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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ

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

Processing fields Vir-02-Q1b1x1

Date (UTC) JD(UTC) mag. R.A. & Dec.(J2000) X & Y (pix) Image
Discovery image 1   2026 11 03.45470    2461347.95470    13.27    11:40:43.39 +09:08:02.7   1850 5001   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    13.16    11:40:43.50 +09:08:01.7   1850 4994   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 11 03.4550  2461347.9550  13.21  11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2
256.74590  65.44889 galactic  Vir  Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.0" and 6.6 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
187 Lamberta                -1      1       1  13.5     0   -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2:  15.91 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2:  16.00 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Vir-02-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
Discovery image 1   2026 11 03.45470    2461347.95470    13.16    12:10:47.37 +01:59:20.2   6489 0843   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits
Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    12.82    12:10:47.33 +01:59:20.5   6490 0836   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images: 
                   2026 11 03.4550  2461347.9550  12.99  12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3
280.04382  63.04013 galactic  Vir  Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 6.5 pix   
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.  
17 Thetis                  -1      2       2  13.2    -0    0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3:  15.81 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3:  15.92 +/- 99.00  upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.                         Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!
Search this object in SIMBAD.
Search this object in VizieR catalogs.  WISE atlas  Aladin Lite  SNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.

Full images (clouds? trees? ice on chip?)   Vir-02-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 Vir-02-Q1b1x1 reference image: Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits
Field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 reference image: Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits
Field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits
Field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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: 
Vir-02-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Vir-02-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Vir-02-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 847592 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 847592 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits_preview.png'
Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits

renamed 'Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits_preview.png'
Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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= 573.5953 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 455.3451 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2549.8891 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 663.9065 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 2539.2193 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 660.1607 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 4.44545 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.006 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 = 9.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-11-03T04:54:36.4699545' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-11-03T10:54:36.4699545' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61347.4545887616 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= '2026-11-03T10:54:46.3703669' / Averaged midpoint time (UTC)" status=0 Record 15: "MJD-AVG = 61347.4547033566 / Modified Julian Date of averaged midpoint" status=0 Record 16: "XBINNING= 1 / X axis binning factor" status=0 Record 17: "YBINNING= 1 / Y axis binning factor" status=0 Record 18: "GAIN = 30 / Sensor gain" status=0 Record 19: "OFFSET = 30 / Sensor gain offset" status=0 Record 20: "XPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0 Record 21: "YPIXSZ = 3.76 / [um] Pixel Y axis size" status=0 Record 22: "INSTRUME= 'QHY600M' / Imaging instrument name" status=0 Record 23: "CAMERAID= 'QHY600M-33d3d743814b8b447' / Imaging instrument identifier" status=0 Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0 Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0 Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0 Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0 Record 28: "TELESCOP= 'QHY600M-TTU1' / Name of telescope" status=0 Record 29: "FOCALLEN= 135.0 / [mm] Focal length" status=0 Record 30: "FOCRATIO= 2.2 / Focal ratio" status=0 Record 31: "RA = 179.999467906113 / [deg] RA of telescope" status=0 Record 32: "DEC = 5.99958279281572 / [deg] Declination of telescope" status=0 Record 33: "CENTALT = 15.0069444444444 / [deg] Altitude of telescope" status=0 Record 34: "CENTAZ = 92.9913888888889 / [deg] Azimuth of telescope" status=0 Record 35: "AIRMASS = 3.80886762583782 / Airmass at frame center (Gueymard 1993)" status=0 Record 36: "PIERSIDE= 'West' / Telescope pointing state" status=0 Record 37: "SITEELEV= 1015.0 / [m] Observation site elevation" status=0 Record 38: "SITELAT = 33.7480555555556 / [deg] Observation site latitude" status=0 Record 39: "SITELONG= -101.958333333333 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0 Record 40: "OBSERVER= 'Sokolovsky' / Observer name" status=0 Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview' / Observatory name" status=0 Record 42: "SITENAME= '' / Observatory site name" status=0 Record 43: "FWHEEL = 'Simulator' / Filter Wheel name" status=0 Record 44: "FILTER = 'CV' / Active filter name" status=0 Record 45: "OBJECT = 'Vir-02' / Name of the object of interest" status=0 Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '12 00 00' / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0 Record 47: "OBJCTDEC= '+06 00 00' / [D M S] Declination of imaged object" status=0 Record 48: "OBJCTROT= 0.0 / [deg] planned rotation of imaged object" status=0 Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser' / Focusing equipment name" status=0 Record 50: "FOCPOS = 29485 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 51: "FOCUSPOS= 29485 / [step] Focuser position" status=0 Record 52: "FOCUSSZ = 0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0 Record 53: "FOCTEMP = 12.289999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 54: "FOCUSTEM= 12.289999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0 Record 55: "DEWPOINT= 5.5 / [degC] Dew point" status=0 Record 56: "HUMIDITY= 75.