fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits
fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk
| Date (UTC) | JD(UTC) | mag. | R.A. & Dec.(J2000) | X & Y (pix) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 10 28.25875 | 2461341.75875 | 12.58 | 01:38:41.18 +26:41:03.4 | 3025 5983 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 28.25946 | 2461341.75946 | 12.56 | 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.2 | 3031 5978 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 28.2591 2461341.7591 12.57 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3
135.83392 -35.00098 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 7.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
726 Joella -0 -0 0 12.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3: 16.10 +/- 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 28.25875 | 2461341.75875 | 13.10 | 01:32:52.00 +20:10:51.2 | 2270 2041 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 10 28.25946 | 2461341.75946 | 13.08 | 01:32:52.06 +20:10:50.8 | 2276 2037 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits |
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 28.2591 2461341.7591 13.09 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0
135.98165 -41.63874 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 8.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.
297 Caecilia -1 -0 1 13.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0: 16.00 +/- 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-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.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/TTUQ1b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100 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=esa_tap (lib/gaia_dr2_cone_search.sh -> ESA Gaia Archive TAP service) INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Ari-02-Q1b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Ari-02-Q1b1x1 ########### Processing Ari-02-Q1b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 261840 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 261840 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits_preview.png'
Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits
renamed 'Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.png' -> 'transient_report/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits_preview.png'
Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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= 560.8400 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 572.4447 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4505.8676 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 966.0442 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4499.5455 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 962.6240 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 8.03414 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.004 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/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 18.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 16.3 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-10-28T01:12:26.0491893' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-10-28T06:12:26.0491893' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61341.2586348262 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-10-28T06:12:35.9468608' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61341.2587493751 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 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3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits :) Spent 0.670739 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 18.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 16.3 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits :) Spent 0.607395 seconds renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png' try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats MegaDivider v7 Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/d_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328 Minimal real count (from overscan): 5 Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits :) No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5) renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png' Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits
fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits
Updating neverexclude_list.txt '/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt' Choosing bad regions list '/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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: 2461341.75875057 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Image size: 941.1'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:57.028 +21:59:38.02 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 Second-epoch image center 01:50:57.028 +21:59:38.02 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0381 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Image size: 941.1'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:54.366 +22:00:05.25 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 Second-epoch image center 01:50:54.366 +22:00:05.25 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0276 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 01:50:57.028 +21:59:38.02 Second-epoch second image center 01:50:54.366 +22:00:05.25 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01277 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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ARmJZaWXNw Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.N0STCvLlZe Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sXRs4eZG03 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3nMFxrNWNq Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec +16.4998 to +27.2912 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 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec 16.4998 to 27.2912 deg Loaded 5655 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): 4392 out of 4714 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4714 out of 8757 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.928200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.928200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.65 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.65
