NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP

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Processing fields Ori-02-Q2b1x1

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 0

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Ori-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits
Field Ori-02-Q2b1x1 reference image: Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits
Field Ori-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits
Field Ori-02-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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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: 
Ori-02-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Ori-02-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Ori-02-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 417373 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 417373 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.png' -> 'transient_report/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits_preview.png'
Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits

renamed 'Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.png' -> 'transient_report/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits_preview.png'
Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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= 640.3180 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 908.8353 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 484.6714 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 72.6151 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 484.6831 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 72.9159 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 0.756923 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.004 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 7.25 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 4.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-10-18T03:00:01.8197925' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-18T08:00:01.8197925' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61331.3333543865 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-18T08:00:11.7214266' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61331.3334689932 / 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-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / 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-TTU2' / 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 = 92.5684501065733 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 14.2139486353088 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 42.515 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 102.241944444444 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.47805683593192 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Ori-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '06 13 20' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+14 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20684 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20684 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 7.25 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 7.25 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 1.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 81.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 910.9 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 4.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 44.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 0.0 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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 ERROR: The mean value of the dark frame mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit (485.27) is greater than or equal to image mean (484.67) for Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): a problem occurred while running util/ccd/ms /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/d_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 7.23999977111816 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 4.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" 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step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 7.23999977111816 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 7.23999977111816 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 1.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 81.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 910.9 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 4.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 44.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 0.0 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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 ERROR: The mean value of the dark frame mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit (485.27) is greater than or equal to image mean (484.68) for Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): a problem occurred while running util/ccd/ms /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/d_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits after the calibration attempt: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits Last image: 2461331.83347013 18.10.2026 08:00:01.819 UTC WARNING: VaST exited with code 1 on the field Ori-02-Q2b1x1 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 Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits to check the telescope pointing Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits Field of view for the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/lib/make_outxyls_for_astrometric_calibration found 10 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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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: "out3008545.xyls"... Reading sort column "FLUX_APER" Sorting sort column mmapping input file Copying table header. Writing row 0 Done Solving... Reading file "./out3008545.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). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4110.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4109.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4108.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve. 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The field could not be sloved :( ######### Trying to solve plate assuming 1815.0' field of view ######### /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits Using the local copy of Astrometry.net code IMAGE_SIZE= --width 9576 --height 6388 SCALE_LOW=1633.5 SCALE_HIGH=9075.0 Using solve-field binary /usr/local/astrometry/bin/solve-field Reading input file 1 of 1: "out3008545.xyls"... Reading sort column "FLUX_APER" Sorting sort column mmapping input file Copying table header. Writing row 0 Done Solving... Reading file "./out3008545.