fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits
fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 20.30628 | 2461333.80628 | 13.37 | 21:59:40.83 +01:46:57.7 | 7417 0872 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 20.30677 | 2461333.80677 | 13.35 | 21:59:40.95 +01:46:58.0 | 7424 0872 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 20.3065 2461333.8065 13.36 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9
60.88633 -39.57144 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.8" and 6.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
225 Henrietta -0 -0 0 13.4 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits at 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits at 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242 STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 217351 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 217351 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits
renamed 'Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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... 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits :) Spent 0.515399 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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 11.9200000762939 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 12.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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= '2026-10-20T02:21:34.8048626' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-20T07:21:34.8048626' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61333.3066528239 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 12.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 21.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 3.600288 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 1.800144 / [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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits :) Spent 0.503066 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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/d_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits
fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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: 2461333.80627810 Plate-solving the images 'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt' 'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt' wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:09.355 -02:00:05.25 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:08.501 -02:00:05.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:17:09.355 -02:00:05.25 Second-epoch image center 22:17:08.501 -02:00:05.49 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0036 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:11.323 -02:00:06.79 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:17:09.355 -02:00:05.25 Second-epoch image center 22:17:11.323 -02:00:06.79 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0082 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 22:17:08.501 -02:00:05.49 Second-epoch second image center 22:17:11.323 -02:00:06.79 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01176 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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ChvcWsL512 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qdB4ED1wH9 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sSITsEAVAt Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits &> /tmp/tmp.toxr48VvCU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) 'tns_transients_list.txt' -> '../tns_transients_list.txt' 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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 7776 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4297 to 342.1786 deg, Dec -7.2616 to +3.2651 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 326.4297 to 342.1786 deg, Dec -7.2616 to 3.2651 deg Loaded 5154 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): 4414 out of 4557 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4557 out of 7776 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.628200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.628200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.31 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.32 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.32
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 7776 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4297 to 342.1786 deg, Dec -7.2616 to +3.2651 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 326.4297 to 342.1786 deg, Dec -7.2616 to 3.2651 deg Loaded 5154 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): 4414 out of 4557 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4557 out of 7776 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 7733 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4352 to 342.1813 deg, Dec -7.2521 to +3.2799 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 326.4352 to 342.1813 deg, Dec -7.2521 to 3.2799 deg Loaded 5154 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): 4402 out of 4552 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4552 out of 7733 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ 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: 2.3 pix Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits 2.3 pix Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits 2.3 pix fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 2.2 pix fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.3 mag. Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits 15.3 mag. Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.5 (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.ChvcWsL512 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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=420, bad_region=2142, passed=7776 Got 7776 stars (including 5312 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7776 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4530 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4509 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4509 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4509 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4529 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4508 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4508 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4508 stars left (next iteration limit 4959) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits N_match=4508 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.338 n_q1=1393 n_q2=902 n_q3=1359 n_q4=854 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.017 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4508 N_valid=4508 bias_ra_arcsec=0.002 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.004 median_sep_arcsec=0.290 p95_sep_arcsec=1.132 n_q1=1393 n_q2=902 n_q3=1359 n_q4=854 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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.qdB4ED1wH9 (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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=446, bad_region=2127, passed=7733 Got 7733 stars (including 5260 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7733 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4539 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4515 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4515 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4515 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6014 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4539 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4514 