FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Pup-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
Field Pup-03-Q2b1x1 reference image: Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits
Field Pup-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Field Pup-03-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits

***** IMAGE PROCESSING ERROR (less than 4 images processed) *****
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461120.58059600 21.03.2026 01:55:53.494   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
First image: 2461120.58059600 21.03.2026 01:55:53.494   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
Last  image: 2461348.95957630 04.11.2026 11:01:37.392   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 11247
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.15
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 143 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  2.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     57000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.83            # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  68150
Objects passed selection criteria:  67938
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.2    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.2    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 102966
Average stars matched: 35755.2 (34.7255 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   550468 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Oct 15 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-241-g3eca6a38
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-15)
GNU bash, version 5.3.20(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Wed Nov  4 05:09:03 CST 2026
Host name: tau
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ERROR: WCS calibration failed for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
ERROR: WCS calibration failed for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
***** PLATE SOLVE PROCESSING ERROR *****
***** cannot find wcs_fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits  *****
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***** PLATE SOLVE PROCESSING ERROR *****
***** cannot find wcs_fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits  *****
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=esa_tap (lib/gaia_dr2_cone_search.sh -> ESA Gaia Archive TAP service)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Pup-03-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Pup-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Pup-03-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 729030 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 729030 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.png' -> 'transient_report/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits_preview.png'

Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits


renamed 'Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.png' -> 'transient_report/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits_preview.png'

Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4534.3544
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1003.4819
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 485.5212
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 74.2714
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 485.5148
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 74.7324
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 0.107076
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
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     10.0500001907349 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                  6.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/d_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits :)

Spent 0.974545 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/d_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =      10.039999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                  6.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Record 7: "EXTEND  =                    T / Extensions are permitted" status=0
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Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0'             / Sensor readout mode" status=0
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Record 39: "SITELONG=          -101.958319 / [deg] Observation site longitude" status=0
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Record 41: "OBSERVAT= 'TTU Skyview'        / Observatory name" status=0
Record 42: "SITENAME= ''                   / Observatory site name" status=0
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Record 44: "FILTER  = 'CV'                 / Active filter name" status=0
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Record 46: "OBJCTRA = '07 18 16'           / [H M S] RA of imaged object" status=0
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Record 49: "FOCNAME = 'ZWO Focuser'        / Focusing equipment name" status=0
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Record 51: "FOCUSPOS=                20666 / [step] Focuser position" status=0
Record 52: "FOCUSSZ =                  0.0 / [um] Focuser step size" status=0
Record 53: "FOCTEMP =      10.039999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
Record 54: "FOCUSTEM=      10.039999961853 / [degC] Focuser temperature" status=0
Record 55: "DEWPOINT=                  5.4 / [degC] Dew point" status=0
Record 56: "HUMIDITY=                 95.0 / [percent] Relative humidity" status=0
Record 57: "PRESSURE=               901.69 / [hPa] Air pressure" status=0
Record 58: "AMBTEMP =                  6.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0
Record 59: "WINDDIR =                 18.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0
Record 60: "WINDGUST=                  0.0 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0
Record 61: "WINDSPD =                  0.0 / [kph] Wind speed" status=0
Record 62: "ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN'           / FITS Image Orientation" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/d_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits :)

Spent 0.942127 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/d_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.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_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits



fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
  
Last  image: 2461348.95753961 04.11.2026 10:58:41.422 UTC
WARNING: VaST exited with code 1 on the field Pup-03-Q2b1x1 as too few input images were matched to the reference image - wrong pointing? clouds? very bad focus?
Blind plate solve of the unmatched second-epoch image fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits to check the telescope pointing
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.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_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Field of view for the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits was not set. Trying to guess...
The guess is  605 arcmin.
No image with WCS calibration found for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits .... Determining astrometry method...
Using the local copy of Astrometry.net software...
Choosing aperture...
Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/lib/make_outxyls_for_astrometric_calibration found 15 high-SNR stars for plate solving
 
This service uses tools provided by Astrometry.net.
For more information visit http://astrometry.net/ 

######### Trying to solve plate assuming 605' field of view #########
 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Using the local copy of Astrometry.net code
IMAGE_SIZE= --width 9576 --height 6388    SCALE_LOW=544.5 SCALE_HIGH=3025.0
Using solve-field binary
/usr/local/astrometry/bin/solve-field
Reading input file 1 of 1: "out808948.xyls"...
Reading sort column "FLUX_APER"
Sorting sort column
mmapping input file
Copying table header.
Writing row 0
Done
Solving...
Reading file "./out808948.axy"...
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4110.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4109.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4108.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4110.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4109.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4108.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field: out808948.xyls
Did not solve (or no WCS file was written).

