fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits
fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 22.20655 | 2461335.70655 | 10.00 | 22:10:51.34 -19:23:27.8 | 5141 4039 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 22.20715 | 2461335.70715 | 10.01 | 22:10:51.31 -19:23:28.1 | 5139 4034 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 22.2069 2461335.7069 10.01 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9
36.06573 -52.47766 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 5.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
9 Metis -0 -0 0 10.2 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9: 15.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9: 14.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 22.20655 | 2461335.70655 | 11.84 | 22:03:11.50 -14:45:53.3 | 6265 1245 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 22.20715 | 2461335.70715 | 11.76 | 22:03:11.53 -14:45:53.1 | 6262 1240 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 22.2069 2461335.7069 11.80 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2
41.75397 -49.03765 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 5.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
5 Astraea -1 -1 1 12.1 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2: 15.25 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2: 15.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS. Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs. WISE atlas Aladin Lite SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242 STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Aqr-06-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Aqr-06-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Aqr-06-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 519984 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 519984 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits
renamed 'Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.png' -> 'transient_report/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits_preview.png'
Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits
Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold. ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1514.0137 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 492.6099 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 10353.0741 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 2890.6122 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 10349.9538 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 2884.4659 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 6.83816 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 15.5299997329712 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 16.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" 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3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-84137c4dbbbd119a9' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU2' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 333.333369867543 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = -17.9996856276547 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 31.275 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 213.120277777778 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 1.92125336196365 / Airmass at frame center 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Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/d_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits :) Spent 0.522145 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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/d_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 15.539999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 16.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/d_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits :) Spent 0.506660 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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/d_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits
fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst' wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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: 2461335.70654977 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_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:18.582 -17:59:34.30 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:18.582 -17:59:34.30 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0136 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:17.477 -18:00:03.65 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:17.477 -18:00:03.65 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0113 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 22:13:18.582 -17:59:34.30 Second-epoch second image center 22:13:17.477 -18:00:03.65 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00925 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5ZNpu2FZmZ Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oPOtZCpqFG Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits &> /tmp/tmp.j4hEM1WyWG Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits &> /tmp/tmp.C8s82GIO6e Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 4587 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 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 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5156 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3526 out of 3592 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3592 out of 4587 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.535150 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.535150 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.84 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.70 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.70
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 4587 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 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 324.9535 to 341.7664 deg, Dec -23.2684 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5156 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero). Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3526 out of 3592 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3592 out of 4587 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 3722 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.9530 to 341.7678 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.6145 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 324.9530 to 341.7678 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.6145 deg Loaded 5151 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): 3021 out of 3064 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3064 out of 3722 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 2.2 pix Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 2.3 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 2.2 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.7 mag. Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 14.5 mag. Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 13.9 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 14.0 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.9 (SNR ) 10.7 (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 ############ /tmp/tmp.5ZNpu2FZmZ (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.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=281, bad_region=979, passed=4587 Got 4587 stars (including 3374 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4587 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2916 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2932 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3784 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 2917 stars left (next iteration limit 3207) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits N_match=2917 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.325 n_q1=984 n_q2=518 n_q3=1005 n_q4=410 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.104 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2917 N_valid=2917 bias_ra_arcsec=0.024 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.003 median_sep_arcsec=0.363 p95_sep_arcsec=2.077 n_q1=984 n_q2=518 n_q3=1005 n_q4=410 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.