-odds 81.0275 Verifying WCS with index 89 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4115.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 131.006 (7.85864e+56), 29 match, 2 conflict, 167 distractors, 47 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+----++---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 131.006 Verifying WCS with index 90 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4114.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 213.787 (7.02438e+92), 56 match, 7 conflict, 312 distractors, 87 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+---+++---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 213.787 Verifying WCS with index 91 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4113.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 291.427 (3.6731e+126), 87 match, 8 conflict, 369 distractors, 183 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 291.427 Verifying WCS with index 92 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4112.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 241.755 (9.83464e+104), 138 match, 8 conflict, 633 distractors, 367 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++----------c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 241.755 Verifying WCS with index 93 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4111.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 230.295 (1.03761e+100), 221 match, 7 conflict, 997 distractors, 725 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++-------+--c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 230.295 Verifying WCS with index 94 of 109 (/usr/local/astrometry/data/index-4110.fits) Verifying WCS of field 1. log-odds ratio 253.072 (8.08321e+109), 351 match, 5 conflict, 1444 distractors, 1443 index. RA,Dec = (89.408,-25.9456), pixel scale 5.98054 arcsec/pix. Hit/miss: Hit/miss: -----+-++-----+----------+-+-----+----++-------+--c---+----+---+-+---+----------+------+c--+--+----- --> log-odds 253.072 Got 16 solutions. Field: wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Field center: (RA,Dec) = (89.416730, -25.944813) deg. Field center: (RA H:M:S, Dec D:M:S) = (05:57:40.015, -25:56:41.326). Field size: 15.7633 x 10.5785 degrees Field rotation angle: up is 3.22928 degrees E of N Field parity: neg Creating new FITS file "./wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.new"... renamed 'wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.new' -> 'wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits' Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits was not found. verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Generating wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits.wcscat from image00003.cat Catalog wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits created. verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Image size: 943.1'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.91"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 05:57:40.248 -25:56:38.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 2829 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky3076005.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log' The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the blindly solved unmatched second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 06:51:20.491 +05:59:15.99 Second-epoch image center 05:57:40.248 -25:56:38.50 Angular distance between the image centers 34.4857 deg. ################################### ERROR: the blindly solved second-epoch image is pointed 34.4857 deg. away from the reference image center of the field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 - telescope pointing problem? ____ VaST output ____ --==VaST 1.0rc90==-- Parsing command line arguments... opt 'F': Will NOT create flag images for SExtractor opt '5': 5.000000 pix is the new fixed star matching radius! opt 'b': Using 500 reference stars for image matching! opt '3': Will try to select best aperture for each source! opt 'y': 0 SysRem iterations will be conducted! opt 't 4': robust linear magnitude calibration (vary zero-point and slope) opt 'x': 99 is the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag! WARNING: disabling the mag-size filter in order not to reject blended stars. opt 'u': Stick with UTC time system, no conversion to TT will be done! opt 'f': Run ./find_candidates manually! opt 'k': "JD" keyword in FITS image header will be ignored! INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: symlinks_to_images INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: converted_images INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: unpacked_images Checking the list of input images specified on the command line ... Looking for the list of input images with time corrections in vast_list_of_input_images_with_time_corrections.txt ... list not found. This is OK if you specify the input images on the command line, not through this text file. Checking write permissions for the current directory (/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I)... OK Found a system-wide installation of SExtractor Cleaning old outNNNNN.dat files. Done with cleaning! VaST was started with the following command line: ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Preparing to process 4 input FITS images... ######## Forcing special settings for the transient detection ######## transient search mode: disabling the mag-size filter as it should be switched off when running a transient search! transient search mode: disabling the bad image filter as it will not help during the transient search! transient search mode: will not try to gues image saturation limit transient search mode: no UTC-to-TT time system conversion will be performed!!! transient search mode: setting the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag to 3 transient search mode: disabling rejectin of images with elliptical stars transient search mode: not discarding large sources ################ Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). Setting the fixed star match radius of 5.00 pix We have 4 images to process. SExtractor catalog cache: restored Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits catalog from cache SExtractor catalog cache: restored Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits catalog from cache Running SExtractor in 3 parallel threads... Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits Using the catalog image00002.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits Parent process says: we are done fork()ing. Waiting for thread 2 to finish... The gain value (GAIN=0.370) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size sex -c default.sex -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00003.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1 The gain value (GAIN=0.370) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size sex -c default.sex -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00004.