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6014 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4514 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6014 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4514 stars left (next iteration limit 4966) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits N_match=4514 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.430 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.411 n_q1=1390 n_q2=906 n_q3=1375 n_q4=843 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.038 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4514 N_valid=4514 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.005 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.332 p95_sep_arcsec=1.112 n_q1=1390 n_q2=906 n_q3=1375 n_q4=843 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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.sSITsEAVAt (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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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=168, bad_region=790, passed=3369 Got 3369 stars (including 2450 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3369 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2225 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2211 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2209 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2211 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2816 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2226 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2213 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2816 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2213 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2816 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 2213 stars left (next iteration limit 2432) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2213 robust_rms=7.130 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.816 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.816 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2213 robust_rms=0.502 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.214 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.214 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2213 robust_rms=0.437 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.686 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.686 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2213 robust_rms_before=1.033 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.403 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.437 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.630 worst_region_rms_after=0.686 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.598 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.686 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.630 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.630 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.403 arcsec matched=2213 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits N_match=2213 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.523 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.359 n_q1=569 n_q2=647 n_q3=431 n_q4=566 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.284 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2213 N_valid=2213 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.619 bias_dec_arcsec=0.432 median_sep_arcsec=0.946 p95_sep_arcsec=2.343 n_q1=569 n_q2=647 n_q3=431 n_q4=566 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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.toxr48VvCU (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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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=160, bad_region=778, passed=3302 Got 3302 stars (including 2399 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3302 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2183 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2170 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2163 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2170 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2727 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2183 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2170 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2170 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 2170 stars left (next iteration limit 2387) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2170 robust_rms=6.977 arcsec worst_region_rms=19.998 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=19.998 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2170 robust_rms=0.512 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.375 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.375 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2170 robust_rms=0.423 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.636 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.636 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2170 robust_rms_before=1.029 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.400 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.423 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.714 worst_region_rms_after=0.636 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.450 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.636 verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.sip_refit.n4h02l/candidate.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.sip_refit.n4h02l/candidate.fits Image size: 938.5'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:11.365 -02:00:07.18 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 3302 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.sip_refit.n4h02l/candidate.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction_4074954.cat.log' 'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.sip_refit.n4h02l/candidate.wcscat.xy2sky.eVXtMk' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction_4074954.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.029 -> 0.423 arcsec) SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (cycle 1, search radius 3.0 arcsec, 2170 pairs from the previous matching) 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2055 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success SIP_REFIT: re-match found 2055 pairs (2170 from the previous matching) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2055 robust_rms=6.991 arcsec worst_region_rms=18.363 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=18.363 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2055 robust_rms=0.508 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.300 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.300 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2055 robust_rms=0.419 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.635 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.635 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2055 robust_rms_before=0.419 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.419 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.419 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.633 worst_region_rms_after=0.635 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.633 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.635 SIP_REFIT: the refit on the re-matched pairs is worse than the solution it would replace (worst-region 0.635 vs 0.633 arcsec) - keeping the current solution SIP_REFIT: the refit on the re-matched pairs was not applied - keeping the current solution Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2055 