NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm

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

Processing fields LMi-01-Q2b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 10 19.34685    2461332.84685    14.22    09:34:45.56 +38:44:35.9   3113 3718   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.84    09:34:45.70 +38:44:36.1   3107 3716   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 10 19.3472  2461332.8472  14.03  09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0
184.13090  47.66537 galactic  LMi  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 6.9 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
705 Erminia                  0      0       0  14.0     0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits at 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0:  16.31 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits at 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0:  16.26 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   LMi-01-Q2b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 1

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits
Field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits
Field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
LMi-01-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting LMi-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing LMi-01-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 294147 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 294147 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.png' -> 'transient_report/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits_preview.png'
LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits

renamed 'LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.png' -> 'transient_report/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits_preview.png'
LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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= 448.9815 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 551.8028 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1583.1188 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 494.8372 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1576.6751 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 494.5937 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.52602 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 setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 9.52999973297119 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 9.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-10-19T03:19:18.2195042' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-19T08:19:18.2195042' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61332.3467386458 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-19T08:19:28.1208352' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61332.3468532409 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 147.272614098778 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 37.999972746821 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 15.2019444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 54.2988888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.76253710485884 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1009.5 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7482925 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'LMi-01' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '09 49 06' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+38 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 20665 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 20665 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 9.52999973297119 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 9.52999973297119 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 4.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 70.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 905.99 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 9.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 31.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 1.800144 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/d_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits :) Spent 0.499779 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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/d_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 9.52999973297119 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 9.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-10-19T03:20:18.5319666' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-19T08:20:18.5319666' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61332.3474367014 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/d_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits :) Spent 0.522936 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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/d_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

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fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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: 2461332.84685439 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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Image size: 941.8'x627.2' 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: 09:49:06.265 +38:00:05.29 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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Image size: 941.2'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 09:49:06.928 +38:00:04.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 09:49:06.265 +38:00:05.29 Second-epoch image center 09:49:06.928 +38:00:04.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0022 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Image size: 941.1'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 09:49:10.385 +38:00:19.05 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 09:49:06.265 +38:00:05.29 Second-epoch image center 09:49:10.385 +38:00:19.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0141 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 09:49:06.928 +38:00:04.82 Second-epoch second image center 09:49:10.385 +38:00:19.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01202 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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wZTAshQDwl Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DpAT5arbjX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YZARsCgah9 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits &> /tmp/tmp.55LkoTFZKo Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits and wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits and wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits and wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits) and catalog (wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 7760 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 136.3440 to 157.6118 deg, Dec +32.0322 to +43.3727 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 136.3440 to 157.6118 deg, Dec 32.0322 to 43.3727 deg Loaded 5364 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): 3768 out of 3968 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3968 out of 7760 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.899800 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.899800 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.17 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.73 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.73
