FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Field Her-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
First image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Last  image: 2461334.63308572 21.10.2026 03:11:28.606   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.09
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 5 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  9240
Objects passed selection criteria:  9203
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 6707
Average stars matched: 6673.75 (99.5042 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   236580 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Oct 15 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-241-g3eca6a38
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-15)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Tue Oct 20 22:39:35 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
First image: 2461172.86518891 12.05.2026 08:45:42.322   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Last  image: 2461334.63308572 21.10.2026 03:11:28.606   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 30
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -6.82
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 20 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  56723
Objects passed selection criteria:  56596
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    3.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    3.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 43584.2
Average stars matched: 42695.5 (97.9608 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   282008 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Oct 15 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-241-g3eca6a38
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-15)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Tue Oct 20 22:40:49 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Her-04-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Her-04-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Her-04-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 274069 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 274069 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits_preview.png'

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits


renamed 'Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.png' -> 'transient_report/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits_preview.png'

Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 377.9211
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 572.4627
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2618.9198
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 679.9971
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2735.4291
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 744.8084
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 6.92981
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.087
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     16.2700004577637 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 16.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits :)

Spent 0.754179 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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =                16.25 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 16.6 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits :)

Spent 0.799238 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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/d_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits



fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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: 2461334.63246313
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.1'  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: 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Image size: 937.8'x624.1'  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: 17:00:19.604 +30:00:44.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 17:00:19.604 +30:00:44.66
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0660 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Image size: 937.9'x624.0'  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: 17:00:21.749 +30:00:58.67 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 17:00:21.749 +30:00:58.67
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0745 deg.
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# 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  17:00:19.604 +30:00:44.66
Second-epoch second image center 17:00:21.749 +30:00:58.67
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00866 deg.
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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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CobBehc2Aa
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits &> /tmp/tmp.y2V2k84Jye
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FszmDfWYVd
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VdeVy0jCap
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 13902 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.5130 to +35.2559 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
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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 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.5130 to 35.2559 deg
Loaded 9276 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): 6936 out of 7275 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7275 out of 13902 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.819250
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.819250
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.09
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.73

