fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits
fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 19.24040 | 2461332.74040 | 10.89 | 02:00:07.46 -12:32:02.4 | 7335 1623 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 19.24112 | 2461332.74112 | 10.88 | 02:00:07.44 -12:32:02.9 | 7342 1616 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 19.2408 2461332.7408 10.88 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6
174.08203 -68.28086 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 9.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
532 Herculina -0 -1 1 10.8 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6: 15.76 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6: 15.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 19.24040 | 2461332.74040 | 14.52 | 01:45:43.39 -06:21:26.2 | 5235 5393 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 19.24112 | 2461332.74112 | 14.65 | 01:45:43.25 -06:21:25.0 | 5241 5386 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 19.2408 2461332.7408 14.59 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6
157.22306 -65.54803 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.4" and 8.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
1702 Kalahari 1 1 1 14.5 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6: 16.01 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242 STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Cet-07-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Cet-07-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Cet-07-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 332425 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 332425 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
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Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits
renamed 'Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.png' -> 'transient_report/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits_preview.png'
Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.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= 846.8130 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 499.7854 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1562.1588 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 523.3151 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1557.8508 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 523.4184 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 1.84475 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000 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 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/d_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits :) Spent 0.528149 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/d_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 9.22000026702881 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 9.8 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/d_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits :) Spent 0.527709 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/d_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0) renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits
fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.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: 2461332.74039787 Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt '../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt '../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt' Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt '../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt' Plate-solving the images wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:51.083 -09:59:40.48 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:51.083 -09:59:40.48 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0257 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:48.565 -09:59:00.84 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:48.565 -09:59:00.84 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0390 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 01:42:51.083 -09:59:40.48 Second-epoch second image center 01:42:48.565 -09:59:00.84 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01510 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.P4qoMRiviJ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SF5GYGMW9V Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GXi5RJu7dJ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qsyIx49byi Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5413 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 deg Loaded 4186 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3306 out of 3435 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3435 out of 5413 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.915050 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.915050 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.47 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5413 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 17.6951 to 33.9052 deg, Dec -15.3338 to -4.6054 deg Loaded 4186 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3306 out of 3435 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3435 out of 5413 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (aperture=5.8) Read 5432 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.7140 to 33.9201 deg, Dec -15.3337 to -4.6054 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 17.7140 to 33.9201 deg, Dec -15.3337 to -4.6054 deg Loaded 4184 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3309 out of 3435 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3435 out of 5432 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (aperture=5.8) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 2.0 pix Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 2.3 pix fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 2.3 pix fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 15.4 mag. Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 11.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.P4qoMRiviJ (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=369, bad_region=1238, passed=5413 Got 5413 stars (including 3882 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5413 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3798 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3795 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3794 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4439 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3798 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3793 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4439 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3793 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4439 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Excluding outliers - 3793 stars left (next iteration limit 4173) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=3793 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.249 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.249 n_q1=1186 n_q2=653 n_q3=1240 n_q4=714 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.239 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=3793 N_valid=3793 bias_ra_arcsec=0.005 bias_dec_arcsec=0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.238 p95_sep_arcsec=0.643 n_q1=1186 n_q2=653 n_q3=1240 n_q4=714 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.SF5GYGMW9V (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=371, bad_region=1253, passed=5432 Got 5432 stars (including 3888 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5432 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3803 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3799 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3800 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3799 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4450 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3803 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3799 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4450 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3799 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4450 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 3799 stars left (next iteration limit 4178) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits N_match=3799 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.272 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.240 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.231 n_q1=1189 n_q2=670 n_q3=1236 n_q4=704 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.228 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=3799 N_valid=3799 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.000 bias_dec_arcsec=0.004 