NMW transient search results

This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY

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

Processing fields Leo-03-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 11 03.41594    2461347.91594    12.40    11:02:29.60 +18:33:11.5   4554 1108   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    12.41    11:02:29.69 +18:33:10.9   4560 1115   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 11 03.4163  2461347.9163  12.40  11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2
226.05868  63.54389 galactic  Leo  Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 9.0 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
471 Papagena                -2     -0       2  12.1     0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits at 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2:  16.17 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits at 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2:  16.18 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Leo-03-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Reference image   2026 04 16.24685    2461146.74685    10.73    11:23:39.84 +16:51:10.7   1824 6045   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits
Discovery image 1   2026 04 16.24753    2461146.74753    10.70    11:23:39.83 +16:51:10.9   1819 6047   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41594    2461347.91594    9.21    11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.5   7650 0215   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits
Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    9.24    11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.3   7656 0222   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 11 03.4163  2461347.9163   9.22  11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4
235.24350  67.25795 galactic  Leo  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 9.3 pix   
The object was found in VSX
 4"  TZ Leo                        
Type: M
#   Max.           Min./Amp.       JD0           Period
     9.600   V            12.500   V         2452742.00000        324.000000000000   M6-M8                        
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits at 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4:  10.58 +/- 0.00  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits at 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4:  10.58 +/- 0.00  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  10.58 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Leo-03-Q1b1x1 field processing log
Platesolve and blink FITS with VaST+ds9 VaST command line Re-run transient search script Stub MPC report (for online MPChecker) Stub TOCP report Stub variable star reports

Processing complete!

Total number of candidates identified: 2

FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 reference image: Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits
Field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 reference image: Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits
Field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits
Field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits

Processing log:

Filtering log:

######## 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=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Leo-03-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Leo-03-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Leo-03-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 868646 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 868646 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.png' -> 'transient_report/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits_preview.png'
Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits

renamed 'Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.png' -> 'transient_report/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits_preview.png'
Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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= 477.6453 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 450.1253 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2079.3316 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 553.0006 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2071.7488 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 552.7316 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 4.3533 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/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 = 12.289999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 9.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/d_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits :) Spent 0.507905 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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/d_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 12.289999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 9.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/d_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits :) Spent 0.532372 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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/d_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits


fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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: 2461347.91593506 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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Image size: 941.4'x626.8' 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: 11:04:39.891 +21:57:22.65 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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Image size: 942.4'x626.8' 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: 11:04:37.652 +22:00:03.36 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:04:39.891 +21:57:22.65 Second-epoch image center 11:04:37.652 +22:00:03.36 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0455 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Image size: 942.3'x626.8' 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: 11:04:35.165 +21:59:23.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:04:39.891 +21:57:22.65 Second-epoch image center 11:04:35.165 +21:59:23.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0382 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 11:04:37.652 +22:00:03.36 Second-epoch second image center 11:04:35.165 +21:59:23.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01470 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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Eccssr86rx Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H1VDjlsCsX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits &> /tmp/tmp.EdLnB2Km9c Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MR3GQxovLv Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits and wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits and wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits and wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits) and catalog (wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5863 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 157.6092 to 175.2053 deg, Dec +16.0209 to +27.5013 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 157.6092 to 175.2053 deg, Dec 16.0209 to 27.5013 deg Loaded 4341 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): 3186 out of 3317 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3317 out of 5863 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.858400 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.858400 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.23 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.63 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.63
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5863 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 157.6092 to 175.2053 deg, Dec +16.0209 to +27.5013 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 157.6092 to 175.2053 deg, Dec 16.0209 to 27.5013 deg Loaded 4341 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): 3186 out of 3317 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3317 out of 5863 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits (aperture=6.2) Read 5873 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 157.6047 to 175.1809 deg, Dec +16.0208 to +27.5013 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 157.6047 to 175.1809 deg, Dec 16.0208 to 27.5013 deg Loaded 4340 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): 3163 out of 3309 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3309 out of 5873 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.1 pix Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits 2.1 pix Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits 3.4 pix fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 3.4 pix fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits 15.6 mag. Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 11.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here. The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images. This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list. The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag. Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver wait cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory ############ /tmp/tmp.Eccssr86rx (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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=376, bad_region=0, passed=5863 Got 5863 stars (including 5481 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5863 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4762 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4755 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4755 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4755 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5863 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4761 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5863 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5863 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 4754 stars left (next iteration limit 5230) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits N_match=4754 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.243 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.268 n_q1=1152 n_q2=1230 n_q3=1199 n_q4=1173 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.188 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4754 N_valid=4754 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.005 bias_dec_arcsec=0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.222 p95_sep_arcsec=0.705 n_q1=1152 n_q2=1230 n_q3=1199 n_q4=1173 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits -region wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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.H1VDjlsCsX (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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=393, bad_region=0, passed=5873 Got 5873 stars (including 5475 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5873 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4762 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4755 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4755 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4755 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5873 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4761 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4755 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5873 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4755 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5873 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4755 stars left (next iteration limit 5230) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits N_match=4755 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.286 n_q1=1145 n_q2=1226 n_q3=1204 n_q4=1180 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.175 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4755 N_valid=4755 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.001 bias_dec_arcsec=0.005 median_sep_arcsec=0.247 p95_sep_arcsec=0.824 n_q1=1145 n_q2=1226 n_q3=1204 n_q4=1180 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits -region wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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.EdLnB2Km9c (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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=164, bad_region=0, passed=3636 Got 3636 stars (including 3468 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3636 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013089 (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 0.010471 (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 531 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3278 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3269 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3269 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3269 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3636 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3278 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3269 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3636 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3269 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3636 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 3269 stars left (next iteration limit 3595) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3269 robust_rms=12.313 arcsec worst_region_rms=27.412 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=27.412 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3269 robust_rms=0.527 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.747 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.747 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3269 robust_rms=0.373 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.483 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.483 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3269 robust_rms_before=1.414 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.313 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.373 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.449 worst_region_rms_after=0.483 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.495 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.483 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.449 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.449 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.313 arcsec matched=3269 