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.73

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 13902 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.5130 to +35.2559 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
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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
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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 245.5493 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.5130 to 35.2559 deg
Loaded 9276 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): 6936 out of 7275 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7275 out of 13902 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 11496 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5485 to 264.5041 deg, Dec +24.4929 to +35.2344 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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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 245.5485 to 264.5041 deg, Dec 24.4929 to 35.2344 deg
Loaded 9266 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): 6910 out of 7196 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7196 out of 11496 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ 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:
 2.2 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 2.2 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.7 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 15.5 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 14.2 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
 14.2 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.2 (SNR )  11.0 (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.CobBehc2Aa (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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=844, bad_region=2572, passed=13902
Got 13902 stars (including 10589 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13902 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4928 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4921 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11857 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4928 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11857 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11857 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4921 stars left (next iteration limit 5413)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits N_match=4921 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.348 n_q1=1678 n_q2=751 n_q3=1699 n_q4=793 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.085
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4921 N_valid=4921 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.001 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.006 median_sep_arcsec=0.254 p95_sep_arcsec=0.930 n_q1=1678 n_q2=751 n_q3=1699 n_q4=793 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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.y2V2k84Jye (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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=710, bad_region=2162, passed=11496
Got 11496 stars (including 8699 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11496 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4925 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9783 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9783 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4925 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9783 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 4925 stars left (next iteration limit 5417)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits N_match=4925 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=1680 n_q2=746 n_q3=1715 n_q4=784 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.070
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4925 N_valid=4925 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.021 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.307 p95_sep_arcsec=0.948 n_q1=1680 n_q2=746 n_q3=1715 n_q4=784 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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.FszmDfWYVd (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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=242, bad_region=302, passed=3575
Got 3575 stars (including 3041 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3575 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3000 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2996 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2995 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2996 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3355 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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3000 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2996 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3355 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2996 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3355 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 2996 stars left (next iteration limit 3295)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2996 robust_rms=7.602 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.445 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.394 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2996 robust_rms=0.565 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.759 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.759 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2996 robust_rms=0.406 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.577 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.577 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2996 robust_rms_before=0.648 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.379 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.406 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.555 worst_region_rms_after=0.577 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.934 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.577
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.555 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.555 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.379 arcsec matched=2996
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=2996 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=1064 n_q2=334 n_q3=1033 n_q4=565 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.051
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2996 N_valid=2996 bias_ra_arcsec=0.220 bias_dec_arcsec=0.088 median_sep_arcsec=0.520 p95_sep_arcsec=1.640 n_q1=1064 n_q2=334 n_q3=1033 n_q4=565 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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.VdeVy0jCap (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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=248, bad_region=187, passed=3212
Got 3212 stars (including 2784 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3212 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013026 (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 0.010421 (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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2738 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2734 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2729 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2734 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3048 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2738 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2733 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3048 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2733 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3048 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Excluding outliers - 2733 stars left (next iteration limit 3007)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2733 robust_rms=7.064 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.335 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.335 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2733 robust_rms=0.584 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.825 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.825 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2733 robust_rms=0.390 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.621 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.621 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2733 robust_rms_before=0.645 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.390 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.390 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.656 worst_region_rms_after=0.621 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.022 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.621
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.656 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.656 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.390 arcsec matched=2733
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits N_match=2733 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.372 n_q1=901 n_q2=322 n_q3=1036 n_q4=474 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.064
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2733 N_valid=2733 bias_ra_arcsec=0.223 bias_dec_arcsec=0.088 median_sep_arcsec=0.526 p95_sep_arcsec=1.693 n_q1=901 n_q2=322 n_q3=1036 n_q4=474 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits sigma_overall=0.323 worst_q_ratio=1.085
ref2=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits sigma_overall=0.393 worst_q_ratio=1.070
new1=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits sigma_overall=0.384 worst_q_ratio=1.051
new2=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits sigma_overall=0.401 worst_q_ratio=1.064
reference average sigma_overall=0.358 worst_q_ratio=1.0775
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355_astrometric_residuals.png (4921 matched stars from wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195_astrometric_residuals.png (4925 matched stars from wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164_astrometric_residuals.png (2996 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165_astrometric_residuals.png (2733 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-04-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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.1'  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: 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Image size: 937.8'x624.1'  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: 17:00:19.604 +30:00:44.66 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 17:00:19.604 +30:00:44.66
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0660 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Image size: 937.9'x624.0'  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: 17:00:21.749 +30:00:58.67 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:00:01.889 +29:59:45.71
Second-epoch image center 17:00:21.749 +30:00:58.67
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0745 deg.
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# 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  17:00:19.604 +30:00:44.66
Second-epoch second image center 17:00:21.749 +30:00:58.67
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00866 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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QTMBumtL3L
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Q5bybkUAAv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PIOtSYD8FN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PmcCf7Bds2
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits and wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 76127 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.4895 to +35.2605 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 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.4895 to 35.2605 deg
Loaded 9308 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): 6381 out of 7309 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7309 out of 76127 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.694000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.694000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -6.82
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.87

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.87

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 76127 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec +24.4895 to +35.2605 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 245.5361 to 264.5390 deg, Dec 24.4895 to 35.2605 deg
Loaded 9308 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): 6381 out of 7309 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7309 out of 76127 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (aperture=4.8)
Read 68652 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 245.5342 to 264.5372 deg, Dec +24.4756 to +35.2344 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 245.5342 to 264.5372 deg, Dec 24.4756 to 35.2344 deg
Loaded 9310 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): 6523 out of 7307 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7307 out of 68652 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 19 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 2.1 pix  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
 2.0 pix  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.9 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
 15.7 mag.  Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
 14.5 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
 14.5 mag.  fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.5 (SNR )  13.6 (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.QTMBumtL3L (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=4941, bad_region=10350, passed=76117
Got 76117 stars (including 61522 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 76117 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4928 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 68315 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 