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.oPOtZCpqFG (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.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=233, bad_region=837, passed=3722 Got 3722 stars (including 2702 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3722 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2344 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2335 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2335 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2335 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3030 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2344 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2335 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3030 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2335 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3030 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 2335 stars left (next iteration limit 2568) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits N_match=2335 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.478 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.368 n_q1=755 n_q2=396 n_q3=849 n_q4=335 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.127 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2335 N_valid=2335 bias_ra_arcsec=0.034 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.014 median_sep_arcsec=0.317 p95_sep_arcsec=1.067 n_q1=755 n_q2=396 n_q3=849 n_q4=335 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.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.j4hEM1WyWG (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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=337, bad_region=577, passed=2305 Got 2305 stars (including 1450 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2305 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1271 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1264 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1262 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1264 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1809 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1273 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1265 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1809 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1265 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1809 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 1265 stars left (next iteration limit 1390) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1265 robust_rms=8.095 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.566 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.566 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1265 robust_rms=0.514 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.827 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.827 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1265 robust_rms=0.307 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.442 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.442 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1265 robust_rms_before=0.926 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.346 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.307 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.464 worst_region_rms_after=0.442 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.234 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.442 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.464 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.464 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.346 arcsec matched=1265 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits N_match=1265 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.364 n_q1=345 n_q2=275 n_q3=396 n_q4=249 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.064 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=1265 N_valid=1265 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.537 bias_dec_arcsec=0.493 median_sep_arcsec=0.844 p95_sep_arcsec=1.825 n_q1=345 n_q2=275 n_q3=396 n_q4=249 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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.C8s82GIO6e (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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=362, bad_region=570, passed=2279 Got 2279 stars (including 1403 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2279 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1228 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1222 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1220 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1222 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1781 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1229 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1223 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1781 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1223 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1781 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Excluding outliers - 1223 stars left (next iteration limit 1344) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1223 robust_rms=8.212 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.698 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.698 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1223 robust_rms=0.512 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.759 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.759 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1223 robust_rms=0.350 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.437 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.437 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1223 robust_rms_before=0.944 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.387 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.350 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.540 worst_region_rms_after=0.437 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.163 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.437 verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.TK7O0K/candidate.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.TK7O0K/candidate.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:17.523 -18:00:04.15 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 2279 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.TK7O0K/candidate.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction_16055.cat.log' 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.TK7O0K/candidate.wcscat.xy2sky.Kj0B0N' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction_16055.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.944 -> 0.350 arcsec) SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (cycle 1, search radius 3.0 arcsec, 1223 pairs from the previous matching) UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 1148 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success SIP_REFIT: re-match found 1148 pairs (1223 from the previous matching) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1148 robust_rms=8.250 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.477 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.477 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1148 robust_rms=0.509 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.734 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.734 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1148 robust_rms=0.348 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.431 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.431 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1148 robust_rms_before=0.349 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.349 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.348 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.432 worst_region_rms_after=0.431 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.432 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.431 verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.wXekou/candidate.fits verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.wXekou/candidate.