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits N_match=3269 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.258 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.332 n_q1=873 n_q2=691 n_q3=939 n_q4=766 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.176 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=3269 N_valid=3269 bias_ra_arcsec=1.088 bias_dec_arcsec=0.488 median_sep_arcsec=1.327 p95_sep_arcsec=2.289 n_q1=873 n_q2=691 n_q3=939 n_q4=766 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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.MR3GQxovLv (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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=241, bad_region=0, passed=3731 Got 3731 stars (including 3487 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3731 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013088 (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 0.010470 (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 531 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3299 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3290 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3290 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3290 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3731 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 3299 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3290 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3731 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3290 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3731 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 3290 stars left (next iteration limit 3619) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3290 robust_rms=12.368 arcsec worst_region_rms=27.813 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=27.813 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3290 robust_rms=0.489 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.705 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.705 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3290 robust_rms=0.383 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.491 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.491 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3290 robust_rms_before=1.381 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.323 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.383 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.479 worst_region_rms_after=0.491 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.537 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.491 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.479 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.479 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.323 arcsec matched=3290 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits N_match=3290 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.249 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.347 n_q1=873 n_q2=690 n_q3=954 n_q4=773 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.204 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=3290 N_valid=3290 bias_ra_arcsec=1.112 bias_dec_arcsec=0.483 median_sep_arcsec=1.322 p95_sep_arcsec=2.190 n_q1=873 n_q2=690 n_q3=954 n_q4=773 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits sigma_overall=0.275 worst_q_ratio=1.188 ref2=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits sigma_overall=0.303 worst_q_ratio=1.175 new1=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits sigma_overall=0.313 worst_q_ratio=1.176 new2=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits sigma_overall=0.314 worst_q_ratio=1.204 reference average sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.1815 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176_astrometric_residuals.png (4754 matched stars from wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177_astrometric_residuals.png (4755 matched stars from wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471_astrometric_residuals.png (3269 matched stars from wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472_astrometric_residuals.png (3290 matched stars from wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20307_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 20307_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    11.38    10:56:23.11 +22:21:27.3   3642 3384   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 10:56:23.15 +22:21:27.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.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 Leo-03-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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Image size: 941.4'x626.8' 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: 11:04:39.891 +21:57:22.65 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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Image size: 942.4'x626.8' 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: 11:04:37.652 +22:00:03.36 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:04:39.891 +21:57:22.65 Second-epoch image center 11:04:37.652 +22:00:03.36 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0455 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Image size: 942.3'x626.8' 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: 11:04:35.165 +21:59:23.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 11:04:39.891 +21:57:22.65 Second-epoch image center 11:04:35.165 +21:59:23.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0382 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 11:04:37.652 +22:00:03.36 Second-epoch second image center 11:04:35.165 +21:59:23.31 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01470 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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits &> /tmp/tmp.WNDxzVMZ7g Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xFqHV5iQzs Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xiTJNYK0l6 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LIrD0lp5Qy Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits and wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits and wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits and wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits) and catalog (wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 31701 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 157.6088 to 175.2809 deg, Dec +16.0209 to +27.5079 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 157.6088 to 175.2809 deg, Dec 16.0209 to 27.5079 deg Loaded 4356 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): 3099 out of 3355 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3355 out of 31701 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.749200 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.749200 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.95 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 31701 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 157.6088 to 175.2809 deg, Dec +16.0209 to +27.5079 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 157.6088 to 175.2809 deg, Dec 16.0209 to 27.5079 deg Loaded 4356 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): 3099 out of 3355 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3355 out of 31701 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 31604 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 157.5934 to 175.2806 deg, Dec +16.0208 to +27.5110 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 157.5934 to 175.2806 deg, Dec 16.0208 to 27.5110 deg Loaded 4365 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): 3074 out of 3356 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3356 out of 31604 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits (aperture=4.9) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits 2.0 pix Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits 3.2 pix fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 3.3 pix fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.8 mag. Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits 15.8 mag. Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 14.7 mag. fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 13.8 (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.WNDxzVMZ7g (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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=1119, bad_region=39, passed=31691 Got 31691 stars (including 30479 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31691 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4757 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4752 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4752 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.22" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4752 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31691 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.22" 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4757 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4752 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31691 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4752 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31691 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24" Excluding outliers - 4752 stars left (next iteration limit 5227) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits N_match=4752 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.229 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.252 n_q1=1173 n_q2=1234 n_q3=1182 n_q4=1163 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.176 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4752 N_valid=4752 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.010 bias_dec_arcsec=0.010 median_sep_arcsec=0.218 p95_sep_arcsec=0.670 n_q1=1173 n_q2=1234 n_q3=1182 n_q4=1163 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits -region wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.