The field could not be sloved :(
######### Trying to solve plate assuming 1815.0' field of view #########
 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Using the local copy of Astrometry.net code
IMAGE_SIZE= --width 9576 --height 6388    SCALE_LOW=1633.5 SCALE_HIGH=9075.0
Using solve-field binary
/usr/local/astrometry/bin/solve-field
Reading input file 1 of 1: "out808948.xyls"...
Reading sort column "FLUX_APER"
Sorting sort column
mmapping input file
Copying table header.
Writing row 0
Done
Solving...
Reading file "./out808948.axy"...
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field: out808948.xyls
Did not solve (or no WCS file was written).

The field could not be sloved :(
######### Trying to solve plate assuming 302.5' field of view #########
 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Using the local copy of Astrometry.net code
IMAGE_SIZE= --width 9576 --height 6388    SCALE_LOW=272.2 SCALE_HIGH=1512.5
Using solve-field binary
/usr/local/astrometry/bin/solve-field
Reading input file 1 of 1: "out808948.xyls"...
Reading sort column "FLUX_APER"
Sorting sort column
mmapping input file
Copying table header.
Writing row 0
Done
Solving...
Reading file "./out808948.axy"...
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-11.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-10.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-09.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-08.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-07.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-06.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-05.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-04.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-03.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-02.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-01.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-00.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4110.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4109.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4108.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4107.fits, field objects 1-10).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-11.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-10.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-09.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-08.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-07.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-06.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-05.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-04.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-03.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-02.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-01.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4206-00.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4119.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4118.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4117.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4116.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4115.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4114.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4113.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4112.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4111.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4110.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4109.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4108.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve (index index-4107.fits, field objects 11-20).
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field 1 did not solve.
Field: out808948.xyls
Did not solve (or no WCS file was written).

The field could not be sloved :(
The output plate-solved image wcs_fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits does not exist!
The blind plate solve of the second-epoch image failed - cannot check the telescope pointing (clouds? very bad focus?)
____ VaST output ____

--==VaST 1.0rc90==--

Parsing command line arguments...
opt 'F': Will NOT create flag images for SExtractor
opt '5': 5.000000 pix is the new fixed star matching radius!
opt 'b': Using 500 reference stars for image matching!
opt '3': Will try to select best aperture for each source!
opt 'y': 0 SysRem iterations will be conducted!
opt 't 4': robust linear magnitude calibration (vary zero-point and slope)
opt 'x': 99 is the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag!
WARNING: disabling the mag-size filter in order not to reject blended stars.
opt 'u': Stick with UTC time system, no conversion to TT will be done!
opt 'f': Run ./find_candidates manually!
opt 'k': "JD" keyword in FITS image header will be ignored!
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: symlinks_to_images
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: converted_images
INFO from vast_remove_directory(): Could not open directory: unpacked_images

Checking the list of input images specified on the command line ...

Looking for the list of input images with time corrections in vast_list_of_input_images_with_time_corrections.txt ... list not found.
This is OK if you specify the input images on the command line, not through this text file.
Checking write permissions for the current directory (/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF)...  OK
Found a system-wide installation of SExtractor
Cleaning old outNNNNN.dat files.
Done with cleaning!

 VaST was started with the following command line: 
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits 


Preparing to process 4 input FITS images...