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0 Record 57: "PRESSURE= 899.59 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 9.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 134.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 20.201616 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 14.401152 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0 Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / FITS Image Orientation" status=0 Record 63: "EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of celestial coordinate system" status=0 Record 64: "SWCREATE= 'N.I.N.A. 3.2.0.9001 (x64)' / Software that created this file" status=0 Record 65: "QHY_EXP = 20.000096 / [s] Actual exposure time" status=0 Record 66: "QHY_PP = 13888.0 / [ps] pixelPeriod" status=0 Record 67: "QHY_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 68: "GPS_LP = 85000.0 / [ns] linePeriod" status=0 Record 69: "QHY_FP = 20000160.0 / [us] framePeriod" status=0 Record 70: "QHY_CPL = 6120.0 / clocksPerLine" status=0 Record 71: "QHY_LPF = 235295.0 / linesPerFrame" status=0 Record 72: "QHY_AET = 20000096.0 / [us] actualExposureTime" status=0 Record 73: "QHY_LEM = T / isLongExposureMode" status=0 Record 74: "QHY_OFF0= 3767.777 / [us] RollingShutterEndOffset row 0" status=0 Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays... Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/d_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits :) Spent 0.528146 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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/d_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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 = 9.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left Record 0: "" status=0 Record 1: "SIMPLE = T / C# FITS" status=0 Record 2: "BITPIX = 16" status=0 Record 3: "NAXIS = 2 / Dimensionality" status=0 Record 4: "NAXIS1 = 9576" status=0 Record 5: "NAXIS2 = 6388" status=0 Record 6: "BZERO = 32768" status=0 Record 7: "EXTEND = T / Extensions are permitted" status=0 Record 8: "IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT' / Type of exposure" status=0 Record 9: "EXPOSURE= 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 10: "EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration" status=0 Record 11: "DATE-LOC= '2026-11-03T04:55:29.6308160' / Time of observation (local)" status=0 Record 12: "DATE-OBS= '2026-11-03T10:55:29.6308160' / Time of observation (UTC)" status=0 Record 13: "MJD-OBS = 61347.455204051 / Modified Julian Date of observation" status=0 Record 14: "DATE-AVG= 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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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/d_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits :) Spent 0.544397 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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/d_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:

fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits


fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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: 2461347.95470450 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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Image size: 941.3'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: 12:00:05.620 +05:57:54.71 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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Image size: 945.0'x627.0' 15.8(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:00:00.856 +05:59:49.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:05.620 +05:57:54.71 Second-epoch image center 12:00:00.856 +05:59:49.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0375 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Image size: 944.9'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:00:00.978 +06:00:27.73 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:05.620 +05:57:54.71 Second-epoch image center 12:00:00.978 +06:00:27.73 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0467 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 12:00:00.856 +05:59:49.58 Second-epoch second image center 12:00:00.978 +06:00:27.73 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01061 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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IVwUoIxFjn Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zmOSdx4sBC Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TVILJdws32 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gJxKdWZowp Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits and wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits and wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits and wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 5045 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.8892 to 188.2690 deg, Dec +0.2191 to +11.5892 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 171.8892 to 188.2690 deg, Dec 0.2191 to 11.5892 deg Loaded 4112 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): 3007 out of 3108 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3108 out of 5045 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.714500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.714500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 5045 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.8892 to 188.2690 deg, Dec +0.2191 to +11.5892 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 171.8892 to 188.2690 deg, Dec 0.2191 to 11.5892 deg Loaded 4112 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): 3007 out of 3108 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3108 out of 5045 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits (aperture=6.0) Read 5254 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.8891 to 188.2690 deg, Dec +0.3617 to +11.6609 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 171.8891 to 188.2690 deg, Dec 0.3617 to 11.6609 deg Loaded 4108 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): 3045 out of 3138 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3138 out of 5254 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits (aperture=5.8) ____ 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 Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits 2.1 pix Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits 4.0 pix fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 3.9 pix fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.4 mag. Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits 15.5 mag. Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 13.6 mag. fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 11.3 (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.IVwUoIxFjn (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits 574.