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.xFqHV5iQzs (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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=18, blended=1160, bad_region=44, passed=31586 Got 31586 stars (including 30328 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31586 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4758 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4754 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31586 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.0 to 27.5) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4757 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31586 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31586 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Excluding outliers - 4754 stars left (next iteration limit 5229) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits N_match=4754 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.274 n_q1=1159 n_q2=1243 n_q3=1191 n_q4=1161 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.192 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4754 N_valid=4754 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.006 bias_dec_arcsec=0.018 median_sep_arcsec=0.242 p95_sep_arcsec=0.781 n_q1=1159 n_q2=1243 n_q3=1191 n_q4=1161 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits -region wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.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.xiTJNYK0l6 (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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=6, blended=478, bad_region=43, passed=15915 Got 15915 stars (including 15374 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15915 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013089 (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 0.010471 (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 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4713 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4708 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15915 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 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 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4713 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15915 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15915 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4708 stars left (next iteration limit 5178) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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=4708 robust_rms=12.137 arcsec worst_region_rms=28.654 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=28.654 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4708 robust_rms=0.583 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.799 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.799 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4708 robust_rms=0.418 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.545 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.540 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4708 robust_rms_before=1.436 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.366 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.418 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.502 worst_region_rms_after=0.545 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.494 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.540 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.502 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.502 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.366 arcsec matched=4708 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits N_match=4708 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.383 n_q1=1228 n_q2=1007 n_q3=1389 n_q4=1084 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.219 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4708 N_valid=4708 bias_ra_arcsec=1.094 bias_dec_arcsec=0.480 median_sep_arcsec=1.342 p95_sep_arcsec=2.342 n_q1=1228 n_q2=1007 n_q3=1389 n_q4=1084 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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.LIrD0lp5Qy (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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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=18, blended=509, bad_region=45, passed=15987 Got 15987 stars (including 15414 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15987 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013088 (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 0.010470 (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 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4713 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4706 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15987 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 531 to 588 (Dec 16.3 to 27.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4713 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15987 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15987 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" Excluding outliers - 4706 stars left (next iteration limit 5176) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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=4706 robust_rms=12.135 arcsec worst_region_rms=28.808 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=28.808 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4706 robust_rms=0.543 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.761 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.761 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4706 robust_rms=0.426 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.527 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.527 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4706 robust_rms_before=1.396 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.369 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.426 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.521 worst_region_rms_after=0.527 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.536 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.527 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.521 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.521 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.369 arcsec matched=4706 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits N_match=4706 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.391 n_q1=1214 n_q2=1009 n_q3=1387 n_q4=1096 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.219 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4706 N_valid=4706 bias_ra_arcsec=1.107 bias_dec_arcsec=0.475 median_sep_arcsec=1.330 p95_sep_arcsec=2.219 n_q1=1214 n_q2=1009 n_q3=1387 n_q4=1096 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.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_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/wcs_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits at 10:50:36.58 +27:01:30.1: 13.84 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits at 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-55-18_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0176.fits at 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4: 10.58 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits at 10:50:36.58 +27:01:30.1: 13.85 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits at 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.85 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 10:50:36.58 +27:01:30.1: ref_mag=13.85 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8207 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_00-56-16_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0177.fits at 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4: 10.58 +/- 0.00 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.58 +/- 0.00 Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4: ref_mag=10.58 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=9.2220 delta=1.36 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20993.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52305.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 52s 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 52175_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52175_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 11 03.41594    2461347.91594    13.81    10:50:36.56 +27:01:30.1   2798 6190   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-58-46_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0471.fits Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.83    10:50:36.60 +27:01:30.1   2803 6196   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52178_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52178_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.74    10:37:12.03 +20:56:51.6   0943 2516   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 10:37:11.97 +20:56:51.