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:17.524 -18:00:04.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ### ### Converted positions of 2279 stars ### 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.wXekou/candidate.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction_16173.cat.log' 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.sip_refit.wXekou/candidate.wcscat.xy2sky.vkcmQ8' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction_16173.cat.log' SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.349 -> 0.348 arcsec) Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1148 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1781 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1148 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1782 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits N_match=1148 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.360 n_q1=313 n_q2=252 n_q3=355 n_q4=228 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.041 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=1148 N_valid=1148 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.005 bias_dec_arcsec=0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.290 p95_sep_arcsec=0.831 n_q1=313 n_q2=252 n_q3=355 n_q4=228 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits sigma_overall=0.350 worst_q_ratio=1.104 ref2=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits sigma_overall=0.424 worst_q_ratio=1.127 new1=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits sigma_overall=0.351 worst_q_ratio=1.064 new2=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits sigma_overall=0.376 worst_q_ratio=1.041 reference average sigma_overall=0.387 worst_q_ratio=1.1155 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404_astrometric_residuals.png (2917 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408_astrometric_residuals.png (2335 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207_astrometric_residuals.png (1265 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208_astrometric_residuals.png (1148 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9: 15.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9: 14.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20193.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20026_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 20026_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 22:18:39.29 -20:54:01.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20193_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 Preparing report for the candidate 20193_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-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 #### 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9 wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images Plate-solving the images wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Image size: 937.2'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:18.582 -17:59:34.30 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:18.582 -17:59:34.30 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0136 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 22:13:17.524 -18:00:04.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 22:13:20.135 -18:00:18.13 Second-epoch image center 22:13:17.524 -18:00:04.14 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0111 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 22:13:18.582 -17:59:34.30 Second-epoch second image center 22:13:17.524 -18:00:04.14 Angular distance between the image centers 0.00929 deg. ################################### Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5... Preparing for a parallel run Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LXgAAnPVoM Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vhdBz19zav Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wApzXc0Bwv Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Qdi0yvnnJ2 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits ____ Start of magnitude calibration ____ PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 7.97 22:18:39.27 -20:54:02.0 4037 4954 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits .fits write race) Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2 Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits and wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 27785 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 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 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5172 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): 4205 out of 4428 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4428 out of 27785 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.383400 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.383400 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.53 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.85 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.85
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 27785 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 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 324.8957 to 341.7911 deg, Dec -23.2683 to -12.6150 deg Loaded 5172 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): 4205 out of 4428 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4428 out of 27785 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 25204 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 324.8815 to 341.8122 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.5946 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 324.8815 to 341.8122 deg, Dec -23.2603 to -12.5946 deg Loaded 5184 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): 4264 out of 4457 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4457 out of 25204 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 9 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 2.1 pix Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 2.2 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 2.0 pix fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 14.9 mag. Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 14.6 mag. Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 14.0 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 14.1 mag. fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.0 (SNR ) 13.3 (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.LXgAAnPVoM (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.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=8, blended=933, bad_region=3971, passed=27777 Got 27777 stars (including 23053 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27777 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4357 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4339 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4339 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4339 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4356 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4340 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4340 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24779 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4340 stars left (next iteration limit 4772) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits N_match=4340 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.328 n_q1=1524 n_q2=702 n_q3=1481 n_q4=633 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.146 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4340 N_valid=4340 bias_ra_arcsec=0.023 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.380 p95_sep_arcsec=1.867 n_q1=1524 n_q2=702 n_q3=1481 n_q4=633 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.