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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 68315 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4928 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 68315 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Excluding outliers - 4928 stars left (next iteration limit 5420)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits N_match=4928 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.331 n_q1=1670 n_q2=752 n_q3=1689 n_q4=817 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.083
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4928 N_valid=4928 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.010 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.004 median_sep_arcsec=0.253 p95_sep_arcsec=0.929 n_q1=1670 n_q2=752 n_q3=1689 n_q4=817 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.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.Q5bybkUAAv (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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=27, blended=3872, bad_region=8966, passed=68625
Got 68625 stars (including 56386 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 68625 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4918 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 61874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 61874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 61874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4918 stars left (next iteration limit 5409)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits N_match=4918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.418 n_q1=1680 n_q2=738 n_q3=1698 n_q4=802 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4918 N_valid=4918 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.021 bias_dec_arcsec=0.003 median_sep_arcsec=0.304 p95_sep_arcsec=0.930 n_q1=1680 n_q2=738 n_q3=1698 n_q4=802 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits -region wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.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.PIOtSYD8FN (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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=3, blended=844, bad_region=1570, passed=26812
Got 26812 stars (including 24401 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26812 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25733 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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25733 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25733 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4916 stars left (next iteration limit 5407)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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=4916 robust_rms=7.189 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.484 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.133 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4916 robust_rms=0.570 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.760 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.760 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4916 robust_rms=0.409 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.566 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.566 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4916 robust_rms_before=0.648 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.371 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.409 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.532 worst_region_rms_after=0.566 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.875 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.566
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.532 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.532 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.371 arcsec matched=4916
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4916 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.362 n_q1=1747 n_q2=526 n_q3=1736 n_q4=907 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.094
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4916 N_valid=4916 bias_ra_arcsec=0.211 bias_dec_arcsec=0.096 median_sep_arcsec=0.525 p95_sep_arcsec=1.491 n_q1=1747 n_q2=526 n_q3=1736 n_q4=907 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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.PmcCf7Bds2 (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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=947, bad_region=1025, passed=25804
Got 25804 stars (including 23873 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25804 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013026 (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 0.010421 (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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4912 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4912 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25008 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 573 to 628 (Dec 24.6 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4919 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25008 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25008 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 4911 stars left (next iteration limit 5403)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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=4911 robust_rms=6.898 arcsec worst_region_rms=9.228 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=9.228 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4911 robust_rms=0.573 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.800 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.800 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4911 robust_rms=0.399 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.586 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.586 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4911 robust_rms_before=0.632 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.383 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.399 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.563 worst_region_rms_after=0.586 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.894 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.586
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.563 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.563 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.383 arcsec matched=4911
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits N_match=4911 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=1641 n_q2=577 n_q3=1879 n_q4=814 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.047
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4911 N_valid=4911 bias_ra_arcsec=0.206 bias_dec_arcsec=0.096 median_sep_arcsec=0.525 p95_sep_arcsec=1.504 n_q1=1641 n_q2=577 n_q3=1879 n_q4=814 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.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_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/wcs_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:29:17.59 +25:40:27.2:  13.06 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:28:51.48 +33:18:50.2:  13.60 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:10:21.97 +28:40:05.8:  14.22 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:23:06.60 +28:34:13.3:  13.21 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 16:56:57.65 +27:06:56.5:  13.48 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:29:17.59 +25:40:27.2:  13.07 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:10:21.97 +28:40:05.8:  14.26 +/- 0.07  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:23:06.60 +28:34:13.3:  13.28 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:28:51.48 +33:18:50.2:  13.71 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  14.23 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.06 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.24 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.64 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:10:21.97 +28:40:05.8: ref_mag=14.23 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1815 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:29:17.59 +25:40:27.2: ref_mag=13.06 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1288 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:23:06.60 +28:34:13.3: ref_mag=13.24 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5563 delta=-0.32 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:28:51.48 +33:18:50.2: ref_mag=13.64 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4277 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_03-45-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits at 17:06:23.04 +28:43:52.0:  13.60 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 16:56:57.65 +27:06:56.5:  13.54 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.50 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:56:57.65 +27:06:56.5: ref_mag=13.50 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2318 delta=0.27 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-03_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0195.fits at 17:06:23.04 +28:43:52.0:  13.57 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.59 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:06:23.04 +28:43:52.0: ref_mag=13.59 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4895 delta=0.10 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
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make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
  