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec +16.4998 to +27.2912 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 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec 16.4998 to 27.2912 deg Loaded 5655 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): 4392 out of 4714 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4714 out of 8757 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=5.9) Read 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9756 to 36.4997 deg, Dec +16.4672 to +27.2692 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 18.9756 to 36.4997 deg, Dec 16.4672 to 27.2692 deg Loaded 5652 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): 4392 out of 4716 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4716 out of 8769 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=5.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 3 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 2.6 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 2.6 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 15.6 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 11.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.ARmJZaWXNw (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=701, bad_region=0, passed=8757 Got 8757 stars (including 8041 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4835 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8757 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8757 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8757 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4835 stars left (next iteration limit 5318) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=4835 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.262 n_q1=1284 n_q2=1196 n_q3=1146 n_q4=1209 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.302 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4835 N_valid=4835 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.003 bias_dec_arcsec=0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.249 p95_sep_arcsec=0.781 n_q1=1284 n_q2=1196 n_q3=1146 n_q4=1209 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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.N0STCvLlZe (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=689, bad_region=0, passed=8769 Got 8769 stars (including 8071 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4832 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8769 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8769 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8769 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4832 stars left (next iteration limit 5315) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=4832 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.273 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.247 n_q1=1289 n_q2=1192 n_q3=1142 n_q4=1209 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.276 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4832 N_valid=4832 bias_ra_arcsec=0.005 bias_dec_arcsec=0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.239 p95_sep_arcsec=0.739 n_q1=1289 n_q2=1192 n_q3=1142 n_q4=1209 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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.sXRs4eZG03 (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=340, bad_region=0, passed=3422 Got 3422 stars (including 3081 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3422 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2967 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3422 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3422 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3422 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 2967 stars left (next iteration limit 3263) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2967 robust_rms=13.909 arcsec worst_region_rms=26.655 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=26.655 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2967 robust_rms=0.564 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.960 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.960 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2967 robust_rms=0.306 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.359 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.359 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2967 robust_rms_before=1.164 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.298 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.306 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.369 worst_region_rms_after=0.359 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.143 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.359 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.369 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.369 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.298 arcsec matched=2967 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits N_match=2967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.300 n_q1=748 n_q2=675 n_q3=745 n_q4=799 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.113 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2967 N_valid=2967 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.354 bias_dec_arcsec=0.733 median_sep_arcsec=1.079 p95_sep_arcsec=1.931 n_q1=748 n_q2=675 n_q3=745 n_q4=799 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.