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). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field: out3008545.xyls Did not solve (or no WCS file was written). The field could not be sloved :( ######### Trying to solve plate assuming 302.5' field of view ######### /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits Using the local copy of Astrometry.net code IMAGE_SIZE= --width 9576 --height 6388 SCALE_LOW=272.2 SCALE_HIGH=1512.5 Using solve-field binary /usr/local/astrometry/bin/solve-field Reading input file 1 of 1: "out3008545.xyls"... Reading sort column "FLUX_APER" Sorting sort column mmapping input file Copying table header. Writing row 0 Done Solving... Reading file "./out3008545.axy"... Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-11.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-10.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-09.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-08.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-07.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-06.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-05.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-04.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-03.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-02.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-01.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-00.fits, field objects 1-10). 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). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4110.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4109.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4108.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve (index index-4107.fits, field objects 1-10). Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. Field 1 did not solve. 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The blind plate solve of the second-epoch image failed - cannot check the telescope pointing (clouds? very bad focus?) ____ 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 ... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks 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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP)... 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/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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: -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). Setting the fixed star match radius of 5.00 pix We have 4 images to process. SExtractor catalog cache: restored Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits catalog from cache SExtractor catalog cache: restored Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.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/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits Using the catalog image00002.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits The gain value (GAIN=0.370) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user 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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits 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). 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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits 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). 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_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run sex -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 7.5,7.5,6.7,8.2,9.0,9.7 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00004.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run sex -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 7.5,7.5,6.8,8.3,9.0,9.8 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00003.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1 autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits Waiting for thread 1 to finish... autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits Done with SExtractor! TIMING SExtractor: 1 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/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits 9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.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: 2025-12-23T07:35:46.2591943 Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2025-12-23T07:35:46.2591943 Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format: DATE-OBS= 2025-12-23T07:35:46.259 EXPTIME = 20.000 Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits Exposure 20 sec, 23.12.2025 07:35:46.259 UTC = JD(UTC) 2461032.81662337 mid. exp. The reference image star 7818.844 38.840 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8949.065 25.441 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8142.567 18.508 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8839.393 14.627 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8204.119 9.924 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8465.574 8.990 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 9575.741 4.794 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8247.961 5.117 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 9537.597 2.376 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The reference image star 8830.752 4.643 is rejected, see bad_region.lst Excluding more reference image stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all) SExtractor output filtering results: * passed selection: 24802, (24801 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: 6443 * rejected close to frame edge: 148 * rejected as being too small (<1.5 pix): 0 * rejected as being too large (>6.0 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): 11 * 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: -7.49 Detection limit from the magnitude-SNR relation= -7.5 (4.0 sigma detection) The simple faintest star detection limit= -9.7 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: 10.05.7 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): 9 * 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'. 23330 * detected, using 470/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.013870, number_of_ambiguous_matches=344 refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=2 pairs=16443 inliers=16443 rms 1.33 -> 0.46 pix, max corner correction 6.