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.vhdBz19zav (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits' This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.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=12, blended=739, bad_region=4066, passed=25192 Got 25192 stars (including 20501 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25192 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4356 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4338 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4338 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4338 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22100 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 333 to 389 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4356 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4338 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22100 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4338 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22100 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" Excluding outliers - 4338 stars left (next iteration limit 4771) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits N_match=4338 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.491 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.395 n_q1=1506 n_q2=740 n_q3=1451 n_q4=641 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.169 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4338 N_valid=4338 bias_ra_arcsec=0.040 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.016 median_sep_arcsec=0.337 p95_sep_arcsec=1.045 n_q1=1506 n_q2=740 n_q3=1451 n_q4=641 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits -region wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.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.wApzXc0Bwv (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=529, bad_region=3163, passed=15731 Got 15731 stars (including 12155 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15731 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4389 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4369 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4369 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4369 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13318 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4389 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4369 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13318 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4369 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13318 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" Excluding outliers - 4369 stars left (next iteration limit 4805) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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=4369 robust_rms=7.746 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.363 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.363 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4369 robust_rms=0.571 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.923 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.923 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4369 robust_rms=0.412 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.572 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.572 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4369 robust_rms_before=0.975 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.420 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.412 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.577 worst_region_rms_after=0.572 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.249 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.572 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.577 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.577 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.420 arcsec matched=4369 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits N_match=4369 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.398 n_q1=1196 n_q2=948 n_q3=1375 n_q4=850 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.137 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4369 N_valid=4369 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.541 bias_dec_arcsec=0.506 median_sep_arcsec=0.885 p95_sep_arcsec=1.826 n_q1=1196 n_q2=948 n_q3=1375 n_q4=850 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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.Qdi0yvnnJ2 (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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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=561, bad_region=3206, passed=16190 Got 16190 stars (including 12568 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 16190 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4391 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4367 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4367 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4367 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13763 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4392 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4368 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13763 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4368 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13763 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Excluding outliers - 4368 stars left (next iteration limit 4803) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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=4368 robust_rms=7.795 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.678 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.678 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4368 robust_rms=0.580 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.923 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.923 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4368 robust_rms=0.441 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.561 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.561 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4368 robust_rms_before=0.445 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.446 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.441 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.540 worst_region_rms_after=0.561 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.577 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.561 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.540 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.540 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.445 arcsec matched=4368 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits N_match=4368 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.463 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.449 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.437 n_q1=1185 n_q2=953 n_q3=1376 n_q4=854 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.021 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4368 N_valid=4368 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.014 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.011 median_sep_arcsec=0.365 p95_sep_arcsec=1.090 n_q1=1185 n_q2=953 n_q3=1376 n_q4=854 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL) Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.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_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/wcs_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:22:18.81 -19:43:46.8: 12.88 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:07:32.63 -14:30:38.6: 11.79 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:23:49.40 -22:10:03.4: 14.09 +/- 0.16 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2: 15.25 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-21_04-12-11_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0404.fits at 22:05:50.43 -19:47:12.3: 12.82 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:22:18.81 -19:43:46.8: 12.98 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2: 15.