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.3nMFxrNWNq (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=330, bad_region=0, passed=3430 Got 3430 stars (including 3096 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3430 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2992 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2984 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3430 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2992 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3430 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3430 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 2984 stars left (next iteration limit 3282) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2984 robust_rms=13.792 arcsec worst_region_rms=27.046 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=27.046 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2984 robust_rms=0.547 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.970 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.970 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2984 robust_rms=0.310 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.374 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.374 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2984 robust_rms_before=1.158 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.299 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.310 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.366 worst_region_rms_after=0.374 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.191 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.374 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.366 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.366 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.299 arcsec matched=2984 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits N_match=2984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.318 n_q1=761 n_q2=663 n_q3=755 n_q4=805 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.037 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2984 N_valid=2984 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.360 bias_dec_arcsec=0.731 median_sep_arcsec=1.066 p95_sep_arcsec=1.917 n_q1=761 n_q2=663 n_q3=755 n_q4=805 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits sigma_overall=0.306 worst_q_ratio=1.302 ref2=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.292 worst_q_ratio=1.276 new1=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits sigma_overall=0.301 worst_q_ratio=1.113 new2=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits sigma_overall=0.312 worst_q_ratio=1.037 reference average sigma_overall=0.299 worst_q_ratio=1.289 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107_astrometric_residuals.png (4835 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (4832 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320_astrometric_residuals.png (2967 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321_astrometric_residuals.png (2984 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20539_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 20539_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks**** FOUND 02:09:29.35 +25:57:38.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 01791_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 01791_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 11.13 02:09:29.35 +25:57:38.8 7222 5724 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:16:07.10 +25:03:23.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 01659_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 01659_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 8.85 02:16:07.09 +25:03:22.9 8171 5249 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:22:53.12 +25:23:04.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Image size: 941.6'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Image size: 941.1'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:57.028 +21:59:38.02 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 Second-epoch image center 01:50:57.028 +21:59:38.02 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0381 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Image size: 941.1'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 01:50:54.366 +22:00:05.25 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 Second-epoch image center 01:50:54.366 +22:00:05.25 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0276 deg. ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images) Second-epoch first image center 01:50:57.028 +21:59:38.02 Second-epoch second image center 01:50:54.366 +22:00:05.25 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01277 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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lOAu7Piukb Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fmNpjT14Ts Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iDQSf3o7QS Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JPKXMDjvro Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_ Discovery image 3 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 10.97 01:22:53.10 +25:23:04.2 0872 5192 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec +16.4675 to +27.2974 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 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec 16.4675 to 27.2974 deg Loaded 5683 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): 4178 out of 4761 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4761 out of 51194 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.825200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.825200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.03 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.80 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.80
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec +16.4675 to +27.2974 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 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec 16.4675 to 27.2974 deg Loaded 5683 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): 4178 out of 4761 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4761 out of 51194 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 50826 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9692 to 36.5488 deg, Dec +16.4672 to +27.2891 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 18.9692 to 36.5488 deg, Dec 16.4672 to 27.2891 deg Loaded 5682 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): 4171 out of 4760 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 4760 out of 50826 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 26 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 2.4 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 2.4 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.8 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 15.8 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 14.4 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 13.7 (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.lOAu7Piukb (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=21, blended=2529, bad_region=6, passed=51173 Got 51173 stars (including 48532 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51173 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4832 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51173 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51173 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51173 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4832 stars left (next iteration limit 5315) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=4832 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=1248 n_q2=1207 n_q3=1147 n_q4=1230 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.275 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4832 N_valid=4832 bias_ra_arcsec=0.001 bias_dec_arcsec=0.006 median_sep_arcsec=0.244 p95_sep_arcsec=0.767 n_q1=1248 n_q2=1207 n_q3=1147 n_q4=1230 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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.fmNpjT14Ts (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 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=24, blended=2535, bad_region=4, passed=50802 Got 50802 stars (including 48164 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 50802 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4831 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50802 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50802 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50802 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Excluding outliers - 4831 stars left (next iteration limit 5314) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=4831 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.235 n_q1=1250 n_q2=1199 n_q3=1153 n_q4=1229 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.296 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4831 N_valid=4831 bias_ra_arcsec=0.007 bias_dec_arcsec=0.004 median_sep_arcsec=0.235 p95_sep_arcsec=0.720 n_q1=1250 n_q2=1199 n_q3=1153 n_q4=1229 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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.iDQSf3o7QS (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=669, bad_region=6, passed=22766 Got 22766 stars (including 22064 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22766 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4824 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22766 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4836 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22766 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22766 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4826 stars left (next iteration limit 5306) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.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=4826 robust_rms=13.612 arcsec worst_region_rms=28.597 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=28.597 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4826 robust_rms=0.571 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.998 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.998 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4826 robust_rms=0.333 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.421 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.421 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4826 robust_rms_before=1.154 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.322 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.333 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.413 worst_region_rms_after=0.421 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.207 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.421 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.413 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.413 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.322 arcsec matched=4826 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits N_match=4826 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.329 n_q1=1194 n_q2=1085 n_q3=1247 n_q4=1300 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.045 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4826 N_valid=4826 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.351 bias_dec_arcsec=0.723 median_sep_arcsec=1.063 p95_sep_arcsec=1.933 n_q1=1194 n_q2=1085 n_q3=1247 n_q4=1300 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.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.JPKXMDjvro (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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=694, bad_region=7, passed=22664 Got 22664 stars (including 21921 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22664 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4823 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4823 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4823 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22664 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4836 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22664 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4825 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22664 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4825 stars left (next iteration limit 5305) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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=4825 robust_rms=13.763 arcsec worst_region_rms=28.454 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=28.454 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4825 robust_rms=0.561 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.985 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.985 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4825 robust_rms=0.330 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.418 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.418 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4825 robust_rms_before=1.148 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.321 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.330 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.403 worst_region_rms_after=0.418 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.219 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.418 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.403 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.403 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.321 arcsec matched=4825 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits N_match=4825 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.324 n_q1=1205 n_q2=1080 n_q3=1246 n_q4=1294 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.060 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4825 N_valid=4825 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.364 bias_dec_arcsec=0.722 median_sep_arcsec=1.056 p95_sep_arcsec=1.929 n_q1=1205 n_q2=1080 n_q3=1246 n_q4=1294 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.