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.009999, number_of_ambiguous_matches=248 16441 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=1 pairs=16441 inliers=16441 rms 0.32 -> 0.32 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.005604, number_of_ambiguous_matches=139 16432 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=1 pairs=16432 inliers=16432 rms 0.22 -> 0.22 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003064, number_of_ambiguous_matches=76 16423 * matched (3rd iteration). Success! rotation [degrees] = -178.247 23330 stars detected, 16423 stars matched Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration We have N_good_stars = 14163, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0 Using 14163 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 14161 stars for magnitude calibration. Using the linear CCD position-dependent magnitude correction: delta_m = -0.00001*X_pix -0.00000*Y_pix +0.05894 Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)... Computing robust linear magnitude calibration. Used 14138 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering). get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -7.43 31709 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.) Magnitude calibration is performed successfully! Saving observations to the cache... OK memory: 211400 kB used, 249060 kB peak, 65261732 kB available RAM processed 2 of 4 images ( 50.0%) Processing /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits 9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.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: 2026-10-18T08:00:01.8197925 Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-18T08:00:01.8197925 Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format: DATE-OBS= 2026-10-18T08:00:01.819 EXPTIME = 20.000 Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits The star 8502.003 6160.997 is rejected, see bad_region.lst SExtractor output filtering results: * passed selection: 9 * 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: 0 * rejected as being too small (<1.9 pix): 0 * rejected as being too large (>7.5 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): 0 * 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'. 9 * detected, using 100/ 9 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=1 pairs=3 inliers=3 rms 9.19 -> 0.00 pix, max corner correction 74.5 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 3 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=1 pairs=3 inliers=3 rms 0.00 -> 0.00 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 3 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=1 pairs=3 inliers=3 rms 0.00 -> 0.00 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 3 * matched (3rd iteration). Success! rotation [degrees] = -178.247 9 stars detected, 3 stars matched Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars Expecting to find at least 3 * for magnitude calibration We have N_good_stars = 2, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0  ERROR!!! Magnitude calibration failure. Dropping image.  31709 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.) memory: 210640 kB used, 249060 kB peak, 65261732 kB available RAM processed 3 of 4 images ( 75.0%) Processing /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits 9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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: 2026-10-18T08:02:49.8445028 Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-10-18T08:02:49.8445028 Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format: DATE-OBS= 2026-10-18T08:02:49.844 EXPTIME = 20.000 Using the catalog image00004.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits The star 9141.002 5689.998 is rejected, see bad_region.lst The star 8502.826 6161.836 is rejected, see bad_region.lst SExtractor output filtering results: * passed selection: 10 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 2 * rejected close to frame edge: 0 * rejected as being too small (<1.9 pix): 0 * rejected as being too large (>7.5 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): 0 * 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'. 10 * detected, using 100/ 10 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 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: 0 < 2 ! Retrying... rotation [degrees] = -178.247 10 stars detected, 0 stars matched ERROR! Too few stars matched (0 < 2) . Wrong match? Skipping file... TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds Done with measurements! =) Total number of measurements 48132 (48132 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 4215 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 5260 stars Aperture with index 3 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 1959 stars Aperture with index 4 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.20*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 1609 stars Aperture with index 5 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.30*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for 3380 stars done! =) TIMING select_aperture: 0 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: 16270 objects, the longest string is 385 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 Ori-02-Q2b1x1 (less than 4 images processed) exp_start= 23.12.2025 07:35:46.259 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461032.81662337 ap= 6.0 rotation= 0.000 *detected= 24802 *matched= 24802 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits exp_start= 12.02.2026 02:37:12.694 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461083.60929044 ap= 5.7 rotation= -178.247 *detected= 23330 *matched= 16423 status=OK /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits exp_start= 18.10.2026 08:00:01.819 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461331.83347013 ap= 7.5 rotation= -178.247 *detected= 9 *matched= 3 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits exp_start= 18.10.2026 08:02:49.844 exp= 20.000 JD= 2461331.83541486 ap= 7.5 rotation= -178.247 *detected= 10 *matched= 0 status=ERROR /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.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: 2461331.83347013 Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' 'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt' ERROR: WCS calibration failed for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-00-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0292.fits ERROR: WCS calibration failed for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-18_CI_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_030318_TTUQ2b1x1_3005714_vBjPlFuP/Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-18_03-02-49_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0293.fits wcs_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-35-46_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0386.