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 7760 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 136.3440 to 157.6118 deg, Dec +32.0322 to +43.3727 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 136.3440 to 157.6118 deg, Dec 32.0322 to 43.3727 deg Loaded 5364 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): 3768 out of 3968 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3968 out of 7760 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits (aperture=6.1) Read 7740 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 136.3423 to 157.6117 deg, Dec +32.0092 to +43.3728 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 136.3423 to 157.6117 deg, Dec 32.0092 to 43.3728 deg Loaded 5378 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): 3732 out of 3971 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3971 out of 7740 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits (aperture=6.4) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits 2.2 pix LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits 2.3 pix fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 2.3 pix fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.7 mag. LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits 15.7 mag. LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits 14.7 mag. fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 14.7 mag. fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.6 (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.wZTAshQDwl (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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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=529, bad_region=1668, passed=7760 Got 7760 stars (including 5652 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7760 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4768 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4761 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6451 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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4768 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6451 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6451 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4761 stars left (next iteration limit 5237) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits N_match=4761 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.237 n_q1=1543 n_q2=779 n_q3=1596 n_q4=843 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.266 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4761 N_valid=4761 bias_ra_arcsec=0.006 bias_dec_arcsec=0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.243 p95_sep_arcsec=0.687 n_q1=1543 n_q2=779 n_q3=1596 n_q4=843 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits -region wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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.DpAT5arbjX (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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits' -> 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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=564, bad_region=1652, passed=7740 Got 7740 stars (including 5617 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7740 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4765 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4756 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4756 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4756 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6438 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4765 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4756 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6438 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4756 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6438 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Excluding outliers - 4756 stars left (next iteration limit 5231) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits N_match=4756 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.486 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.389 n_q1=1553 n_q2=775 n_q3=1585 n_q4=843 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.141 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4756 N_valid=4756 bias_ra_arcsec=0.000 bias_dec_arcsec=0.007 median_sep_arcsec=0.345 p95_sep_arcsec=0.870 n_q1=1553 n_q2=775 n_q3=1585 n_q4=843 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits -region wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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.YZARsCgah9 (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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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=243, bad_region=646, passed=3821 Got 3821 stars (including 2960 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3821 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2828 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2824 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3302 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2828 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3302 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3302 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 2824 stars left (next iteration limit 3106) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2824 robust_rms=6.826 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.685 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.494 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2824 robust_rms=0.532 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.624 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.624 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2824 robust_rms=0.412 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.505 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.505 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2824 robust_rms_before=1.618 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.372 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.412 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.485 worst_region_rms_after=0.505 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.499 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.505 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.485 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.485 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.372 arcsec matched=2824 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits N_match=2824 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.405 n_q1=995 n_q2=398 n_q3=969 n_q4=462 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.078 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2824 N_valid=2824 bias_ra_arcsec=0.532 bias_dec_arcsec=0.563 median_sep_arcsec=1.447 p95_sep_arcsec=3.042 n_q1=995 n_q2=398 n_q3=969 n_q4=462 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits -region wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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.55LkoTFZKo (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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=251, bad_region=657, passed=3845 Got 3845 stars (including 2975 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3845 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (37.6 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2844 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2840 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3313 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3313 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3313 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 2839 stars left (next iteration limit 3124) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2839 robust_rms=6.900 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.746 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.746 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2839 robust_rms=0.543 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.612 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.612 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2839 robust_rms=0.413 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.484 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.484 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2839 robust_rms_before=1.630 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.374 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.413 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.490 worst_region_rms_after=0.484 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.526 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.484 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.490 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.490 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.374 arcsec matched=2839 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits N_match=2839 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.404 n_q1=994 n_q2=397 n_q3=978 n_q4=470 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.123 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2839 N_valid=2839 bias_ra_arcsec=0.488 bias_dec_arcsec=0.590 median_sep_arcsec=1.496 p95_sep_arcsec=2.971 n_q1=994 n_q2=397 n_q3=978 n_q4=470 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits -region wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits sigma_overall=0.287 worst_q_ratio=1.266 ref2=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits sigma_overall=0.426 worst_q_ratio=1.141 new1=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits sigma_overall=0.386 worst_q_ratio=1.078 new2=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits sigma_overall=0.374 worst_q_ratio=1.123 reference average sigma_overall=0.3565 worst_q_ratio=1.2035 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348_astrometric_residuals.png (4761 matched stars from wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236_astrometric_residuals.png (4756 matched stars from wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466_astrometric_residuals.png (2824 matched stars from wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467_astrometric_residuals.png (2839 matched stars from wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Image size: 941.8'x627.2' 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: 09:49:06.265 +38:00:05.29 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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Image size: 941.2'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 09:49:06.928 +38:00:04.