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Considering the candidate 89068_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89068_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 21.13246    2461334.63246    14.17    17:10:22.04 +28:40:06.5   3467 4008   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    14.19    17:10:21.90 +28:40:05.0   3472 4011   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89073_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89073_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 21.13246    2461334.63246    13.63    17:23:06.62 +28:34:12.7   1766 4029   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.52    17:23:06.57 +28:34:13.9   1771 4032   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89075_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89075_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 21.13246    2461334.63246    13.52    17:28:51.48 +33:18:50.5   1143 1110   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.39    17:28:51.48 +33:18:49.8   1148 1113   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89080_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89080_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 21.13246    2461334.63246    13.25    17:29:17.59 +25:40:27.2   0839 5763   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.06    17:29:17.59 +25:40:27.2   0844 5766   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89082_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89082_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.60    17:16:53.85 +33:22:39.4   2675 1141   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  17:16:53.81 +33:22:40.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89083_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89083_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.80    17:21:34.89 +31:49:54.9   2047 2060   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  17:21:34.88 +31:49:55.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89096_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89096_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    10.40    16:40:33.51 +31:58:24.4   7319 1924   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.2") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 89164_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89164_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.51    16:50:32.30 +29:46:46.0   6078 3310   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  16:50:32.29 +29:46:45.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89197_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89197_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.57    16:41:57.77 +32:36:48.1   7119 1546   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.5") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 89215_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89215_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.91    16:53:06.06 +31:43:09.9   5711 2147   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  16:53:06.06 +31:43:09.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89220_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89220_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.58    17:21:29.05 +28:44:10.5   1993 3939   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  17:21:29.03 +28:44:10.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89248_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89248_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    12.68    16:43:09.62 +33:33:25.4   6939 0981   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (27.5") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 89293_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89293_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.12    17:04:44.57 +28:42:21.3   4217 3991   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

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Considering the candidate 89294_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89294_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.45    16:50:42.87 +29:50:20.8   6053 3275   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  16:50:42.90 +29:50:20.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89326_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89326_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 21.13246    2461334.63246    13.28    16:56:57.63 +27:06:55.6   5260 4940   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.19    16:56:57.67 +27:06:57.3   5264 4942   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89327_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89327_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.31    17:17:03.27 +34:07:18.3   2667 0687   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  17:17:03.27 +34:07:18.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 89356_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89356_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 21.13246    2461334.63246    13.47    17:06:23.06 +28:43:52.3   3995 3973   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-10-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.52    17:06:23.03 +28:43:51.7   4000 3976   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 89398_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 89398_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.31    16:59:39.53 +29:32:28.5   4884 3481   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