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run sex -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 41.7,41.7,37.5,45.8,50.0,54.2 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00004.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run sex -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 41.3,41.3,37.2,45.5,49.6,53.7 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00003.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Waiting for thread 1 to finish... autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Done with SExtractor! TIMING SExtractor: 5 seconds Matching stars between images! No manually selected comparison stars file manually_selected_comparison_stars.lst which is fine. Processing /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits 9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)' Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)' The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown) Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-02-11T03:10:36.2630372 Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-02-11T03:10:36.2630372 Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format: DATE-OBS= 2026-02-11T03:10:36.263 EXPTIME = 20.000 Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits Exposure 20 sec, 11.02.2026 03:10:36.263 UTC = JD(UTC) 2461082.63247990 mid. exp. SExtractor output filtering results: * passed selection: 32772, (32770 good for image matching) * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 0 * rejected close to frame edge: 168 * rejected as being too small (<1.6 pix): 0 * rejected as being too large (>6.3 pix): 0 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 21 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0 --- You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'. Please note: the CCD position-dependent magnitude correction will be applied. get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.61 Detection limit from the magnitude-SNR relation= -7.6 (4.0 sigma detection) The simple faintest star detection limit= -9.9 80 percent brightest stars detection limit= -10.7 Selected detection limit= -10.7 Final detection limit= -10.7 (after subtracting MAG_TRANSIENT_ABOVE_THE_REFERENCE_FRAME_LIMIT=0.0) Parameter box for transient search: 10.06.3 pix): 0 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 24 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0 --- You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'. 32970 * detected, using 503/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.015317, number_of_ambiguous_matches=505 refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=2 pairs=30669 inliers=30669 rms 0.33 -> 0.32 pix, max corner correction 0.2 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.013618, number_of_ambiguous_matches=449 30663 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=1 pairs=30663 inliers=30663 rms 0.27 -> 0.27 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.008311, number_of_ambiguous_matches=274 30652 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=1 pairs=30652 inliers=30652 rms 0.18 -> 0.18 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003579, number_of_ambiguous_matches=118 30645 * matched (3rd iteration). Success! rotation [degrees] = 0.001 32970 stars detected, 30645 stars matched Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration We have N_good_stars = 26655, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0 Using 26655 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering). Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)... After removing outliers in (X,Y,dm) plane, we are left with 26655 stars for magnitude calibration. Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction: delta_m = 0.00000*X_pix -0.00000*Y_pix -0.00056 Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)... Computing robust linear magnitude calibration. Used 26653 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering). get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.61 35097 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.) Magnitude calibration is performed successfully! Saving observations to the cache... OK memory: 214672 kB used, 254672 kB peak, 65261712 kB available RAM processed 2 of 4 images ( 50.0%) Processing /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits 9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)' Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)' The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown) Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-13T11:21:58.9413039 Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-13T11:21:58.9413039 Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format: DATE-OBS= 2026-10-13T11:21:58.941 EXPTIME = 20.000 Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits READING SEXTRACTOR CAT: 595 2542.365 1910.989 (3.703000) s=3 v= 0 The star 8201.445 3947.440 is rejected, see bad_region.lst SExtractor output filtering results: * passed selection: 872 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 1 * rejected close to frame edge: 15 * rejected as being too small (<10.3 pix): 18 * rejected as being too large (>41.3 pix): 0 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 1923 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0 --- You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'. 872 * detected, using 100/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000057, number_of_ambiguous_matches=2 the annealed match radius failed on this field, retrying with the strict radius... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 Too few * matched: 25 < 174 ! Retrying... rotation [degrees] = 96.336 872 stars detected, 25 stars matched ERROR! Too few stars matched (25 < 174) . Wrong match? Skipping file... Processing /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits 9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)' Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)' The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown) Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-13T11:23:03.9530010 Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-13T11:23:03.9530010 Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format: DATE-OBS= 2026-10-13T11:23:03.953 EXPTIME = 20.000 Using the catalog image00004.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits The star 6855.653 1194.799 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The star 9464.623 4259.567 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The star 9444.223 4259.718 is rejected, see bad_region.lst SExtractor output filtering results: * passed selection: 886 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 3 * rejected close to frame edge: 17 * rejected as being too small (<10.4 pix): 17 * rejected as being too large (>41.7 pix): 0 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 1996 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0 --- You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'. 