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_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:00:16.55 +17:18:09.2: 13.13 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:39:06.45 +18:04:42.3: 11.87 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:35:52.97 +24:22:38.8: 12.50 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:05:45.58 +25:09:44.0: 12.55 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:05:45.58 +25:09:44.0: 12.56 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:00:16.55 +17:18:09.2: 13.12 +/- 0.02 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.56 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:46:43.59 +20:45:18.1: 13.55 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.13 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:05:45.58 +25:09:44.0: ref_mag=12.56 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6710 delta=-0.11 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:35:52.97 +24:22:38.8: 12.44 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:00:16.55 +17:18:09.2: ref_mag=13.13 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2130 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:47:55.23 +22:44:18.7: 14.21 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.47 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:39:06.45 +18:04:42.3: 11.86 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:35:52.97 +24:22:38.8: ref_mag=12.47 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6274 delta=-0.16 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.86 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:39:06.45 +18:04:42.3: ref_mag=11.86 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9914 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0: 16.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:07.14 +22:10:38.4: 13.88 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:46:43.59 +20:45:18.1: 13.52 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.53 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:47:55.23 +22:44:18.7: 14.22 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:46:43.59 +20:45:18.1: ref_mag=13.53 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5102 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.22 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:47:55.23 +22:44:18.7: ref_mag=14.22 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.7503 delta=0.47 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:36:51.33 +24:33:55.4: 13.92 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:55:23.24 +21:02:35.0: 14.28 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:07.14 +22:10:38.4: 13.88 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.88 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:50:07.14 +22:10:38.4: ref_mag=13.88 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8955 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:36:51.33 +24:33:55.4: 13.92 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.92 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:36:51.33 +24:33:55.4: ref_mag=13.92 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8686 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:55:23.24 +21:02:35.0: 14.23 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.25 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:55:23.24 +21:02:35.0: ref_mag=14.25 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1383 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out64683.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out64760.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 31s 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: 2s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64569_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64569_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 13.20 02:00:16.59 +17:18:08.7 6241 0424 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64570_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64570_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.23 02:00:16.52 +17:18:09.6 6247 0420 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 12.73 01:35:52.97 +24:22:39.0 2665 4580 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64571_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64571_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.57 01:35:52.96 +24:22:38.6 2671 4575 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:14:55.89 +18:49:02.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64639_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64639_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.06 02:14:55.88 +18:49:02.7 8300 1464 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 11.96 01:39:06.40 +18:04:42.3 3179 0784 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64662_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64662_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.03 01:39:06.49 +18:04:42.2 3185 0780 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:23:18.85 +20:28:57.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64678_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64678_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.31 01:23:18.85 +20:28:57.5 0911 2214 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:29:18.77 +25:15:27.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64683_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 Preparing report for the candidate 64683_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64684_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64684_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.58 01:29:18.75 +25:15:27.3 1761 5106 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:06:55.98 +25:41:41.