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=379, bad_region=0, passed=5043 Got 5043 stars (including 4661 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5043 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.2 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4561 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4555 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5043 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.2 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4561 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5043 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4555 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5043 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4555 stars left (next iteration limit 5010) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits N_match=4555 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.299 n_q1=1060 n_q2=1102 n_q3=1211 n_q4=1182 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.078 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4555 N_valid=4555 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.002 bias_dec_arcsec=0.006 median_sep_arcsec=0.259 p95_sep_arcsec=0.837 n_q1=1060 n_q2=1102 n_q3=1211 n_q4=1182 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits -region wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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.zmOSdx4sBC (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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=334, bad_region=0, passed=5254 Got 5254 stars (including 4908 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5254 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.4 to 11.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4802 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4796 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4796 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4796 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5254 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.4 to 11.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4802 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4796 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5254 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4796 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5254 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Excluding outliers - 4796 stars left (next iteration limit 5275) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits N_match=4796 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.302 n_q1=1106 n_q2=1166 n_q3=1267 n_q4=1257 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.120 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4796 N_valid=4796 bias_ra_arcsec=0.003 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.260 p95_sep_arcsec=0.740 n_q1=1106 n_q2=1166 n_q3=1267 n_q4=1257 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits -region wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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.TVILJdws32 (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=162, bad_region=0, passed=2894 Got 2894 stars (including 2730 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2894 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 945.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 945.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013125 (47.3 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010500 (37.8 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2671 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2663 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2665 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2663 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2670 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2662 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2662 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Excluding outliers - 2662 stars left (next iteration limit 2929) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2662 robust_rms=10.088 arcsec worst_region_rms=21.777 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=21.777 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2662 robust_rms=0.646 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.146 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.776 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2662 robust_rms=0.482 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.728 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.564 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2662 robust_rms_before=2.265 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.451 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.482 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.657 worst_region_rms_after=0.728 outer_annulus_rms_before=2.894 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.564 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.657 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.657 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.451 arcsec matched=2662 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits N_match=2662 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.675 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.456 n_q1=709 n_q2=515 n_q3=828 n_q4=610 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.556 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2662 N_valid=2662 bias_ra_arcsec=1.443 bias_dec_arcsec=0.097 median_sep_arcsec=1.929 p95_sep_arcsec=4.345 n_q1=709 n_q2=515 n_q3=828 n_q4=610 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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.gJxKdWZowp (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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=6, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=139, bad_region=0, passed=2883 Got 2883 stars (including 2743 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2883 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013124 (47.2 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010499 (37.8 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2681 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2674 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2883 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 2680 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2883 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2673 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2883 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" Excluding outliers - 2673 stars left (next iteration limit 2940) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2673 robust_rms=10.274 arcsec worst_region_rms=22.268 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=22.268 