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ori-02-Q2b1x1_2026-02-11_20-37-12_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0042.fits exists and is non-empty Last image: 2461331.83347013 18.10.2026 08:00:01.819 UTC ERROR found an unsoved plate in the field Ori-02-Q2b1x1 ########### Completed Ori-02-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### ################################################################################### renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461331.83347013 -observatory V36 15:00:44.00 -20:24:39.1 Mercury (0.1mag) 13:55:45.60 -19:36:43.0 Venus (-4.1mag) 08:55:41.99 +18:43:14.0 Mars (1.0mag) 09:38:39.15 +14:45:29.0 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:40:29.24 +01:24:45.6 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:11:17.77 +20:55:58.0 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:09:41.06 -00:29:50.1 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:09.41 -23:43:17.7 Pluto (14.5mag) 19:29:06.95 -25:10:31.9 Moon (-10.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 18 03:04 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461331.83347013: 09:38:35.37 +14:45:50.8 Io (6.1mag) 09:38:47.02 +14:44:44.7 Europa (6.2mag) 09:38:51.80 +14:44:18.7 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:39:09.25 +14:42:43.3 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:38:55.03 +15:03:40.8 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:38:41.05 +14:45:19.8 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:37:33.57 +15:08:35.0 Elara (17.5mag) 09:40:38.05 +14:09:00.4 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:36:45.85 +15:14:14.0 Carme (18.8mag) 00:40:37.57 +01:24:14.4 Titan (8.2mag) 00:40:24.47 +01:24:33.2 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:40:16.16 +01:22:21.7 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:40:39.21 +01:24:07.6 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:38:45.63 +01:12:20.6 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 18 03:04 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461331.83347013: 03:29:22.37 +20:44:52.8 JWST 13:19:02.03 +53:09:08.0 Chandra 06:51:18.46 +01:57:20.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 18 03:04 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461331.83347013 -observatory V36 03:43:33.26 +20:11:27.5 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 18:31:11.04 -33:19:33.1 14.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:42:17.81 -72:51:36.5 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:55.34 +34:51:09.3 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:47:49.99 +48:23:01.2 17.4mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:32:35.48 +25:23:53.5 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:04:52.52 +36:26:21.8 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:28:44.45 +41:14:45.6 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:46:11.65 -13:39:14.8 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:30:14.39 +15:25:38.3 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:58:05.37 -03:17:50.2 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 19:11:10.78 +62:11:39.2 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:28:14.33 +42:12:40.2 17.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:52:19.68 +14:59:27.7 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:27:42.02 -44:08:16.0 13.3mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:09:24.69 +17:49:23.7 17.4mag 2P/Encke 23:06:10.75 -30:04:26.3 14.8mag 10P/Tempel 02:20:09.81 +37:11:37.4 16.6mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:15:51.14 -08:43:47.5 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:18:12.00 -09:01:56.1 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 07:44:29.93 +15:15:59.7 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 02:52:44.98 +13:58:52.6 17.8mag 88P/Howell 10:18:10.64 +15:57:33.2 17.3mag 93P/Lovas 08:04:09.91 +42:08:53.1 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:18:24.56 +11:37:42.4 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:55:09.73 +11:40:22.7 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:24:24.03 -34:07:59.2 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos 20:49:51.65 +08:14:26.7 9.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:35:40.09 +00:04:13.4 14.9mag 169P/NEAT 03:24:52.29 +03:44:52.5 14.9mag 220P/McNaught 06:12:43.91 +46:42:01.8 15.4mag 260P/McNaught 07:37:21.72 +25:26:22.5 17.8mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.6K Oct 18 03:04 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 21:50:55.86 -02:51:49.30 SN2026acyb 2026-10-9.85 16.83 03:40:34.04 +02:31:56.70 SN2026acvp 2026-10-9.95 17.75 04:33:25.91 -13:41:04.20 SN2026adhl 2026-10-9.94 17.52 09:20:05.05 +27:03:12.40 SN2026aeif 2026-10-9.47 15.93 02:58:07.77 -65:18:52.90 ASASSN-26fl 2026-10-7.9 -0.85 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 18:25:12.74 -22:25:28.60 V8055 2026-08-30.22 10.89 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Oct 18 03:04 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 01:06:05.83 +09:51:20.4 TCP J01060583+0951204 2026-10-10.8543 14.54Cmag 17:54:18.76 -27:36:36.2 TCP J17541876-2736362 2026-10-12.3993 10.8mag 09:56:00.79 +69:06:15.2 PNV J09560079+6906152 2026-10-14.9274 19.38Cmag 00:43:30.83 +41:26:55.3 PNV J00433083+4126553 2026-10-17.5651 18.61Cmag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Oct 18 03:04 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 20:40:39.056 -18:52:59.45 AT 2026adxu 2026-09-05.26 20.97 23:25:21.559 +21:39:56.47 AT 2026adxt 2026-09-04.38 21.11 01:14:40.913 +48:48:49.40 AT 2026adxs 2026-09-04.58 20.69 02:56:28.662 -08:07:35.82 AT 2026adxr 2026-09-04.58 20.79 01:35:09.168 -17:19:51.58 AT 2026adxq 2026-09-05.53 20.79 22:22:31.197 -18:07:25.47 AT 2026adxp 2026-08-13.43 20.66 23:16:54.863 -22:08:52.78 AT 2026adxo 2026-08-12.51 20.98 22:21:33.838 +00:27:57.67 AT 2026adxn 2026-08-12.46 21.7 01:45:17.925 -08:27:15.73 AT 2026adxm 2026-08-11.55 20.86 21:12:29.077 -29:06:47.88 AT 2026adxl 2026-08-11.44 21.16 17:11:53.727 +05:49:48.70 AT 2026adxk 2026-08-11.33 21.44 16:27:35.766 +12:30:10.88 AT 2026adxj 2026-08-11.28 21.2 21:54:14.965 -33:33:36.25 AT 2026adxi 2026-08-09.43 20.76 19:33:42.825 -28:18:22.21 AT 2026adxh 2026-08-09.35 20.13 20:16:34.133 -32:07:55.86 AT 2026adxg 2026-08-09.37 19.68 01:37:32.854 +40:30:39.10 AT 2026adxf 2026-08-09.60 20.26 17:48:38.195 +27:50:05.10 AT 2026adxe 2026-08-08.35 20.95 22:17:28.905 -06:01:33.64 AT 2026adxd 2026-08-08.51 20.78 23:53:43.302 +19:30:22.67 AT 2026adxc 2026-08-08.47 21.09 00:04:29.829 -01:54:28.88 AT 2026adxb 2026-08-08.51 20.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 71K Oct 18 03:06 tns_transients_list.txt

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