median_sep_arcsec=0.237 p95_sep_arcsec=0.639 n_q1=1189 n_q2=670 n_q3=1236 n_q4=704 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.GXi5RJu7dJ (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um Internal estimated FoV 605.3' The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=330, bad_region=985, passed=4144 Got 4144 stars (including 2905 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4144 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2854 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2851 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3329 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2854 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3329 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2850 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3329 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 2850 stars left (next iteration limit 3136) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2850 robust_rms=7.704 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.491 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.491 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2850 robust_rms=0.651 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.915 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.915 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2850 robust_rms=0.352 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.412 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.412 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2850 robust_rms_before=1.018 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.325 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.352 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.377 worst_region_rms_after=0.412 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.062 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.412 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.377 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.377 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.325 arcsec matched=2850 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits N_match=2850 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.322 n_q1=908 n_q2=546 n_q3=879 n_q4=517 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.239 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2850 N_valid=2850 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.632 bias_dec_arcsec=0.449 median_sep_arcsec=0.946 p95_sep_arcsec=1.762 n_q1=908 n_q2=546 n_q3=879 n_q4=517 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.qsyIx49byi (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um Internal estimated FoV 605.3' The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=334, bad_region=968, passed=4095 Got 4095 stars (including 2867 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4095 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.2 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2815 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2811 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3286 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.2 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2815 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3286 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3286 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 2811 stars left (next iteration limit 3092) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2811 robust_rms=7.641 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.504 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.504 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2811 robust_rms=0.690 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.935 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.935 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2811 robust_rms=0.361 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.415 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.410 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2811 robust_rms_before=1.033 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.340 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.361 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.397 worst_region_rms_after=0.415 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.092 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.410 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.397 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.397 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.340 arcsec matched=2811 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits N_match=2811 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=906 n_q2=537 n_q3=876 n_q4=492 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.210 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2811 N_valid=2811 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.614 bias_dec_arcsec=0.445 median_sep_arcsec=0.952 p95_sep_arcsec=1.797 n_q1=906 n_q2=537 n_q3=876 n_q4=492 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits sigma_overall=0.276 worst_q_ratio=1.239 ref2=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits sigma_overall=0.272 worst_q_ratio=1.228 new1=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits sigma_overall=0.325 worst_q_ratio=1.239 new2=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits sigma_overall=0.359 worst_q_ratio=1.210 reference average sigma_overall=0.274 worst_q_ratio=1.2335 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111_astrometric_residuals.png (3793 matched stars from wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112_astrometric_residuals.png (3799 matched stars from wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314_astrometric_residuals.png (2850 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315_astrometric_residuals.png (2811 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6: 15.76 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6: 15.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20474.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20474_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 Preparing report for the candidate 20474_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6 wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:51.083 -09:59:40.48 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:51.083 -09:59:40.48 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0257 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:42:48.565 -09:59:00.84 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:42:51.887 -10:01:12.35 Second-epoch image center 01:42:48.565 -09:59:00.84 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0390 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 01:42:51.083 -09:59:40.48 Second-epoch second image center 01:42:48.565 -09:59:00.84 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01510 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.2Z4igP5Mks Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Rv3AKNVaZv Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9qaFaRMMXd Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Ajx9ZUxuiO Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 28292 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 deg Loaded 4228 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3275 out of 3520 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3520 out of 28292 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.816800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.816800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.20 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.62 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.62