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2673 robust_rms=0.787 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.223 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.807 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2673 robust_rms=0.504 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.711 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.599 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2673 robust_rms_before=2.263 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.443 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.504 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.646 worst_region_rms_after=0.711 outer_annulus_rms_before=2.746 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.599 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.646 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.646 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.443 arcsec matched=2673 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits N_match=2673 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.629 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.442 n_q1=728 n_q2=520 n_q3=821 n_q4=604 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.479 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2673 N_valid=2673 bias_ra_arcsec=1.386 bias_dec_arcsec=0.068 median_sep_arcsec=1.883 p95_sep_arcsec=4.165 n_q1=728 n_q2=520 n_q3=821 n_q4=604 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits sigma_overall=0.318 worst_q_ratio=1.078 ref2=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits sigma_overall=0.322 worst_q_ratio=1.120 new1=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits sigma_overall=0.433 worst_q_ratio=1.556 new2=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits sigma_overall=0.425 worst_q_ratio=1.479 reference average sigma_overall=0.32 worst_q_ratio=1.099 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147_astrometric_residuals.png (4555 matched stars from wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654_astrometric_residuals.png (4796 matched stars from wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521_astrometric_residuals.png (2662 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522_astrometric_residuals.png (2673 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 11:29:59.28 +03:04:48.0: 11.94 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 11:29:59.28 +03:04:48.0: 12.01 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.98 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:29:59.28 +03:04:48.0: ref_mag=11.98 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.3541 delta=0.62 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s Pre-generating preview images in parallel... Done pre-generating preview images. Pre-generating finding charts in parallel... Done pre-generating finding charts. make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 04044_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 04044_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.45470    2461347.95470    11.32    11:29:59.26 +03:04:47.2   0303 1287   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    11.39    11:29:59.30 +03:04:48.8   0303 1280   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### wait *------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* 'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex' Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Image size: 941.3'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: 12:00:05.620 +05:57:54.71 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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Image size: 945.0'x627.0' 15.8(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:00:00.856 +05:59:49.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:05.620 +05:57:54.71 Second-epoch image center 12:00:00.856 +05:59:49.58 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0375 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Image size: 944.9'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 12:00:00.978 +06:00:27.73 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 12:00:05.620 +05:57:54.71 Second-epoch image center 12:00:00.978 +06:00:27.73 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0467 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 12:00:00.856 +05:59:49.58 Second-epoch second image center 12:00:00.978 +06:00:27.73 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01061 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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZWDDrDsySj Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GdncYncIht Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vhdlWrCv07 Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dtQFJuWt8Q Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits and wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits and wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits and wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 28939 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.8892 to 188.3146 deg, Dec +0.2191 to +11.5906 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 171.8892 to 188.3146 deg, Dec 0.2191 to 11.5906 deg Loaded 4120 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): 3015 out of 3221 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3221 out of 28939 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.606500 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.606500 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.03 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.58
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 28939 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.8892 to 188.3146 deg, Dec +0.2191 to +11.5906 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 171.8892 to 188.3146 deg, Dec 0.2191 to 11.5906 deg Loaded 4120 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): 3015 out of 3221 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3221 out of 28939 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits (aperture=4.7) Read 30033 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.8804 to 188.3111 deg, Dec +0.2978 to +11.6652 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 171.8804 to 188.3111 deg, Dec 0.2978 to 11.6652 deg Loaded 4132 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): 3037 out of 3236 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3236 out of 30033 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 10 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.0 pix Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits 2.0 pix Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits 3.8 pix fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 3.8 pix fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.6 mag. Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits 15.6 mag. Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits 14.2 mag. fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 14.3 mag. fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 13.4 (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.ZWDDrDsySj (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits 574.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=932, bad_region=7, passed=28924 Got 28924 stars (including 27934 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28924 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.2 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4878 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26" 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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.2 to 11.6) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28924 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4878 stars left (next iteration limit 5365) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits N_match=4878 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.289 n_q1=1177 n_q2=1236 n_q3=1247 n_q4=1218 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.141 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4878 N_valid=4878 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.002 bias_dec_arcsec=0.019 median_sep_arcsec=0.257 p95_sep_arcsec=0.797 n_q1=1177 n_q2=1236 n_q3=1247 n_q4=1218 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits -region wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.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.GdncYncIht (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits 573.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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=15, blended=923, bad_region=0, passed=30018 Got 30018 stars (including 29031 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30018 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4876 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30018 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.7) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30018 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30018 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" Excluding outliers - 4876 stars left (next iteration limit 5363) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits N_match=4876 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.295 n_q1=1170 n_q2=1234 n_q3=1253 n_q4=1219 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.109 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4876 N_valid=4876 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.000 bias_dec_arcsec=0.006 median_sep_arcsec=0.255 p95_sep_arcsec=0.705 n_q1=1170 n_q2=1234 n_q3=1253 n_q4=1219 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits -region wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.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.vhdlWrCv07 (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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=705, bad_region=37, passed=12409 Got 12409 stars (including 11652 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12409 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 945.0' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 945.0 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013125 (47.3 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010500 (37.8 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4845 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4840 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12409 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12409 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12409 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" Excluding outliers - 4835 stars left (next iteration limit 5320) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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=4835 robust_rms=10.060 arcsec worst_region_rms=21.329 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=21.329 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4835 robust_rms=0.772 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.174 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.928 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4835 robust_rms=0.621 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.932 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.726 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4835 robust_rms_before=2.307 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.562 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.621 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.800 worst_region_rms_after=0.932 outer_annulus_rms_before=2.917 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.726 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.800 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.800 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.562 arcsec matched=4835 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits N_match=4835 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.526 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.535 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.773 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.558 n_q1=1327 n_q2=990 n_q3=1475 n_q4=1043 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.469 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4835 N_valid=4835 bias_ra_arcsec=1.430 bias_dec_arcsec=0.117 median_sep_arcsec=1.971 p95_sep_arcsec=4.494 n_q1=1327 n_q2=990 n_q3=1475 n_q4=1043 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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.dtQFJuWt8Q (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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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=653, bad_region=36, passed=12451 Got 12451 stars (including 11747 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12451 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.9' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.9 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013124 (47.2 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010499 (37.8 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4836 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4827 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4827 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4827 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12451 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" 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 452 to 509 (Dec 0.5 to 11.4) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4833 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12451 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4824 