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 09:49:06.265 +38:00:05.29 Second-epoch image center 09:49:06.928 +38:00:04.82 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0022 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Image size: 941.1'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 09:49:10.385 +38:00:19.05 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 09:49:06.265 +38:00:05.29 Second-epoch image center 09:49:10.385 +38:00:19.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0141 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 09:49:06.928 +38:00:04.82 Second-epoch second image center 09:49:10.385 +38:00:19.05 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01202 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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xjUeDYOUpc Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kpbNJ6ziIB Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lejh14lHBk Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6xjUGQ5iMX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits and wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits and wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits and wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits) and catalog (wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 40713 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 136.3381 to 157.6201 deg, Dec +31.9947 to +43.3861 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 136.3381 to 157.6201 deg, Dec 31.9947 to 43.3861 deg Loaded 5394 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): 3582 out of 3992 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3992 out of 40713 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.790900 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.790900 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.89 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.90 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.90
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 40713 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 136.3381 to 157.6201 deg, Dec +31.9947 to +43.3861 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 136.3381 to 157.6201 deg, Dec 31.9947 to 43.3861 deg Loaded 5394 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): 3582 out of 3992 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3992 out of 40713 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 40745 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 136.3384 to 157.6207 deg, Dec +31.9963 to +43.3847 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 136.3384 to 157.6207 deg, Dec 31.9963 to 43.3847 deg Loaded 5394 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): 3546 out of 3992 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3992 out of 40745 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 19 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits 2.0 pix LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits 2.2 pix fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 2.3 pix fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.9 mag. LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits 15.9 mag. LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits 14.8 mag. fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 14.8 mag. fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 14.0 (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.xjUeDYOUpc (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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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=1871, bad_region=6891, passed=40703 Got 40703 stars (including 32197 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40703 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 609 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4767 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4763 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35327 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 609 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4767 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35327 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35327 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4763 stars left (next iteration limit 5239) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits N_match=4763 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.233 n_q1=1529 n_q2=771 n_q3=1614 n_q4=849 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.241 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4763 N_valid=4763 bias_ra_arcsec=0.004 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.003 median_sep_arcsec=0.236 p95_sep_arcsec=0.673 n_q1=1529 n_q2=771 n_q3=1614 n_q4=849 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits -region wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.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.kpbNJ6ziIB (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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits 570.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits' -> 'wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=1991, bad_region=7035, passed=40734 Got 40734 stars (including 31984 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40734 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 609 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4761 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4757 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4757 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4757 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35241 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 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 609 to 668 (Dec 32.0 to 43.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4761 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4757 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35241 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4757 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35241 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4757 stars left (next iteration limit 5232) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits N_match=4757 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.442 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.373 n_q1=1535 n_q2=775 n_q3=1594 n_q4=853 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.099 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4757 N_valid=4757 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.001 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.003 median_sep_arcsec=0.327 p95_sep_arcsec=0.837 n_q1=1535 n_q2=775 n_q3=1594 n_q4=853 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits -region wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.