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64698_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64698_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.54 02:06:55.97 +25:41:40.6 6884 5537 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 12.65 02:05:45.58 +25:09:43.8 6738 5208 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64721_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64721_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.69 02:05:45.58 +25:09:44.1 6744 5204 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:38:32.15 +21:25:10.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64722_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64722_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.70 01:38:32.14 +21:25:11.3 3069 2797 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:12:40.29 +24:08:19.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64735_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64735_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.88 02:12:40.26 +24:08:19.1 7736 4654 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:07:07.81 +23:30:27.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64760_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 Preparing report for the candidate 64760_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64761_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64761_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.71 02:07:07.82 +23:30:28.0 6995 4218 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:10:41.79 +19:28:29.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64791_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64791_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.00 02:10:41.92 +19:28:28.8 7662 1820 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:41:36.38 +19:48:27.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64828_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64828_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.29 01:41:36.38 +19:48:28.9 3522 1834 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 13.49 01:46:43.52 +20:45:18.5 4223 2430 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64848_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64848_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.54 01:46:43.66 +20:45:17.8 4230 2425 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:01:10.73 +25:11:20.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64851_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64851_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.39 02:01:10.75 +25:11:21.8 6117 5182 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:54:22.19 +21:54:39.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64855_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64855_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.68 01:54:22.19 +21:54:39.3 5274 3160 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 13.72 01:47:55.36 +22:44:17.4 4352 3628 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64869_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64869_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.78 01:47:55.10 +22:44:20.0 4358 3624 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 13.82 01:50:07.15 +22:10:37.7 4669 3301 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64874_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64874_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 14.03 01:50:07.12 +22:10:39.0 4675 3297 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:58:18.50 +18:17:22.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64875_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64875_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.77 01:58:18.41 +18:17:23.0 5933 1004 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 13.86 01:36:51.36 +24:33:55.7 2797 4695 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 64896_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 64896_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 13.87 01:36:51.29 +24:33:55.2 2804 4690 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Discovery image 1 2026 10 28.25875 2461341.75875 14.14 01:55:23.29 +21:02:34.6 5433 2649 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-12-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0320.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 48094_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 48094_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 14.14 01:55:23.19 +21:02:35.3 5439 2645 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 01:35:42.63 +20:00:16.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 10754_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 10754_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 12.31 01:35:42.66 +20:00:16.0 2682 1936 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits Rejecting candidate due to large distance (46.3") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 10632_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 The candidate 10632_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 10.81 01:21:13.49 +25:14:12.0 0641 5106 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits **** FOUND 02:16:07.09 +25:03:22.