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12451 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" Excluding outliers - 4824 stars left (next iteration limit 5309) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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=4824 robust_rms=10.377 arcsec worst_region_rms=21.797 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=21.797 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4824 robust_rms=0.866 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.297 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.918 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4824 robust_rms=0.621 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.856 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.702 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4824 robust_rms_before=2.307 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.541 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.621 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.752 worst_region_rms_after=0.856 outer_annulus_rms_before=2.822 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.702 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.752 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.752 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.541 arcsec matched=4824 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits N_match=4824 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.507 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.514 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.730 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.508 n_q1=1327 n_q2=979 n_q3=1468 n_q4=1050 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.440 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4824 N_valid=4824 bias_ra_arcsec=1.337 bias_dec_arcsec=0.106 median_sep_arcsec=1.938 p95_sep_arcsec=4.291 n_q1=1327 n_q2=979 n_q3=1468 n_q4=1050 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.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_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/wcs_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 12:28:39.39 +02:18:05.5: 11.85 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 11:38:48.70 +07:24:36.4: 13.45 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-16_23-58-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0147.fits at 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2: 16.00 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 11:38:48.70 +07:24:36.4: 13.41 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_23-55-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0654.fits at 12:28:39.39 +02:18:05.5: 11.84 +/- 0.01 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.84 +/- 0.01 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:38:48.70 +07:24:36.4: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2603 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:28:39.39 +02:18:05.5: ref_mag=11.84 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9862 delta=-0.14 (need > 0.90) Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out33218.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out33379.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 54s 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 32805_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 32805_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 11 03.45470    2461347.95470    12.04    12:28:39.41 +02:18:03.9   9187 1143   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    11.96    12:28:39.36 +02:18:07.2   9187 1137   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33202_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 33202_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 1   2026 11 03.45470    2461347.95470    13.23    11:38:48.71 +07:24:37.7   1590 3950   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-54-36_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0521.fits Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    13.30    11:38:48.69 +07:24:35.1   1589 3943   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33214_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 33214_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 2   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    13.12    11:36:34.98 +06:07:49.3   1271 3161   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits **** FOUND 11:36:34.99 +06:07:48.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33218_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 Preparing report for the candidate 33218_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 33379_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 Preparing report for the candidate 33379_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 19070_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 19070_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    6.56    12:25:14.36 +00:46:10.9   8708 0181   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits **** FOUND 12:25:14.30 +00:46:11.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 17441_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 17441_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    6.56    12:30:20.57 +04:24:58.8   9387 2433   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits **** FOUND 12:30:20.60 +04:24:58.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 22179_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 22179_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    6.64    12:09:41.25 +01:53:48.1   6326 0774   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits **** FOUND 12:09:41.26 +01:53:48.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 08189_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 08189_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    6.54    12:31:21.32 +07:36:13.6   9454 4375   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits **** FOUND 12:31:21.33 +07:36:13.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 26534_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 The candidate 26534_fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522 did not pass the final checks Discovery image 3   2026 11 03.45532    2461347.95532    6.35    12:20:20.29 +03:18:43.3   7898 1695   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-03_CI_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_045616_TTUQ1b1x1_464158_swzEyYeJ/fd_Vir-02-Q1b1x1_2026-11-03_04-55-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0522.fits **** FOUND 12:20:20.25 +03:18:43.