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.lejh14lHBk (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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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=1, blended=666, bad_region=2757, passed=22014 Got 22014 stars (including 18646 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22014 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4715 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4707 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4707 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4707 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19989 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4714 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4707 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19989 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4707 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19989 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 4707 stars left (next iteration limit 5177) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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=4707 robust_rms=6.701 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.127 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.127 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4707 robust_rms=0.543 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.611 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.611 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4707 robust_rms=0.427 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.511 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.511 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4707 robust_rms_before=1.637 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.378 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.427 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.479 worst_region_rms_after=0.511 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.488 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.511 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.479 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.479 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.378 arcsec matched=4707 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits N_match=4707 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.395 n_q1=1602 n_q2=652 n_q3=1645 n_q4=808 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.085 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4707 N_valid=4707 bias_ra_arcsec=0.529 bias_dec_arcsec=0.606 median_sep_arcsec=1.466 p95_sep_arcsec=2.998 n_q1=1602 n_q2=652 n_q3=1645 n_q4=808 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits -region wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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.6xjUGQ5iMX (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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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=5, blended=718, bad_region=2781, passed=22162 Got 22162 stars (including 18733 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22162 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (37.6 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4709 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4699 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4700 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4699 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 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 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4709 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4699 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4699 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20109 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Excluding outliers - 4699 stars left (next iteration limit 5168) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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=4699 robust_rms=6.708 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.123 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.123 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4699 robust_rms=0.559 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.631 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.631 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4699 robust_rms=0.438 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.516 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.516 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4699 robust_rms_before=1.652 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.384 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.438 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.502 worst_region_rms_after=0.516 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.509 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.516 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.502 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.502 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.384 arcsec matched=4699 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits N_match=4699 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.405 n_q1=1608 n_q2=648 n_q3=1633 n_q4=810 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4699 N_valid=4699 bias_ra_arcsec=0.492 bias_dec_arcsec=0.626 median_sep_arcsec=1.511 p95_sep_arcsec=2.942 n_q1=1608 n_q2=648 n_q3=1633 n_q4=810 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits -region wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.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_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/wcs_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits at 09:23:23.45 +33:26:44.8: 13.21 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits at 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0: 16.31 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-18_02-00-24_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0348.fits at 09:28:21.60 +35:35:15.0: 13.94 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits at 09:23:23.45 +33:26:44.8: 13.30 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.26 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 09:23:23.45 +33:26:44.8: ref_mag=13.26 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1311 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits at 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-46-59_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0236.fits at 09:28:21.60 +35:35:15.0: 13.81 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.87 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 09:28:21.60 +35:35:15.0: ref_mag=13.87 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8931 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52679.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s 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 52270_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52270_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    12.29    09:18:36.28 +36:47:40.9   1067 2703   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:18:36.28 +36:47:41.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52298_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52298_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    12.48    09:24:16.41 +36:36:19.2   1747 2522   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:24:16.39 +36:36:18.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52402_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52402_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 19.34685    2461332.84685    13.13    09:23:23.48 +33:26:44.8   1459 0615   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.13    09:23:23.41 +33:26:44.8   1451 0613   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52447_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52447_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.28    09:34:51.32 +39:37:38.7   3152 4249   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:34:51.34 +39:37:38.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52520_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52520_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.62    09:18:52.36 +36:45:58.7   1098 2683   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:18:52.33 +36:45:58.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52533_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52533_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.56    10:02:57.96 +37:52:26.4   6428 3107   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 10:02:57.99 +37:52:26.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52545_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52545_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.78    09:29:18.48 +40:26:01.5   2545 4784   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:29:18.47 +40:26:00.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52551_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52551_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.52    09:51:15.11 +36:29:09.5   5016 2273   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:51:15.18 +36:29:09.