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 33s Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0 ########### Completed Ari-02-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0 ################################################################################### 01:38:41.19 +26:41:03.3 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 01:32:52.03 +20:10:51.0 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461341.75875057 -observatory V36 15:05:17.89 -19:58:11.0 Mercury (1.3mag) 13:35:08.15 -16:03:45.6 Venus (-4.3mag) 09:17:05.56 +17:23:22.2 Mars (0.9mag) 09:44:08.01 +14:19:55.7 Jupiter (-2.0mag) 00:37:52.33 +01:09:01.7 Saturn (0.4mag) 04:09:57.61 +20:52:32.2 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:08:48.83 -00:35:18.7 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:17.48 -23:42:24.9 Pluto (14.5mag) 04:00:49.11 +25:26:33.8 Moon (-12.0mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 28 01:19 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461341.75875057: 09:44:15.07 +14:19:16.0 Io (6.0mag) 09:44:02.89 +14:20:23.8 Europa (6.1mag) 09:44:07.15 +14:20:01.4 Ganymede (5.5mag) 09:43:43.18 +14:22:14.8 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:45:08.54 +14:33:13.6 Himalia (15.5mag) 09:44:04.90 +14:20:13.2 Thebe (16.4mag) 09:43:33.38 +14:44:27.8 Elara (17.4mag) 09:45:23.01 +13:45:35.2 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 09:41:33.83 +14:50:46.3 Carme (18.7mag) 00:37:38.16 +01:09:06.6 Titan (8.2mag) 00:37:54.30 +01:08:43.8 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:38:09.15 +01:08:21.8 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:37:45.66 +01:09:20.8 Hyperion (14.2mag) 00:36:06.11 +00:56:41.5 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 28 01:19 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461341.75875057: 04:14:59.72 +18:50:44.6 JWST 18:52:43.26 +06:53:03.3 Chandra 06:37:06.88 +10:25:22.6 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 28 01:19 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461341.75875057 -observatory V36 03:37:58.68 +20:04:30.9 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:44:24.53 +37:57:24.0 17.9mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill) 07:44:29.68 +37:57:11.3 17.9mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 07:43:49.44 +37:57:27.5 17.9mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) 05:02:50.22 +40:04:50.9 17.8mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) 18:41:19.66 -33:03:31.7 14.9mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:44:37.82 -73:30:39.9 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:13:00.02 +35:08:14.6 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 04:28:25.26 +47:37:02.9 17.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF) 07:34:55.80 +25:20:53.8 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:07:42.19 +37:40:48.4 16.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:33:16.27 +40:57:49.1 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:44:46.63 -13:38:37.2 16.4mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 12:49:43.10 +14:38:22.0 15.8mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin) 14:08:35.06 -04:06:11.6 16.4mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 19:51:07.23 +56:54:48.1 15.4mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 13:01:47.45 +16:09:55.2 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:14:11.59 -60:26:18.9 14.0mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 19:28:14.07 -05:15:30.5 16.8mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS) 23:43:50.82 +15:37:24.3 17.0mag 2P/Encke 23:18:13.76 -27:29:08.0 15.2mag 10P/Tempel 02:32:41.83 +33:34:55.9 16.4mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:22:17.48 -09:32:18.9 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:13:07.58 -09:05:25.4 15.8mag 65P/Gunn 07:54:58.35 +14:12:52.0 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels 02:41:27.90 +13:24:22.5 18.0mag 88P/Howell 08:39:09.44 +44:34:50.5 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:39:14.45 +07:55:36.9 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 12:14:54.80 +09:25:18.2 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 20:05:53.99 +12:35:15.9 10.0mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 10:58:54.88 -01:58:09.4 15.7mag 169P/NEAT 03:16:30.57 +02:41:42.0 15.1mag 220P/McNaught 06:20:54.33 +48:39:43.7 15.6mag 260P/McNaught 07:49:47.10 +25:12:00.9 17.6mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.7K Oct 28 01:19 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 17:54:18.84 -27:36:35.70 TCP J17541876-2736362 2026-10-24.76 9.92 10:38:47.97 +53:30:34.00 SN2026sqf 2026-10-24.6 13.27 21:49:53.30 +14:07:44.90 ASASSN-26fq 2026-10-23.23 14.82 01:00:14.36 +34:04:05.90 ASASSN-26fp 2026-10-23.34 12.9 01:06:23.14 -63:46:37.10 ASASSN-26fo 2026-10-19.79 -4.88 00:25:28.03 +20:14:39.10 SN2026afqd 2026-10-19.36 -0.77 22:14:03.37 -45:07:18.60 ASASSN-26fm 2026-10-13.75 14.42 01:57:48.19 -33:14:42.30 SN 2026aedl 2026-10-12.33 15.3 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 2026-10-9.94 17.52 09:20:05.05 +27:03:12.40 SN2026aeif 2026-10-9.47 15.93 02:58:07.77 -65:18:52.90 ASASSN-26fl 2026-10-7.9 -0.85 02:49:03.98 -49:55:57.00 SN 2026adfy 2026-10-4.88 16.61 22:03:46.31 -11:07:57.70 AT2026adgn 2026-10-4.28 -2.56 15:03:12.98 +49:51:05.40 ASASSN-26fj 2026-10-2.06 15.91 08:07:27.96 -65:51:03.90 ASASSN-26fi 2026-10-1.36 15.82 21:02:34.66 +23:57:26.20 ASASSN-26fh 2026-10-1.27 15.94 20:00:16.62 +03:26:29.90 AT2026adfv 2026-10-1.3 16.42 00:08:42.74 -32:33:16.50 SN2026abhc 2026-09-29.15 15.57 21:02:30.26 -19:27:41.80 SN2026acxa 2026-09-29.13 14.65 04:39:17.45 -28:06:12.40 ASASSN-26fg 2026-09-23.25 15.73 05:25:07.80 +04:38:32.40 SN2026aajs 2026-09-21.32 17.04 19:56:12.67 +08:25:27.70 AT2026acgs 2026-09-18.14 15.84 00:02:34.06 +52:55:18.90 ASASSN-26ff 2026-09-16.38 15.41 23:44:33.18 +17:46:12.20 SN2026yjv 2026-09-15.38 18.32 16:21:12.24 +57:37:51.30 SN 2026aafh 2026-09-14.11 15.02 23:36:00.27 -19:28:18.00 SN 2026aaks 2026-09-14.44 16.89 16:35:24.86 -05:32:38.20 SN2026aasi 2026-09-12.99 16.58 16:46:08.71 +37:25:21.80 SN2026aafk 2026-09-13.25 17.4 23:48:37.86 +50:25:24.60 SN2026aafs 2026-09-13.47 17 21:20:27.02 +02:10:42.50 SN2026aagh ------- 08:02:26.85 -24:37:44.10 ASASSN-26fe 2026-09-13.34 13.67 02:29:34.91 +23:06:56.30 SN2026aars 2026-09-12.27 16.93 02:47:25.52 -32:58:34.50 SN 2026znh 2026-09-9.92 16.26 04:59:14.53 -83:27:58.80 ASASSN-26fd 2026-09-9.11 17.27 17:52:06.79 -23:43:20.70 ASASSN-26fc 2026-09-8.79 12.14 03:52:53.26 -14:19:28.70 SN 2026zfw 2026-09-8 17.78 01:53:26.46 +10:07:25.10 SN2026aacj 2026-09-7.17 16.27 20:04:34.47 +62:38:38.10 SN2026zji 2026-09-7.14 15.87 22:37:05.64 +34:24:35.00 SN2026aaiv 2026-09-7.25 13.48 22:24:21.29 -10:25:31.60 ASASSN-26fb 2026-09-5.3 13.93 00:44:54.28 +41:33:10.50 AT2026aabo 2026-09-3.29 15.02 00:52:12.40 -58:22:08.60 SN 2026zhl 2026-08-31.92 16.51 19:53:57.87 +61:00:19.70 ASASSN-26fa 2026-08-31.18 14.63 00:21:50.96 -09:29:16.30 AT2026zwp 2026-08-31.41 15.59 19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80 V488 2026-08-30.13 9.37 