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt **** make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 55s Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3 ########### Completed Vir-02-Q1b1x1 ########### The analysis was running at tau We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt #### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources #### 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3 ################################################################################### 11:40:43.44 +09:08:02.2 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) 12:10:47.35 +01:59:20.3 -- asteroid (will NOT add it to exclusion list) renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt' # Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix) Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars). ################################################################################### 0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels) This does not look like a test run ################################################################################### exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES #### Nothing to add to the exclusion list #### The observatory MPC code is V36 ############################################################ Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461347.95470450 -observatory V36 14:42:25.97 -16:33:35.3 Mercury (5.5mag) 13:25:17.73 -13:33:01.5 Venus (-4.3mag) 09:29:42.87 +16:32:47.4 Mars (0.8mag) 09:47:07.65 +14:05:58.7 Jupiter (-2.0mag) 00:36:24.03 +01:00:30.5 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:09:01.13 +20:50:06.1 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:08:19.64 -00:38:19.0 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:28.53 -23:41:31.9 Pluto (14.5mag) 10:14:13.83 +10:19:46.6 Moon (-9.8mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Nov 3 05:00 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461347.95470450: 09:47:01.23 +14:06:36.1 Io (6.0mag) 09:46:58.82 +14:06:50.8 Europa (6.1mag) 09:47:20.10 +14:04:47.3 Ganymede (5.5mag) 09:47:37.35 +14:03:09.4 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:48:34.97 +14:15:26.0 Himalia (15.5mag) 09:47:07.00 +14:06:03.2 Thebe (16.3mag) 09:46:53.87 +14:30:59.6 Elara (17.4mag) 09:47:52.82 +13:33:40.3 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 09:44:08.95 +14:37:54.0 Carme (18.7mag) 00:36:33.17 +01:00:02.5 Titan (8.3mag) 00:36:24.18 +01:00:32.2 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:36:54.49 +01:01:10.1 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:36:13.04 +01:00:10.3 Hyperion (14.2mag) 00:34:37.31 +00:48:21.1 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Nov 3 05:00 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461347.95470450: 04:35:16.18 +17:20:13.3 JWST 15:23:28.93 +53:12:28.9 Chandra 07:17:40.48 -19:26:57.5 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Nov 3 05:00 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461347.95470450 -observatory V36 03:33:36.94 +19:56:45.6 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:46:38.89 +38:23:16.6 17.9mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill) 07:46:44.26 +38:23:03.6 17.9mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 07:46:02.80 +38:23:23.4 17.9mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) 05:01:53.70 +39:06:11.0 17.8mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) 18:48:07.67 -32:52:33.4 15.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:45:18.23 -73:54:32.3 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:11:28.22 +35:18:35.7 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 07:35:42.96 +25:20:22.3 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:08:34.61 +38:32:14.2 16.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:37:02.38 +40:52:16.5 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:43:02.69 -13:33:15.1 16.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 14:15:19.37 -04:35:27.7 16.3mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 20:14:55.86 +53:03:28.4 15.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 13:07:37.90 +16:59:31.6 17.7mag A/2026 E1 16:00:31.27 -65:27:06.8 14.5mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 19:34:06.63 -05:22:11.9 17.1mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS) 23:28:48.15 +14:02:50.6 16.8mag 2P/Encke 23:26:07.11 -25:45:50.8 15.4mag 10P/Tempel 02:39:58.99 +30:32:53.4 16.3mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:26:11.24 -10:02:22.3 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:10:39.88 -09:01:19.5 15.9mag 65P/Gunn 08:00:14.18 +13:34:56.9 14.0mag 78P/Gehrels 08:59:56.21 +45:57:37.6 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:51:13.44 +05:34:45.1 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 12:26:58.27 +08:02:12.5 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 19:48:51.00 +14:25:25.9 10.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 11:12:15.68 -03:06:53.9 16.2mag 169P/NEAT 09:41:35.66 +23:29:45.1 18.0mag 186P/Garradd 03:10:39.25 +02:11:06.6 15.3mag 220P/McNaught 06:22:38.75 +49:46:38.7 15.6mag 260P/McNaught 07:56:31.55 +25:04:31.1 17.6mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.6K Nov 3 05:00 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 05:00 asassn_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html : 19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2 PNV J19450648+1822422 2026-08-25.1278 9.0mag 00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3 PNV J00425465+4122593 2026-08-25.4712 18.9mag 00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76 PNV J00425038+4118587 2026-09-04.1512 18.2mag 00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4 PNV J00421276+4116284 2026-09-10.9176 18.67Cmag 17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7 TCP J17520680-2343207 2026-09-08.7896 12.6mag 00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1 PNV J00424094+4115371 2026-09-17.8925 18.3mag 08:49:20.13 -09:19:15.8 TCP J08492013-0919158 2026-09-18.4698 13.3mag 00:42:13.93 +41:16:35.6 PNV J00421393+4116356 2026-09-22.6597 19.66Cmag 18:14:01.58 +15:13:55.5 TCP J18140158+1513555 2026-09-24.4645 14.1mag 00:42:36.61 +41:13:50.5 TCP J00423661+4113505 2026-09-29.7462 17.4mag 22:03:46.29 -11:07:57.8 TCP J22034629-1107578 2026-09-29.7438 14.51Cmag 22:05:02.06 +20:49:01.2 TCP J22050206+2049012 2026-10-03.5715 17.13Cmag 00:38:15.01 +41:14:47.2 TCP J00381501+4114472 2026-10-08.5978 17.72Cmag 01:06:05.83 +09:51:20.4 TCP J01060583+0951204 2026-10-10.8543 14.54Cmag 17:54:18.76 -27:36:36.2 TCP J17541876-2736362 2026-10-12.3993 10.8mag 09:56:00.79 +69:06:15.2 PNV J09560079+6906152 2026-10-14.9274 19.38Cmag 00:43:30.83 +41:26:55.3 PNV J00433083+4126553 2026-10-17.5651 18.61Cmag 04:57:32.08 +30:15:41.6 TCP J04573208+3015416 2026-10-17.7818 18.21Cmag 05:21:07.64 +23:38:21.3 TCP J05210764+2338213 2026-10-18.4020 10.3mag 05:34:11.01 +28:45:30.5 TCP J05341101+2845305 2026-10-18.3604 16.6mag -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 191K Nov 3 05:00 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 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