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:05:50.43 -19:47:12.3: 12.87 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:23:49.40 -22:10:03.4: 14.18 +/- 0.19 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-06-23_04-33-50_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0408.fits at 22:07:32.63 -14:30:38.6: 11.75 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.91 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:22:18.81 -19:43:46.8: ref_mag=12.91 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.1894 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.84 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.12 +/- 0.12 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.78 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:23:49.40 -22:10:03.4: ref_mag=14.12 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.9089 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:05:50.43 -19:47:12.3: ref_mag=12.84 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.0248 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:07:32.63 -14:30:38.6: ref_mag=11.78 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.7718 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out31727.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30826_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 30826_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 10 22.20655 2461335.70655 13.10 22:22:18.80 -19:43:45.5 3511 4258 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30827_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 30827_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 13.32 22:22:18.82 -19:43:48.0 3509 4253 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 22.20655 2461335.70655 12.95 22:05:50.48 -19:47:12.0 5855 4281 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 30829_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 30829_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 13.12 22:05:50.38 -19:47:12.6 5852 4276 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 22.20655 2461335.70655 11.76 22:07:32.64 -14:30:38.4 5628 1088 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31004_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 31004_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 11.79 22:07:32.63 -14:30:38.9 5625 1083 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits **** FOUND 22:10:51.33 -19:23:27.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 31727_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 Preparing report for the candidate 31727_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32014_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 32014_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 9.95 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9 5139 4034 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits **** FOUND 22:09:01.64 -18:29:58.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 32347_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 32347_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 12.26 22:09:01.67 -18:29:58.4 5401 3495 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits **** FOUND 22:24:13.44 -19:47:43.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33364_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 33364_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 12.67 22:24:13.44 -19:47:43.4 3237 4298 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 22.20655 2461335.70655 13.86 22:23:49.37 -22:10:04.2 3321 5742 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-57-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0207.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 04953_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 The candidate 04953_fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 22.20715 2461335.70715 14.02 22:23:49.43 -22:10:02.5 3318 5736 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-21_CI_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_235838_TTUQ2b1x1_4178875_o6JMZwUA/fd_Aqr-06-Q2b1x1_2026-10-21_23-58-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0208.fits **** FOUND 22:18:39.29 -20:54:02.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2 ########### Completed Aqr-06-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 #### 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2 ################################################################################### 22:10:51.32 -19:23:27.9 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 22:03:11.51 -14:45:53.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461335.70654977 -observatory V36 15:07:57.10 -20:51:06.8 Mercury (0.3mag) 13:47:40.00 -18:24:09.7 Venus (-4.2mag) 09:04:12.74 +18:12:22.9 Mars (1.0mag) 09:40:53.16 +14:35:04.6 Jupiter (-2.0mag) 00:39:26.14 +01:18:21.2 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:10:48.16 +20:54:42.2 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:09:19.98 -00:32:03.6 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:11.15 -23:43:01.9 Pluto (14.5mag) 22:37:08.43 -08:11:41.2 Moon (-11.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 22 00:00 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461335.70654977: 09:40:47.51 +14:35:37.1 Io (6.1mag) 09:41:03.91 +14:34:04.6 Europa (6.2mag) 09:40:39.07 +14:36:25.1 Ganymede (5.5mag) 09:40:58.27 +14:34:38.4 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:41:26.61 +14:51:34.2 Himalia (15.6mag) 09:40:50.38 +14:35:20.3 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:39:59.30 +14:58:49.8 Elara (17.5mag) 09:42:35.57 +13:59:16.2 Pasiphae (17.8mag) 09:38:43.71 +15:04:41.5 Carme (18.8mag) 00:39:34.85 +01:18:23.2 Titan (8.2mag) 00:39:19.22 +01:18:19.1 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:39:24.96 +01:16:30.5 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:39:41.83 +01:18:06.1 Hyperion (14.1mag) 00:37:41.25 +01:05:56.3 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 22 00:00 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461335.70654977: 03:49:09.85 +20:04:38.3 JWST 17:30:08.46 +35:22:47.2 Chandra 06:10:43.71 +24:20:00.7 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 22 00:00 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461335.70654977 -observatory V36 03:41:37.21 +20:09:35.6 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:41:39.05 +37:33:59.9 18.0mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill) 07:41:44.07 +37:33:47.2 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 07:41:04.94 +37:33:59.6 18.0mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) 05:02:27.48 +40:52:00.1 17.9mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) 18:35:01.47 -33:13:31.0 14.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:43:23.00 -73:06:55.0 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:14:15.11 +34:57:52.1 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:40:50.55 +48:11:12.8 17.6mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:33:39.57 +25:22:24.5 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:06:10.60 +36:54:14.3 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:30:16.74 +41:07:04.5 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:45:50.44 -13:39:59.8 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:37:44.43 +15:06:57.4 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 14:02:08.30 -03:36:53.4 16.4mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 19:26:58.02 +60:16:10.2 15.5mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 02:23:51.12 +41:32:28.7 18.0mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) 12:56:01.94 +15:25:45.5 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:23:55.86 -52:13:58.9 13.6mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 19:22:54.22 -05:06:14.7 16.6mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS) 23:59:21.97 +17:01:41.1 17.2mag 2P/Encke 23:10:47.45 -29:05:41.8 14.9mag 10P/Tempel 02:25:11.27 +35:58:44.2 16.5mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:18:23.42 -09:02:45.9 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:16:04.18 -09:04:46.3 15.7mag 65P/Gunn 07:48:52.29 +14:51:08.2 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 02:48:24.55 +13:45:43.3 17.8mag 88P/Howell 08:18:00.65 +43:08:01.8 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:26:46.45 +10:11:43.7 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 12:02:55.93 +10:47:27.1 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 14:34:28.29 -35:09:00.6 18.0mag 124P/Mrkos 20:29:36.44 +10:12:53.5 9.