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 28292 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 17.6948 to 33.9309 deg, Dec -15.3404 to -4.5625 deg Loaded 4228 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3275 out of 3520 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3520 out of 28292 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 28381 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 17.6971 to 33.9326 deg, Dec -15.3394 to -4.5622 deg Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18 Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19 Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 17.6971 to 33.9326 deg, Dec -15.3394 to -4.5622 deg Loaded 4228 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3270 out of 3519 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3519 out of 28381 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 6 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 1.9 pix Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 2.2 pix fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 2.1 pix fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 15.6 mag. Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 15.1 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 15.1 mag. fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.1 (SNR ) 14.4 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait ############ /tmp/tmp.2Z4igP5Mks (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=1018, bad_region=5253, passed=28288 Got 28288 stars (including 22183 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28288 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24181 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24181 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24181 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5374) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.248 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.265 n_q1=1593 n_q2=837 n_q3=1572 n_q4=884 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.221 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4886 N_valid=4886 bias_ra_arcsec=0.004 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.000 median_sep_arcsec=0.244 p95_sep_arcsec=0.645 n_q1=1593 n_q2=837 n_q3=1572 n_q4=884 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.Rv3AKNVaZv (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=1046, bad_region=5235, passed=28371 Got 28371 stars (including 22251 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28371 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4893 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24287 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4893 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24287 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24287 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4889 stars left (next iteration limit 5377) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits N_match=4889 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.241 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.254 n_q1=1585 n_q2=831 n_q3=1584 n_q4=889 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.192 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4889 N_valid=4889 bias_ra_arcsec=0.003 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.243 p95_sep_arcsec=0.641 n_q1=1585 n_q2=831 n_q3=1584 n_q4=889 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits -region wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.9qaFaRMMXd (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um Internal estimated FoV 605.3' The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=773, bad_region=4808, passed=22554 Got 22554 stars (including 17119 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22554 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4821 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4810 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4811 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4810 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4820 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4809 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4809 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18905 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4809 stars left (next iteration limit 5291) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4809 robust_rms=7.564 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.244 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.244 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4809 robust_rms=0.650 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.039 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.039 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4809 robust_rms=0.376 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.454 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.454 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4809 robust_rms_before=0.993 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.352 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.376 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.428 worst_region_rms_after=0.454 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.099 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.454 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.428 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.428 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.352 arcsec matched=4809 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits N_match=4809 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.343 n_q1=1520 n_q2=936 n_q3=1415 n_q4=938 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.150 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4809 N_valid=4809 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.580 bias_dec_arcsec=0.442 median_sep_arcsec=0.923 p95_sep_arcsec=1.701 n_q1=1520 n_q2=936 n_q3=1415 n_q4=938 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry ############ /tmp/tmp.Ajx9ZUxuiO (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um Internal estimated FoV 605.3' The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.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_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=770, bad_region=4818, passed=22621 Got 22621 stars (including 17191 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22621 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4810 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4800 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4800 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4800 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4809 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4799 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4799 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18963 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Excluding outliers - 4799 stars left (next iteration limit 5280) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4799 robust_rms=7.554 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.897 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.897 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4799 robust_rms=0.695 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.974 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.974 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4799 robust_rms=0.388 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.471 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.471 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4799 robust_rms_before=1.017 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.364 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.388 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.441 worst_region_rms_after=0.471 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.132 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.471 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.441 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.441 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.364 arcsec matched=4799 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits N_match=4799 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.422 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.370 n_q1=1526 n_q2=942 n_q3=1419 n_q4=912 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.158 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4799 N_valid=4799 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.577 bias_dec_arcsec=0.441 median_sep_arcsec=0.938 p95_sep_arcsec=1.740 n_q1=1526 n_q2=942 n_q3=1419 n_q4=912 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/wcs_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:32:11.63 -09:58:31.7: 14.09 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:54:25.99 -11:51:24.3: 13.53 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:52:45.55 -12:42:23.3: 13.05 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6: 16.01 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-05_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:34:45.38 -13:53:31.5: 14.39 +/- 0.09 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:52:45.55 -12:42:23.3: 13.02 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:32:11.63 -09:58:31.7: 13.91 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:34:45.38 -13:53:31.5: 14.12 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2025-12-22_21-27-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:54:25.99 -11:51:24.3: 13.47 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.50 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.98 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.22 +/- 0.06 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:54:25.99 -11:51:24.3: ref_mag=13.50 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.5698 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:52:45.55 -12:42:23.3: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0933 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:32:11.63 -09:58:31.7: ref_mag=13.98 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1665 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:34:45.38 -13:53:31.5: ref_mag=14.22 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.1060 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out35647.