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2723 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2055 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2719 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits N_match=2055 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.425 n_q1=500 n_q2=608 n_q3=439 n_q4=508 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.096 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2055 N_valid=2055 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.016 bias_dec_arcsec=0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.345 p95_sep_arcsec=0.863 n_q1=500 n_q2=608 n_q3=439 n_q4=508 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits sigma_overall=0.379 worst_q_ratio=1.017 ref2=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits sigma_overall=0.418 worst_q_ratio=1.038 new1=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits sigma_overall=0.407 worst_q_ratio=1.284 new2=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits sigma_overall=0.421 worst_q_ratio=1.096 reference average sigma_overall=0.3985 worst_q_ratio=1.0275 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013_astrometric_residuals.png (4508 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014_astrometric_residuals.png (4514 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125_astrometric_residuals.png (2213 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126_astrometric_residuals.png (2055 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Image size: 937.5'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:09.355 -02:00:05.25 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Image size: 938.0'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:08.501 -02:00:05.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:17:09.355 -02:00:05.25 Second-epoch image center 22:17:08.501 -02:00:05.49 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0036 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Image size: 938.5'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:17:11.365 -02:00:07.18 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:17:09.355 -02:00:05.25 Second-epoch image center 22:17:11.365 -02:00:07.18 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0084 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 22:17:08.501 -02:00:05.49 Second-epoch second image center 22:17:11.365 -02:00:07.18 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01193 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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SQ7SEL1PmA Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GLMTFpgZJp Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zpcaenxiQ2 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CWG7X6xnIJ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits and wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 46863 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4298 to 342.1802 deg, Dec -7.2660 to +3.2673 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 326.4298 to 342.1802 deg, Dec -7.2660 to 3.2673 deg Loaded 5156 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): 4240 out of 4650 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4650 out of 46863 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.491650 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.491650 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.99 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.50 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.50
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 46863 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4298 to 342.1802 deg, Dec -7.2660 to +3.2673 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 326.4298 to 342.1802 deg, Dec -7.2660 to 3.2673 deg Loaded 5156 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): 4240 out of 4650 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4650 out of 46863 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 47307 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 326.4340 to 342.1839 deg, Dec -7.2541 to +3.2809 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 326.4340 to 342.1839 deg, Dec -7.2541 to 3.2809 deg Loaded 5159 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): 4244 out of 4656 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4656 out of 47307 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits 2.1 pix Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits 2.2 pix fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 2.1 pix fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.5 mag. Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits 15.5 mag. Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits 14.9 mag. fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 15.0 mag. fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 14.1 (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.SQ7SEL1PmA (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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=19, blended=2071, bad_region=10220, passed=46844 Got 46844 stars (including 35017 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 46844 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4525 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4507 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4525 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39065 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4507 stars left (next iteration limit 4957) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits N_match=4507 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.325 n_q1=1375 n_q2=933 n_q3=1339 n_q4=860 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.028 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4507 N_valid=4507 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.008 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.000 median_sep_arcsec=0.284 p95_sep_arcsec=1.054 n_q1=1375 n_q2=933 n_q3=1339 n_q4=860 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.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.GLMTFpgZJp (6) ############ Parsing command line arguments... The guess is based on the existing WCS header. Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)... /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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=15, blended=2102, bad_region=10366, passed=47292 Got 47292 stars (including 35288 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47292 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4526 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4507 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39363 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4526 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39363 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4507 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39363 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4507 stars left (next iteration limit 4957) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits N_match=4507 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.390 n_q1=1375 n_q2=926 n_q3=1338 n_q4=868 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.044 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4507 N_valid=4507 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.018 bias_dec_arcsec=0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.320 p95_sep_arcsec=1.058 n_q1=1375 n_q2=926 n_q3=1338 n_q4=868 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits -region wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.