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52187_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52187_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    9.64    10:36:12.31 +17:02:24.1   0766 0134   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 10:36:12.32 +17:02:24.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52288_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52288_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    12.48    10:55:27.52 +24:43:53.7   3485 4813   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 10:55:27.54 +24:43:54.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52305_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 Preparing report for the candidate 52305_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52402_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52402_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    12.97    11:02:28.28 +20:10:45.9   4527 2096   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 11:02:28.33 +20:10:46.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52415_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52415_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.03    11:08:42.27 +24:38:45.8   5298 4816   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 11:08:42.26 +24:38:45.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52496_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52496_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.22    11:25:50.50 +26:45:15.1   7563 6233   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 11:25:50.64 +26:45:16.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52497_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52497_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.57    10:39:56.36 +18:04:38.3   1320 0770   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 10:39:56.27 +18:04:40.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52502_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52502_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.09    11:34:40.71 +23:20:10.4   8937 4262   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 11:34:40.81 +23:20:07.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52523_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 The candidate 52523_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.41675    2461347.91675    13.70    10:46:35.60 +24:40:20.7   2268 4766   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_040334_TTUQ1b1x1_2477405_oGt7ryvY/fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472.fits **** FOUND 10:46:35.61 +24:40:21.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 20993_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 Preparing report for the candidate 20993_fd_Leo-03-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_03-59-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0472 make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 54s Prepared the HTML report for the field Leo-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2 ########### Completed Leo-03-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 #### 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4 ################################################################################### 11:02:29.65 +18:33:11.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4 -- not an asteroid (will add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4 -- does not seem to be a hot pixel (will add it to exclusion list) 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) 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4 -- a known variable star Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 1 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 #### Adding the following to the exclusion list #### 11:23:39.87 +16:51:10.4 #################################################### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461347.91593506 -observatory V36 14:42:36.83 -16:35:14.1 Mercury (5.4mag) 13:25:20.43 -13:33:54.1 Venus (-4.3mag) 09:29:38.30 +16:33:06.1 Mars (0.8mag) 09:47:06.60 +14:06:03.5 Jupiter (-2.0mag) 00:36:24.56 +01:00:33.5 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:09:01.50 +20:50:07.0 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:08:19.82 -00:38:17.9 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:28.44 -23:41:32.3 Pluto (14.5mag) 10:12:42.75 +10:31:49.6 Moon (-9.8mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Nov 3 04:08 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461347.91593506: 09:47:00.40 +14:06:39.8 Io (6.0mag) 09:46:58.20 +14:06:53.3 Europa (6.1mag) 09:47:19.46 +14:04:49.8 Ganymede (5.5mag) 09:47:36.18 +14:03:15.0 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:48:33.76 +14:15:32.4 Himalia (15.5mag) 09:47:04.79 +14:06:14.4 Thebe (16.3mag) 09:46:52.69 +14:31:04.4 Elara (17.4mag) 09:47:51.97 +13:33:44.3 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 09:44:08.05 +14:37:58.5 Carme (18.7mag) 00:36:33.56 +01:00:05.3 Titan (8.3mag) 00:36:25.00 +01:00:34.8 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:36:54.95 +01:01:12.6 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:36:13.43 +01:00:13.5 Hyperion (14.2mag) 00:34:37.83 +00:48:24.0 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Nov 3 04:08 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461347.91593506: 04:35:19.88 +17:21:11.4 JWST 15:08:24.90 +53:26:23.0 Chandra 07:12:23.82 -15:06:46.4 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Nov 3 04:08 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461347.91593506 -observatory V36 03:33:38.73 +19:56:49.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:46:38.20 +38:23:06.4 17.9mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill) 07:46:43.57 +38:22:53.5 17.9mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 07:46:02.11 +38:23:13.2 17.9mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) 05:01:54.39 +39:06:35.3 17.8mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) 18:48:05.02 -32:52:37.7 15.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:45:18.12 -73:54:23.4 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:11:28.85 +35:18:31.8 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 07:35:42.79 +25:20:22.3 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:08:34.45 +38:31:54.0 16.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:37:00.79 +40:52:17.8 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:43:03.49 -13:33:18.0 16.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 14:15:16.81 -04:35:16.8 16.3mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 20:14:47.02 +53:05:00.0 15.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 13:07:35.71 +16:59:12.0 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:00:36.58 -65:25:38.6 14.5mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 19:34:04.32 -05:22:10.0 17.1mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS) 23:28:53.53 +14:03:27.4 16.8mag 2P/Encke 23:26:04.07 -25:46:30.9 15.4mag 10P/Tempel 02:39:56.50 +30:34:09.3 16.3mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:26:09.80 -10:02:11.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:10:40.69 -09:01:22.0 15.9mag 65P/Gunn 08:00:12.46 +13:35:10.7 14.0mag 78P/Gehrels 08:59:48.73 +45:57:06.7 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:51:09.13 +05:35:38.1 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 12:26:53.78 +08:02:43.4 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 19:48:56.24 +14:24:49.4 10.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 11:12:10.88 -03:06:29.1 16.2mag 169P/NEAT 09:41:34.72 +23:29:51.3 18.0mag 186P/Garradd 03:10:41.56 +02:11:16.6 15.3mag 220P/McNaught 06:22:38.78 +49:46:14.7 15.6mag 260P/McNaught 07:56:29.24 +25:04:33.5 17.6mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.6K Nov 3 04:08 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 Nov 3 04:08 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 Nov 3 04:08 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 09:05:17.957 +16:54:24.18 AT 2026afqz 2026-10-14.48 20.4887 08:54:21.666 +09:12:48.44 AT 2026afqy 2026-10-14.49 20.3035 09:25:26.154 +14:49:42.05 SN 2026afqx 2026-09-24.53 19.3798 04:49:00.563 -20:22:30.78 AT 2026afqw 2026-10-16.48 19.4415 07:26:25.375 -34:28:52.68 AT 2026afqv 2026-10-17.34 19.271 21:46:13.715 +36:36:26.80 AT 2026afqu 2026-10-15.87 19.7 03:11:38.085 -02:01:36.09 AT 2026afqt 2026-10-16.06 19.51 07:41:25.037 +21:02:16.50 SN 2026afqs 2026-10-13.18 19.73 08:37:58.823 +12:32:25.90 SN 2026afqr 2026-10-17.23 19.93 04:51:17.403 -26:27:57.01 AT 2026afqq 2026-10-17.26 19.449 04:37:45.596 -24:04:12.02 AT 2026afqp 2026-10-17.26 19.535 01:25:03.389 -32:39:10.49 AT 2026afqo 2026-10-12.21 19.322 03:17:26.864 -15:58:34.85 AT 2026afqn 2026-10-17.30 19.375 17:53:52.220 +41:47:24.16 AT 2026afqm 2026-10-16.83 19.331 06:23:17.419 +70:33:15.10 SN 2026afql 2026-10-17.15 18.737 02:38:36.934 +41:55:58.84 SN 2026afqk 2026-10-17.04 19.369 05:26:14.588 -27:06:01.24 AT 2026afqj 2026-10-17.29 19.31 02:01:09.758 -36:18:14.69 AT 2026afqi 2026-10-12.26 19.361 09:44:49.328 +38:11:23.47 SN 2026afqh 2026-10-17.22 18.467 17:38:02.102 +55:52:14.30 AT 2026afqg 2026-10-16.84 19.253 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Nov 3 04:08 tns_transients_list.txt

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