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:44:58.64 -00:45:20.9 15.2mag 169P/NEAT 03:21:49.88 +03:18:29.5 15.0mag 220P/McNaught 06:16:40.07 +47:29:16.2 15.5mag 260P/McNaught 07:42:25.81 +25:20:31.9 17.7mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.8K Oct 22 00:00 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 22:14:03.37 -45:07:18.60 ASASSN-26fm VIZIER 01:57:48.19 -33:14:42.30 SN 2026aedl ------- 18:05:22.06 +17:52:41.00 ASASSN-26fn 2026-10-11.74 15.23 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 ------- 09:20:05.05 +27:03:12.40 SN2026aeif ------- 02:58:07.77 -65:18:52.90 ASASSN-26fl VIZIER 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 VIZIER 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 ------- 00:08:42.74 -32:33:16.50 SN2026abhc ------- 21:02:30.26 -19:27:41.80 SN2026acxa ------- 04:39:17.45 -28:06:12.40 ASASSN-26fg VIZIER 05:25:07.80 +04:38:32.40 SN2026aajs ------- 19:56:12.67 +08:25:27.70 AT2026acgs ------- 00:02:34.06 +52:55:18.90 ASASSN-26ff 2026-09-16.38 15.41 23:44:33.18 +17:46:12.20 SN2026yjv ------- 16:21:12.24 +57:37:51.30 SN 2026aafh ------- 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 ------- 16:46:08.71 +37:25:21.80 SN2026aafk 2026-09-13.25 17.4 23:48:37.86 +50:25:24.60 SN2026aafs ------- 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 ------- 02:47:25.52 -32:58:34.50 SN 2026znh ------- 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 VIZIER 03:52:53.26 -14:19:28.70 SN 2026zfw ------- 01:53:26.46 +10:07:25.10 SN2026aacj ------- 20:04:34.47 +62:38:38.10 SN2026zji 2026-09-7.14 15.87 22:37:05.64 +34:24:35.00 SN2026aaiv ------- 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 VIZIER 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 ------- 17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10 ASASSN-26ez VIZIER 19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00 AT2026zwo ------- 04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90 AT2026zjy ------- 03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50 SN2026ymb 2026-08-23.4 16.44 20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30 SN2026yid ------- 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 ------- 23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00 SN 2026yib ------- 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 VIZIER 13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00 SN 2026wkv ------- 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 23:47:50.89 +49:28:51.30 SN2026wjs 2026-08-9.24 17.09 16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70 AT2026xau ------- 01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50 SN2026weo ------- 00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40 AT2026wdy ------- 22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90 AT2026wek ------- 14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60 ASASSN-26ev VIZIER 12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20 SN2026wgm ------- 16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00 ASASSN-26er VIZIER 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 VIZIER 12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50 ASASSN-26et VIZIER 13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60 SN2026uwk ------- 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 VIZIER 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 VIZIER 04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80 ASASSN-26ej VIZIER 18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90 ASASSN-26ek VIZIER 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 VIZIER 10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10 AT 2023mhb ------- 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 VIZIER 19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80 ASASSN-22le ------- 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 ------- 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 ------- 20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10 ASASSN-26ee VIZIER 19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80 AT2026ryu ------- 11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50 AT2026qqg ------- 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 VIZIER 19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30 ASASSN-26eb VIZIER 18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20 SN 2026qqp ------- 19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90 ASASSN-26dz VIZIER -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 9.3K Oct 22 00:00 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2 PNV J19450648+1822422 2026-08-25.1278 9.0mag 00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3 PNV J00425465+4122593 2026-08-25.4712 18.9mag 00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76 PNV J00425038+4118587 2026-09-04.1512 18.2mag 00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4 PNV J00421276+4116284 2026-09-10.9176 18.67Cmag 17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7 TCP J17520680-2343207 2026-09-08.7896 12.6mag 00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1 PNV J00424094+4115371 2026-09-17.8925 18.3mag 08:49:20.13 -09:19:15.8 TCP J08492013-0919158 2026-09-18.4698 13.3mag 00:42:13.93 +41:16:35.6 PNV J00421393+4116356 2026-09-22.6597 19.66Cmag 18:14:01.58 +15:13:55.5 TCP J18140158+1513555 2026-09-24.4645 14.1mag 00:42:36.61 +41:13:50.5 TCP J00423661+4113505 2026-09-29.7462 17.4mag 22:03:46.29 -11:07:57.8 TCP J22034629-1107578 2026-09-29.7438 14.51Cmag 22:05:02.06 +20:49:01.2 TCP J22050206+2049012 2026-10-03.5715 17.13Cmag 00:38:15.01 +41:14:47.2 TCP J00381501+4114472 2026-10-08.5978 17.72Cmag 01:06:05.83 +09:51:20.4 TCP J01060583+0951204 2026-10-10.8543 14.54Cmag 17:54:18.76 -27:36:36.2 TCP J17541876-2736362 2026-10-12.3993 10.8mag 09:56:00.79 +69:06:15.2 PNV J09560079+6906152 2026-10-14.9274 19.38Cmag 00:43:30.83 +41:26:55.3 PNV J00433083+4126553 2026-10-17.5651 18.61Cmag 04:57:32.08 +30:15:41.6 TCP J04573208+3015416 2026-10-17.7818 18.21Cmag 05:21:07.64 +23:38:21.3 TCP J05210764+2338213 2026-10-18.4020 10.3mag 05:34:11.01 +28:45:30.5 TCP J05341101+2845305 2026-10-18.3604 16.6mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Oct 22 00:00 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 01:10:49.770 +02:38:30.67 AT 2026aebt 2026-09-30.66 21.23 01:05:19.330 -00:11:32.74 AT 2026aebs 2026-09-30.65 21.65 01:35:09.144 -01:03:49.94 AT 2026aebr 2026-09-20.83 23.01 01:02:37.840 +04:28:02.19 AT 2026aebq 2026-09-20.82 22.78 01:28:12.190 +05:17:51.61 AT 2026aebp 2026-09-13.85 22.41 22:47:15.050 +03:42:02.27 AT 2026aebo 2026-09-21.73 22.04 23:45:08.040 +01:05:55.47 AT 2026aebn 2026-09-30.76 21.95 23:25:27.380 -00:44:47.15 AT 2026aebm 2026-09-15.74 22.29 00:43:52.136 -04:09:35.26 SN 2026aebl 2026-09-20.33 20.4818 23:57:05.580 +47:22:43.66 AT 2026aebk 2026-10-02.25 20.1485 21:45:41.050 -07:03:45.02 SN 2026aebj 2026-10-02.17 19.9213 01:27:33.024 +84:50:25.70 AT 2026aebi 2026-10-03.20 19.7953 00:26:39.140 -03:17:00.58 AT 2026aebh 2026-10-02.27 20.1095 21:28:41.378 +03:57:48.01 SN 2026aebg 2026-10-01.26 20.3099 00:57:54.471 -27:53:53.62 AT 2026aebf 2026-09-30.33 19.3916 22:47:58.650 +03:51:05.09 AT 2026aebe 2026-09-30.23 20.1921 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