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.zpcaenxiQ2 (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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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=9, blended=761, bad_region=4250, passed=23495 Got 23495 stars (including 18637 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23495 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013028 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010422 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4541 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4520 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4518 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4520 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20898 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4543 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4521 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20898 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4521 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20898 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 4521 stars left (next iteration limit 4972) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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=4521 robust_rms=7.105 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.268 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.268 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4521 robust_rms=0.524 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.496 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.496 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4521 robust_rms=0.452 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.670 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.670 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4521 robust_rms_before=1.048 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.393 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.452 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.685 worst_region_rms_after=0.670 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.620 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.670 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.685 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.685 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.393 arcsec matched=4521 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits N_match=4521 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.490 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=1132 n_q2=1333 n_q3=877 n_q4=1179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.259 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4521 N_valid=4521 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.637 bias_dec_arcsec=0.424 median_sep_arcsec=0.955 p95_sep_arcsec=2.269 n_q1=1132 n_q2=1333 n_q3=877 n_q4=1179 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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.CWG7X6xnIJ (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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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=6, blended=752, bad_region=4288, passed=23883 Got 23883 stars (including 18974 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23883 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.5' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.5 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013035 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010428 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4545 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4519 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4513 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4519 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21119 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4546 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4518 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21120 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4518 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21119 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4518 stars left (next iteration limit 4970) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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=4518 robust_rms=6.737 arcsec worst_region_rms=21.082 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=21.082 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4518 robust_rms=0.527 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.265 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.265 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4518 robust_rms=0.444 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.677 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.677 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4518 robust_rms_before=0.446 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.387 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.444 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.627 worst_region_rms_after=0.677 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.700 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.677 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.627 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.627 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.387 arcsec matched=4518 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits N_match=4518 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.380 n_q1=1044 n_q2=1353 n_q3=940 n_q4=1181 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.128 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4518 N_valid=4518 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.017 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.006 median_sep_arcsec=0.377 p95_sep_arcsec=1.072 n_q1=1044 n_q2=1353 n_q3=940 n_q4=1181 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.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_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/wcs_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits at 22:16:49.99 +01:56:54.0: 14.17 +/- 0.08 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits at 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits at 22:10:22.21 +00:35:53.4: 15.12 +/- 0.17 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-23-17_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1013.fits at 22:28:03.89 -05:56:44.1: 12.98 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits at 22:16:49.99 +01:56:54.0: 13.99 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits at 22:10:22.21 +00:35:53.4: 14.87 +/- 0.14 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits at 22:28:03.89 -05:56:44.1: 13.01 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_05-24-02_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1014.fits at 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.00 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.97 +/- 0.11 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.07 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:28:03.89 -05:56:44.1: ref_mag=13.00 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0415 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:10:22.21 +00:35:53.4: ref_mag=14.97 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.6344 delta=0.33 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:16:49.99 +01:56:54.0: ref_mag=14.07 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.8490 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53194.