18:25:12.79 -22:25:29.10 V8055 2026-08-30 10.76 17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10 ASASSN-26ez 2026-08-25.13 10.87 19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00 AT2026zwo 2026-08-24.16 15.78 04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90 AT2026zjy 2026-08-23.03 15.91 03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50 SN2026ymb 2026-08-23.4 16.44 20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30 SN2026yid 2026-08-22.82 15.13 04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60 ASASSN-26ey 2026-08-20.02 15.55 16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80 ASASSN-26ex 2026-08-18.78 3.63 21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60 SN 2026sfn 2026-08-16.3 17.09 23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00 SN 2026yib 2026-08-14.85 17.36 00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70 SN 2026whu 2026-08-14.96 16.5 19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90 ASASSN-26ew 2026-08-13.82 14.73 13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00 SN 2026wkv 2026-08-10.12 15.83 05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10 TCP J05210763+2338194 2026-08-10.59 9.34 01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10 SN2026wpd 2026-08-9.34 16.37 23:47:50.87 +49:28:49.80 SN2026wjs 2026-08-9.35 17.12 16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70 AT2026xau 2026-08-9.3 17.71 01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50 SN2026weo 2026-08-7.46 15.76 00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40 AT2026wdy 2026-08-5.05 16.08 22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90 AT2026wek 2026-08-3.82 17.17 14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60 ASASSN-26ev 2026-08-2.15 14.02 12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20 SN2026wgm 2026-08-1.73 15.61 16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00 ASASSN-26er 2026-07-25.82 15.09 01:21:27.89 -10:37:05.90 SN2026vbh 2026-07-25.05 15.79 21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90 ASASSN-26eq 2026-07-24.37 15.13 18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60 ASASSN-26ep 2026-07-23.47 -4.06 12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50 ASASSN-26et 2026-07-22.76 13.98 13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60 SN2026uwk 2026-07-21.75 16.38 18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90 ASASSN-26en 2026-07-21.77 14.63 14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10 ASASSN-26es 2026-07-20.79 15.36 20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00 ASASSN-26em 2026-07-20.94 16.83 18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70 ASASSN-26eu 2026-07-20.93 14.86 03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40 AT2026ugi 2026-07-20.03 17.12 18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80 ASASSN-26eo 2026-07-19.36 16.16 04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80 ASASSN-26ej 2026-07-16.17 17.02 18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90 ASASSN-26ek 2026-07-16.24 15.73 17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50 ASASSN-26el 2026-07-15.86 16.01 14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30 ASASSN-26ei 2026-07-16.17 16.46 10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10 AT 2023mhb 2026-07-14.73 16.67 14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20 AT 2026unl 2026-07-15.27 17.11 10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80 ASASSN-26eh 2026-07-14.72 16.58 19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80 ASASSN-22le 2026-07-14.15 15.5 02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30 ASASSN-26ef 2026-07-12.35 15.86 23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70 SN 2026qtn 2026-07-12.22 16.47 02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40 ASASSN-26ec 2026-07-11.53 2.78 18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50 AT2026stb 2026-07-11.28 -1.29 13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00 AT2026pjf 2026-07-10.18 -0.72 17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70 SN2026pir 2026-07-9.86 -0.66 11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30 ASASSN-26ed 2026-07-8.8 -1.3 23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10 AT2026qil 2026-07-9.3 16.15 20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10 ASASSN-26ee 2026-07-7.22 15.53 19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80 AT2026ryu 2026-07-7.17 14.88 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Oct 28 01:19 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 28 01:19 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 00:24:47.391 -02:59:42.80 SN 2026aett 2026-10-08.29 20.1822 02:59:10.941 -20:30:34.93 AT 2026aets 2026-10-06.37 19.7659 05:53:12.927 +45:08:05.58 AT 2026aetr 2026-10-04.49 19.6205 06:25:25.402 +52:26:28.41 AT 2026aetq 2026-10-08.47 18.185 01:27:10.008 +12:53:26.88 TDE 2026aetp 2026-10-06.86 20.42 06:50:16.761 +21:22:25.66 AT 2026aeto 2026-10-07.46 19.0121 19:50:47.681 +36:22:07.63 AT 2026aetn 2026-10-05.31 19.441 07:21:33.096 +24:38:24.50 AT 2026aetl 2026-10-07.22 19.8 08:30:03.915 +01:34:45.41 AT 2026aetk 2026-10-05.52 19.5934 10:32:09.821 +11:37:46.17 AT 2026aetj 2026-10-01.53 18.5059 16:11:43.883 +20:59:33.48 AT 2026aeti 2026-10-03.14 19.2268 19:55:55.462 +58:10:08.22 AT 2026aeth 2026-10-02.16 20.7283 14:55:19.146 +37:33:21.65 AT 2026aetg 2026-10-02.14 17.2445 14:51:59.504 +47:04:29.76 AT 2026aetf 2026-10-02.14 19.1738 06:50:36.388 +58:36:08.80 SN 2026aete 2026-10-07.53 19.306 09:20:29.340 +55:06:35.79 SN 2026aetd 2026-10-07.54 17.677 08:26:28.724 +38:08:57.54 AT 2026aetc 2026-10-02.47 19.3657 06:41:51.189 +21:53:58.11 SN 2026aetb 2026-10-07.46 19.5374 08:34:43.981 +46:14:33.95 AT 2026aeta 2026-10-02.51 19.5454 09:00:29.362 -03:20:55.67 AT 2026aesz 2026-10-03.53 19.6849 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Oct 28 01:19 tns_transients_list.txt Discovery image 3 2026 10 28.25946 2461341.75946 8.93 02:16:07.09 +25:03:22.9 8171 5249 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-28_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_011519_TTUQ1b1x1_4171308_lfb0sSlk/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-10-28_01-13-26_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0321.fits