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31544_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 The candidate 31544_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 10 19.24040 2461332.74040 14.14 01:32:11.64 -09:58:31.0 3203 3210 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31546_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 The candidate 31546_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 19.24112 2461332.74112 14.19 01:32:11.61 -09:58:32.4 3209 3203 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 19.24040 2461332.74040 14.09 01:34:45.39 -13:53:32.6 3584 0838 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31863_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 The candidate 31863_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 19.24112 2461332.74112 14.13 01:34:45.38 -13:53:30.5 3590 0831 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits **** FOUND 02:00:07.46 -12:32:02.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33193_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 The candidate 33193_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 19.24112 2461332.74112 10.92 02:00:07.44 -12:32:03.0 7342 1616 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 19.24040 2461332.74040 13.09 01:52:45.54 -12:42:23.7 6242 1539 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33993_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 The candidate 33993_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 19.24112 2461332.74112 13.10 01:52:45.56 -12:42:22.8 6248 1533 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 19.24040 2461332.74040 13.65 01:54:25.97 -11:51:24.0 6497 2050 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_011408_TTUQ2b1x1_1673403_CWqFqvLh/fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-46-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0314.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 35647_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 Preparing report for the candidate 35647_fd_Cet-07-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-47-03_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0315 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6 ########### Completed Cet-07-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 #### 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6 ################################################################################### 02:00:07.45 -12:32:02.6 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 01:45:43.32 -06:21:25.6 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461332.74039787 -observatory V36 15:02:53.95 -20:34:10.3 Mercury (0.2mag) 13:53:54.65 -19:21:21.7 Venus (-4.2mag) 08:57:42.67 +18:36:02.9 Mars (1.0mag) 09:39:11.14 +14:42:59.9 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:40:14.30 +01:23:13.9 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:11:11.04 +20:55:40.8 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:09:36.06 -00:30:21.9 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:09.66 -23:43:14.6 Pluto (14.5mag) 20:14:46.73 -22:32:36.5 Moon (-10.5mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 19 01:16 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461332.74039787: 09:39:16.53 +14:42:30.4 Io (6.1mag) 09:39:18.81 +14:42:18.9 Europa (6.2mag) 09:39:28.42 +14:41:23.2 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:39:39.89 +14:40:21.9 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:39:31.15 +15:00:49.3 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:39:13.50 +14:42:47.6 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:38:08.27 +15:06:15.7 Elara (17.5mag) 09:41:06.26 +14:06:39.6 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:37:14.05 +15:11:57.4 Carme (18.8mag) 00:40:25.31 +01:22:48.0 Titan (8.2mag) 00:40:16.28 +01:22:55.0 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:40:03.95 +01:20:56.7 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:40:26.99 +01:22:39.3 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:38:30.36 +01:10:48.8 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 19 01:16 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461332.74039787: 03:34:31.43 +20:35:34.3 JWST 16:57:26.59 +41:32:40.7 Chandra 11:25:32.62 -60:14:14.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 19 01:16 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461332.74039787 -observatory V36 03:43:08.00 +20:11:07.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:40:11.25 +37:23:00.0 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 18:32:04.12 -33:18:10.0 14.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:42:34.30 -72:55:11.5 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:46.50 +34:52:43.8 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:46:16.92 +48:20:53.7 17.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:32:51.54 +25:23:30.3 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:05:12.12 +36:32:45.2 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:29:04.41 +41:12:51.1 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:46:08.08 -13:39:31.3 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:31:59.05 +15:21:14.4 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:59:01.90 -03:22:19.0 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 19:14:53.51 +61:45:34.2 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:27:12.53 +42:03:30.4 17.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:53:11.75 +15:05:29.7 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:26:59.66 -46:17:40.7 13.3mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:07:03.98 +17:38:43.8 17.3mag 2P/Encke 23:07:15.02 -29:50:57.1 14.8mag 10P/Tempel 02:21:21.73 +36:55:54.9 16.6mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:16:26.95 -08:48:14.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:17:41.15 -09:02:46.3 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 07:45:33.28 +15:10:09.2 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 02:51:44.84 +13:55:50.9 17.8mag 88P/Howell 08:07:25.41 +42:22:58.7 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:20:23.67 +11:17:39.8 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:56:59.28 +11:27:57.9 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:26:44.65 -34:22:29.1 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos 20:44:41.83 +08:44:33.2 9.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:37:52.16 -00:07:35.7 15.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:24:11.67 +03:38:32.0 15.0mag 220P/McNaught 06:13:44.27 +46:53:12.4 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 07:38:34.41 +25:24:58.7 17.8mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.6K Oct 19 01:16 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 19 01:16 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 04:57:32.08 +30:15:41.6 TCP J04573208+3015416 2026-10-17.7818 18.21Cmag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Oct 19 01:16 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:25:40.588 -15:42:32.14 AT 2026adny 2026-08-12.51 21.4 23:33:37.029 -19:03:44.90 AT 2026adnx 2026-08-12.52 21.11 01:22:51.166 -16:32:34.62 AT 2026adnw 2026-08-12.58 21.2 16:49:59.712 -05:29:13.23 AT 2026adnv 2026-08-12.29 20.89 01:37:58.482 -13:53:51.39 AT 2026adnu 2026-08-12.57 20.08 23:58:51.491 -20:58:51.01 AT 2026adnt 2026-08-12.58 20.72 01:49:33.540 -13:10:41.72 AT 2026adns 2026-08-13.58 21.38 01:55:40.842 -13:23:28.49 AT 2026adnr 2026-08-12.58 21.06 01:59:56.676 -06:01:44.08 AT 2026adnq 2026-08-11.56 21.39 01:58:57.278 -07:10:27.79 AT 2026adnp 2026-08-11.55 21.15 17:12:42.440 +04:22:34.32 AT 2026adno 2026-08-11.33 20.81 16:41:24.276 +14:36:18.18 AT 2026adnn 2026-08-11.28 21.29 01:33:00.444 +35:48:10.03 AT 2026adnm 2026-08-09.60 21.02 16:15:27.436 -13:06:52.26 AT 2026adnl 2026-08-09.26 21.1 21:03:26.516 -27:11:33.79 AT 2026adnk 2026-08-09.38 20.89 19:52:57.783 -30:08:02.85 AT 2026adnj 2026-08-09.35 20.47 00:19:25.338 -09:01:03.19 AT 2026adni 2026-08-08.57 20.68 00:43:29.529 -16:04:19.62 AT 2026adnh 2026-08-08.57 21.42 17:10:50.126 +30:40:20.97 AT 2026adng 2026-08-08.34 20.94 00:07:00.875 -12:25:24.80 AT 2026adnf 2026-08-08.56 20.96 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 19 01:16 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 2 2026 10 19.24112 2461332.74112 13.51 01:54:26.01 -11:51:24.6 6503 2044 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