**** FOUND  16:59:39.52 +29:32:28.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 44821_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165
The candidate 44821_fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 21.13309    2461334.63309    13.27    16:49:06.49 +28:58:34.0   6282 3789   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Her-04-Q2b1x1_223600_TTUQ2b1x1_1097166_XsCnGDer/fd_Her-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_22-11-28_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0165.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (30.9") between the two second-epoch detections
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed Her-04-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 ####
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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).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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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
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461334.63246313 -observatory V36
15:06:30.93 -20:47:41.8 Mercury (0.2mag)
13:49:56.70 -18:46:04.7 Venus (-4.3mag)
09:01:52.18 +18:20:58.7 Mars (1.0mag)
09:40:16.65 +14:37:54.5 Jupiter (-2.0mag)
00:39:43.46 +01:20:05.9 Saturn (0.4mag)
04:10:56.59 +20:55:03.7 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:09:25.75 -00:31:27.2 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:10.50 -23:43:06.9 Pluto (14.5mag)
21:48:06.00 -14:12:00.9 Moon (-11.1mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461334.63246313:
09:40:23.49 +14:37:16.7 Io (6.1mag)
09:40:11.52 +14:38:22.6 Europa (6.2mag)
09:40:15.26 +14:38:03.0 Ganymede (5.5mag)
09:40:32.88 +14:36:26.3 Callisto (6.8mag)
09:40:45.25 +14:54:54.1 Himalia (15.6mag)
09:40:20.57 +14:37:34.2 Thebe (16.4mag)
09:39:19.50 +15:01:29.5 Elara (17.5mag)
09:42:03.73 +14:01:53.7 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
09:38:11.67 +15:07:17.4 Carme (18.8mag)
00:39:54.93 +01:19:57.3 Titan (8.2mag)
00:39:41.73 +01:20:09.1 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:39:38.93 +01:18:04.8 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:39:59.24 +01:19:42.6 Hyperion (14.1mag)
00:37:58.90 +01:07:40.7 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461334.63246313:
03:44:10.97 +20:14:18.4 JWST
14:12:45.24 +54:33:58.3 Chandra
10:17:55.86 -56:48:46.9 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461334.63246313 -observatory V36
03:42:11.46 +20:10:12.5 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
07:41:06.28 +37:30:01.9 18.0mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill)
07:41:11.26 +37:29:49.3 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill)
07:40:32.37 +37:30:01.2 18.0mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill)
05:02:15.29 +40:59:22.3 18.0mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski)
18:33:56.65 -33:15:13.5 14.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:43:06.25 -73:02:40.3 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:14:26.89 +34:56:00.7 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:42:52.25 +48:15:09.7 17.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
07:33:22.94 +25:22:46.5 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:05:50.36 +36:46:21.2 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
18:29:49.36 +41:09:05.4 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
05:45:57.85 -13:39:54.0 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
12:35:38.78 +15:12:06.8 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
14:01:00.53 -03:31:37.7 16.4mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
19:22:36.70 +60:49:16.9 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:25:03.88 +41:43:53.4 18.0mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:55:00.31 +15:18:19.3 17.7mag A/2026 E1
16:25:10.57 -50:15:52.6 13.5mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard)
19:22:00.18 -05:04:20.1 14.7mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS)
00:02:09.54 +17:15:27.4 17.3mag 2P/Encke
23:09:30.32 -29:22:15.8 14.9mag 10P/Tempel
02:23:49.34 +36:20:24.5 16.5mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
12:17:41.33 -08:57:30.4 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
00:16:38.67 -09:04:10.2 15.7mag 65P/Gunn
07:47:41.59 +14:58:00.2 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels
02:49:37.68 +13:49:25.1 17.8mag 88P/Howell
08:14:11.30 +42:51:53.3 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
09:24:28.94 +10:35:40.1 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
12:00:47.02 +11:02:06.5 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
14:31:39.73 -34:52:19.9 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos
20:34:46.44 +09:42:34.7 9.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
10:42:25.11 -00:31:50.1 15.2mag 169P/NEAT
03:22:42.70 +03:25:36.9 15.0mag 220P/McNaught
06:15:40.10 +47:16:16.5 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
07:41:03.04 +25:22:07.0 17.8mag 266P/Christensen
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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
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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
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
16:33:54.937 +20:21:19.93  AT 2026adyo  2026-10-01.22 18.471
15:12:55.339 +35:26:19.35  AT 2026adyn  2026-10-02.22 18.803
22:27:56.363 +38:36:11.47  AT 2026adym  2026-09-15.32 20.54
01:57:30.981 -22:32:19.78  AT 2026adyl  2026-09-05.53 20.9
18:00:55.941 +52:22:30.66  AT 2026adyk  2026-09-05.27 20.6
03:26:38.818 -27:16:41.69  AT 2026adyj  2026-09-05.59 21.1
23:12:58.798 -28:24:24.33  AT 2026adyi  2026-09-04.42 20.73
20:04:39.993 -23:13:07.01  AT 2026adyh  2026-09-29.19 19.8534
23:02:49.544 -27:01:30.13  AT 2026adyg  2026-09-04.42 21.06
00:48:19.388 +09:14:18.05  AT 2026adyf  2026-09-03.40 21.12
03:04:16.460 -25:36:53.81  AT 2026adye  2026-09-05.58 20.91
03:51:14.641 -29:54:43.32  AT 2026adyd  2026-09-05.59 21.03
19:51:37.151 -24:14:08.83  AT 2026adyc  2026-09-04.26 20.43
23:01:33.774 -16:23:29.58  AT 2026adyb  2026-09-05.36 21.18
17:33:59.236 +41:10:38.61  AT 2026adya  2026-09-04.28 21.02
17:15:41.351 +39:47:14.19  AT 2026adxz  2026-09-04.27 20.68
00:40:25.304 -19:35:36.26  AT 2026adxy  2026-09-04.46 21.24
17:56:26.542 +22:26:25.77  AT 2026adxx  2026-09-09.27 20.14
22:02:30.021 -25:23:35.10  AT 2026adxw  2026-09-03.36 20.84
23:27:43.503 -06:10:58.98  AT 2026adxv  2026-09-03.44 20.1
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Tue Oct 20 22:39:12 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 3 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 6s (0.10 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 37s (0.62 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 10s (0.17 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 57s (0.95 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 9 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 4 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 4 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 22s (0.37 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 19s (0.32 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 1s (0.02 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 47s (0.78 min)
FIELD_Her-04-Q2b1x1: 121s (2.02 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 122s (2.03 min)
Finished: Tue Oct 20 22:41:14 CDT 2026