886 * detected, using 100/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000114, number_of_ambiguous_matches=4 the annealed match radius failed on this field, retrying with the strict radius... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 Too few * matched: 25 < 177 ! Retrying... rotation [degrees] = 66.505 886 stars detected, 25 stars matched ERROR! Too few stars matched (25 < 177) . Wrong match? Skipping file... TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds Done with measurements! =) Total number of measurements 65742 (65742 measurements stored in RAM) Freeing up some memory... Sorting the measurements cached in memory... Writing lightcurve (outNNNNN.dat) files... TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds The lightcurve files have been written, freeing up more memory... Creating vast_image_details.log ... Writing summary file: vast_summary.log ... OK Selecting the best aperture for each source Aperture with index 0 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.00*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 7974 stars Aperture with index 1 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.00*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 0 stars Aperture with index 2 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER -0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 8756 stars Aperture with index 3 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 3759 stars Aperture with index 4 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.20*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 3767 stars Aperture with index 5 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.30*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 6389 stars done! =) TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds WARNING: Can't open candidates-transients.lst for reading! -- No candidates found? Non-zero exit code of lib/transient_list ERROR running lib/create_list_of_candidate_transients.sh Computing lightcurve statistics... Will not compute variability indexes for objects having <1 points in lightcurve You may disable this by commenting out the line '#define DROP_LIGHTCURVES_WITH_SMALL_NUMBER_OF_POINTS_FROM_ALL_PLOTS' in src/vast_limits.h an re-compiling VaST with 'make' Computing, please wait a bit ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... vast_lightcurve_statistics.log: 30391 objects, the longest string is 384 bytes. Allocating memory for resorting the file. ----***** VaST processing WARNING *****---- You asked VaST to process 4 images, but only 1 were actually matched to the reference one. Please investigate this! ************************************************************** This error might be a bug, but it is far more likely that it is caused by inappropriate input data. A few simple things to check in the diagnostic messages printed above (or the vast*.log files): * How many of the input images are matched? * Does the number of detected stars on each image look reasonable? * Do images have a sufficient overlap of at least about 20 percent? You may run ./sextract_single_image /path/to/my/image/file.fit to see how well VaST detects stars with the current SExtractor settings (star detection settings can be changed in the default.sex configuration file, see various examples in the VaST directory). If you cannot identify the problem, please e-mail Kirill Sokolovsky Please try to describe the problem in details and, if possible, attach vast_summary.log file and a few example images. If the images are too big to be sent by e-mail, please upload them through a web-form http://scan.sai.msu.ru/upload/ ************************************************************** Low percentage of matched images - we'll declare this an unsuccessful VaST run (exit code 1) _____________________ ERROR running VaST on the field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 (less than 4 images processed) exp_start= 11.02.2026 03:10:36.263 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.63247990 ap= 6.3 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 32772 *matched= 32772 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits exp_start= 11.02.2026 03:11:21.019 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.63299790 ap= 6.3 rotation= 0.001 *detected= 32970 *matched= 30645 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits exp_start= 13.10.2026 11:21:58.941 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461326.97371459 ap= 41.3 rotation= 96.336 *detected= 872 *matched= 25 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits exp_start= 13.10.2026 11:23:03.953 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461326.97446705 ap= 41.7 rotation= 66.505 *detected= 886 *matched= 25 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits 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/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits Last image: 2461326.97371459 13.10.2026 11:21:58.941 UTC ERROR running VaST on the field Mon-01-Q1b1x1 (less than 4 images processed) exp_start= 11.02.2026 03:10:36.263 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.63247990 ap= 4.8 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 230118 *matched= 230118 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-10-36_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0054.fits exp_start= 11.02.2026 03:11:21.019 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461082.63299790 ap= 4.8 rotation= 0.001 *detected= 228934 *matched= 209164 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-02-10_21-11-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0055.fits exp_start= 13.10.2026 11:21:58.941 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461326.97371459 ap= 14.8 rotation= -75.650 *detected= 13360 *matched= 1332 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-21-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0290.fits exp_start= 13.10.2026 11:23:03.953 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461326.97446705 ap= 14.8 rotation= -144.047 *detected= 13350 *matched= 3160 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-13_CI_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_062356_TTUQ1b1x1_2746455_QQPXHF4I/fd_Mon-01-Q1b1x1_2026-10-13_06-23-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0291.fits ########### Completed Mon-01-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ ls: cannot access 'planets.txt': No such file or directory ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT): ls: cannot access 'moons.txt': No such file or directory ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT): ls: cannot access 'spacecraft.txt': No such file or directory ############################################################ ls: cannot access 'comets.txt': No such file or directory ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : ls: cannot access 'asassn_transients_list.txt': No such file or directory ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : ls: cannot access 'tocp_transients_list.txt': No such file or directory

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