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52554_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52554_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.81    09:25:40.93 +35:08:16.7   1838 1618   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:25:40.87 +35:08:16.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52569_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52569_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.66    09:52:41.47 +35:07:46.8   5176 1450   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:52:41.50 +35:07:45.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52583_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52583_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    14.10    09:27:33.84 +40:29:05.7   2347 4832   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:27:34.08 +40:29:06.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52585_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52585_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.89    09:26:51.19 +34:26:47.2   1946 1187   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:26:51.24 +34:26:47.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52610_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52610_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 10 19.34685    2461332.84685    13.92    09:28:21.61 +35:35:15.3   2200 1866   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-19-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0466.fits Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.87    09:28:21.59 +35:35:14.6   2193 1864   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52612_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52612_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    13.65    10:01:11.22 +34:38:27.5   6226 1149   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 10:01:11.27 +34:38:26.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52625_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52625_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    14.07    10:02:55.95 +37:52:05.6   6424 3104   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 10:02:55.98 +37:52:05.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52632_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 52632_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    14.03    09:32:02.75 +40:01:52.2   2843 4515   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:32:02.69 +40:01:51.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52679_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 Preparing report for the candidate 52679_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 06221_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 06221_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    7.79    09:45:34.36 +34:30:45.2   4284 1097   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits **** FOUND 09:45:34.38 +34:30:45.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 22539_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 The candidate 22539_fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 10 19.34755    2461332.84755    12.76    09:40:09.11 +38:27:19.7   3732 3506   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_035011_TTUQ2b1x1_2743524_gbNr3eRm/fd_LMi-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-20-18_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0467.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (43.1") between the two second-epoch detections make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 8s Prepared the HTML report for the field LMi-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0 ########### Completed LMi-01-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 #### 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0 ################################################################################### 09:34:45.63 +38:44:36.0 -- 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)2461332.84685439 -observatory V36 15:03:08.57 -20:35:09.3 Mercury (0.2mag) 13:53:42.81 -19:19:29.3 Venus (-4.2mag) 08:57:56.87 +18:35:13.2 Mars (1.0mag) 09:39:14.91 +14:42:42.7 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:40:12.51 +01:23:03.2 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:11:10.24 +20:55:38.8 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:09:35.46 -00:30:25.6 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:09.68 -23:43:14.1 Pluto (14.5mag) 20:19:49.51 -21:58:09.3 Moon (-10.6mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 19 03:52 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461332.84685439: 09:39:21.62 +14:42:05.8 Io (6.1mag) 09:39:21.01 +14:42:10.6 Europa (6.2mag) 09:39:32.07 +14:41:06.7 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:39:43.28 +14:40:06.8 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:39:35.39 +15:00:29.4 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:39:13.93 +14:42:48.1 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:38:12.35 +15:05:59.6 Elara (17.5mag) 09:41:09.57 +14:06:23.4 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:37:17.36 +15:11:41.6 Carme (18.8mag) 00:40:23.74 +01:22:38.1 Titan (8.2mag) 00:40:15.16 +01:22:44.7 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:40:02.49 +01:20:46.8 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:40:25.48 +01:22:29.1 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:38:28.54 +01:10:38.1 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 19 03:52 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461332.84685439: 03:34:32.15 +20:35:47.0 JWST 17:14:00.27 +38:50:46.0 Chandra 12:51:24.40 -62:11:40.0 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 19 03:52 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461332.84685439 -observatory V36 03:43:04.77 +20:11:05.0 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:40:14.70 +37:23:23.5 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 18:32:10.42 -33:17:59.5 14.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:42:36.18 -72:55:37.2 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:45.42 +34:52:55.1 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:46:05.20 +48:20:41.2 17.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:32:53.38 +25:23:28.1 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:05:14.40 +36:33:31.2 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:29:06.86 +41:12:37.1 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:46:07.55 -13:39:33.2 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:32:11.46 +15:20:43.6 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 13:59:08.62 -03:22:50.6 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 19:15:19.70 +61:42:25.6 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:27:05.12 +42:02:25.4 17.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:53:17.94 +15:06:12.5 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:26:55.13 -46:32:06.0 13.3mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:06:47.11 +17:37:26.7 17.3mag 2P/Encke 23:07:22.22 -29:49:19.3 14.8mag 10P/Tempel 02:21:29.16 +36:54:01.9 16.6mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:16:31.19 -08:48:45.7 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:17:37.45 -09:02:51.6 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 07:45:40.64 +15:09:28.8 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 02:51:37.52 +13:55:29.6 17.8mag 88P/Howell 08:07:48.35 +42:24:40.6 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:20:37.67 +11:15:19.0 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:57:12.23 +11:26:30.7 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:27:01.34 -34:24:10.5 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos 20:44:06.42 +08:47:58.0 9.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:38:07.82 -00:08:58.5 15.0mag 169P/NEAT 03:24:06.49 +03:37:47.8 15.0mag 220P/McNaught 06:13:50.93 +46:54:34.3 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 07:38:42.87 +25:24:50.0 17.8mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.6K Oct 19 03:52 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 03:52 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 03:52 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 23:08:00.390 +01:05:48.35 AT 2026adob 2026-08-14.51 21.57 21:19:02.174 -34:05:35.56 AT 2026adoa 2026-08-13.42 19.63 20:56:45.290 -18:05:02.80 AT 2026adnz 2026-08-12.41 20.46 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 19 03:52 tns_transients_list.txt

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