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53166_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 The candidate 53166_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 10 20.30628 2461333.80628 13.04 22:28:03.89 -05:56:44.2 3165 5604 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53194_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 Preparing report for the candidate 53194_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53301_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 The candidate 53301_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 20.30677 2461333.80677 13.04 22:28:03.89 -05:56:43.9 3172 5603 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 20.30628 2461333.80628 14.00 22:16:50.01 +01:56:54.7 4814 0804 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 53395_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 The candidate 53395_fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 20.30677 2461333.80677 13.76 22:16:49.97 +01:56:53.4 4821 0804 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 20.30628 2461333.80628 14.77 22:10:22.25 +00:35:53.2 5798 1613 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-20-52_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0125.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9 ########### Completed Aqr-02-Q2b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9 ################################################################################### 21:59:40.89 +01:46:57.9 -- 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)2461333.80627810 -observatory V36 15:05:06.22 -20:42:52.5 Mercury (0.2mag) 13:51:42.98 -19:01:58.3 Venus (-4.2mag) 09:00:03.77 +18:27:35.4 Mars (1.0mag) 09:39:48.31 +14:40:07.1 Jupiter (-1.9mag) 00:39:56.82 +01:21:27.4 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:11:02.97 +20:55:20.2 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:09:30.21 -00:30:58.9 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:10.06 -23:43:10.4 Pluto (14.5mag) 21:06:17.03 -18:05:51.8 Moon (-10.8mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 20 02:23 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461333.80627810: 09:39:42.36 +14:40:41.2 Io (6.1mag) 09:39:39.37 +14:40:58.5 Europa (6.2mag) 09:39:58.44 +14:39:10.5 Ganymede (5.6mag) 09:40:11.42 +14:38:00.5 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:40:13.15 +14:57:28.9 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:39:48.57 +14:40:06.7 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:38:48.64 +15:03:33.9 Elara (17.5mag) 09:41:38.92 +14:03:57.4 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:37:46.76 +15:09:19.0 Carme (18.8mag) 00:40:08.97 +01:21:10.7 Titan (8.2mag) 00:40:00.58 +01:21:20.4 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:39:49.73 +01:19:18.9 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:40:11.73 +01:20:58.6 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:38:12.52 +01:09:02.2 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 20 02:23 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461333.80627810: 03:39:34.60 +20:26:15.3 JWST 18:51:46.69 +08:10:09.8 Chandra 06:45:41.24 +05:36:28.3 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 20 02:23 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461333.80627810 -observatory V36 03:42:36.60 +20:10:39.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:40:40.51 +37:27:02.4 18.0mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill) 07:40:45.47 +37:26:49.8 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 07:40:06.72 +37:27:01.1 18.0mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) 05:02:04.12 +41:04:54.6 18.0mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) 18:33:07.22 -33:16:30.2 14.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:42:52.67 -72:59:24.8 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:35.63 +34:54:35.0 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:44:22.78 +48:17:58.8 17.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:33:09.61 +25:23:05.3 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:05:34.16 +36:40:22.6 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:29:29.20 +41:10:40.9 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:46:02.76 -13:39:46.3 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:34:02.73 +15:16:05.4 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 14:00:08.68 -03:27:34.0 16.4mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 19:19:14.66 +61:14:07.2 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:25:59.85 +41:52:32.6 17.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:54:13.02 +15:12:40.7 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:26:02.41 -48:36:43.3 13.4mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 00:04:17.77 +17:25:46.8 17.3mag 2P/Encke 23:08:30.54 -29:34:51.1 14.9mag 10P/Tempel 02:22:44.24 +36:36:25.1 16.5mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:17:08.95 -08:53:27.6 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:17:05.51 -09:03:36.8 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 07:46:46.27 +15:03:18.9 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 02:50:33.22 +13:52:15.1 17.8mag 88P/Howell 08:11:14.45 +42:39:24.8 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:22:42.53 +10:54:02.6 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 11:59:07.86 +11:13:23.5 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:29:30.75 -34:39:21.3 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos 20:38:57.98 +09:17:58.9 9.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:40:26.69 -00:21:19.2 15.1mag 169P/NEAT 03:23:21.87 +03:31:12.2 15.0mag 220P/McNaught 06:14:51.08 +47:06:19.2 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 07:39:58.67 +25:23:22.7 17.8mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.8K Oct 20 02:23 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 20 02:23 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 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 05:21:07.64 +23:38:21.3 TCP J05210764+2338213 2026-10-18.4020 10.3mag 05:34:11.01 +28:45:30.5 TCP J05341101+2845305 2026-10-18.3604 16.6mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Oct 20 02:23 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 17:38:31.186 +18:30:10.49 AT 2026adsg 2026-09-16.24 21.08 02:38:30.508 +14:20:10.13 AT 2026adsf 2026-09-16.47 21.13 21:01:50.495 -11:04:43.78 AT 2026adse 2026-09-16.33 20.66 22:40:36.965 +36:00:57.31 AT 2026adsd 2026-09-15.33 21.03 20:29:31.284 -09:22:48.18 AT 2026adsc 2026-09-15.25 20.68 04:00:47.054 +03:08:00.78 AT 2026adsb 2026-09-15.59 21.17 23:21:37.454 -06:24:04.42 AT 2026adsa 2026-09-15.43 21.69 21:43:02.178 -25:47:01.42 AT 2026adrz 2026-09-14.32 21.3 20:57:20.822 -25:14:48.82 AT 2026adry 2026-09-14.28 20.6 22:51:46.176 -08:40:45.61 AT 2026adrx 2026-09-13.38 21.36 22:52:36.805 -08:37:53.76 AT 2026adrw 2026-09-13.38 21.06 22:26:35.160 +17:20:40.21 AT 2026adrv 2026-09-13.47 21.11 22:08:36.475 +20:04:04.09 AT 2026adru 2026-09-13.46 21.26 01:06:12.958 -14:11:00.23 AT 2026adrt 2026-09-13.51 21.68 21:35:10.258 -18:27:45.66 AT 2026adrs 2026-09-13.33 20.83 20:56:09.838 -21:55:23.62 AT 2026adrr 2026-09-13.26 20.88 21:18:11.360 -21:30:33.58 AT 2026adrq 2026-09-13.33 21.32 21:34:57.524 -02:14:57.96 AT 2026adrp 2026-09-13.31 21.47 00:18:17.254 +01:56:38.59 AT 2026adro 2026-09-12.56 21.44 00:27:41.784 -19:28:47.90 AT 2026adrn 2026-09-12.50 20.8 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 20 02:26 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 2 2026 10 20.30677 2461333.80677 14.56 22:10:22.17 +00:35:53.7 5806 1612 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_022211_TTUQ2b1x1_4064339_4BgiC4T0/fd_Aqr-02-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_02-21-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0126.fits