######## Forcing special settings for the transient detection ########
transient search mode: disabling the mag-size filter as it should be switched off when running a transient search!
transient search mode: disabling the bad image filter as it will not help during the transient search!
transient search mode: will not try to gues image saturation limit
transient search mode: no UTC-to-TT time system conversion will be performed!!!
transient search mode: setting the maximum acceptable SExtractor flag to 3
transient search mode: disabling rejectin of images with elliptical stars
transient search mode: not discarding large sources
################
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Setting the fixed star match radius of 5.00 pix
We have 4 images to process.
SExtractor catalog cache: restored Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits catalog from cache
SExtractor catalog cache: restored Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits catalog from cache
Running SExtractor in 3 parallel threads...
Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
Using the catalog image00002.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits
Parent process says: we are done fork()ing.
Waiting for thread 2 to finish...
The gain value (GAIN=0.370) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user
The gain value (GAIN=0.370) from default.sex will be used for image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
The above guess is based on the non-default gain value specified in default.sex by user
autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
autodetect_aperture() is running SExtractor on /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size
sex -c default.sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00003.cat  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing a preliminary SExtractor run to determine an appropriate aperture size
sex -c default.sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME autodetect_aper.param -CATALOG_NAME autodetect_aper_image00004.cat  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run
sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 7.5,7.5,6.8,8.3,9.0,9.8 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00003.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits > image00003.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is doing the main SExtractor run
sex  -PARAMETERS_NAME default.param -PHOT_APERTURES 7.3,7.3,6.6,8.1,8.8,9.5 -VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL -CATALOG_NAME image00004.cat /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits > image00004.cat.sex_log 2>&1
autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Waiting for thread 1 to finish...
autodetect_aperture() is done with image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits


Done with SExtractor!

TIMING SExtractor: 1 seconds


Matching stars between images!

No manually selected comparison stars file manually_selected_comparison_stars.lst which is fine.
Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-03-21T01:55:53.4941107
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-03-21T01:55:53.4941107

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-03-21T01:55:53.494
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00001.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
Exposure 20 sec, 21.03.2026 01:55:53.494 UTC = JD(UTC) 2461120.58059600 mid. exp.
The reference image star  7886.240    19.844 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8143.416    18.037 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  9400.145    16.900 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8501.858    13.062 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8024.568    13.119 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8463.327     9.184 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  7846.667    10.012 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  8144.433     5.454 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  9439.871     4.635 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The reference image star  9264.400     3.362 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
Excluding more reference image stars falling at bad regions!.. (will not print them all)
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 6884, (6884 good for image matching)
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 2541
 * rejected close to frame edge: 38
 * rejected as being too small (<1.7 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>6.8 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 20
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.

Please note: the CCD position-dependent magnitude correction will not be applied.
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -8.59
Detection limit from the magnitude-SNR relation= -8.6  (4.0 sigma detection)
The simple faintest star detection limit= -10.9
80 percent brightest stars detection limit= -11.6
Selected detection limit= -11.6
Final detection limit= -11.6 (after subtracting MAG_TRANSIENT_ABOVE_THE_REFERENCE_FRAME_LIMIT=0.0)

Parameter box for transient search:    10.06.2 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 9
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
     7371 * detected, using  535/ 500 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.006783, number_of_ambiguous_matches=50 
refining the coordinate transformation... [CVPOLY iter 1: order=2 pairs=4746 inliers=4746 rms 0.76 -> 0.35 pix, max corner correction 3.7 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.003527, number_of_ambiguous_matches=26 
4744 * matched, [CVPOLY iter 2: order=1 pairs=4744 inliers=4744 rms 0.22 -> 0.22 pix, max corner correction 0.0 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.001357, number_of_ambiguous_matches=10 
4744 * matched (2nd iteration). [CVPOLY iter 3: order=3 pairs=4744 inliers=4744 rms 0.18 -> 0.17 pix, max corner correction 0.6 pix] fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000543, number_of_ambiguous_matches=4 
4743 * matched (3rd iteration). Success!
  rotation [degrees] = 179.192
     7371 stars detected,  4743 stars matched
Performing magnitude calibration using automatically selected comparison stars
Expecting to find at least 40 * for magnitude calibration
We have N_good_stars = 4316, N_manually_selected_comparison_stars = 0
Using 4316 stars for magnitude calibration (before filtering).
Iteratively removing outliers from the linear mag-mag relation (unweighted fit)...
Iteratively removing outliers from the mag-mag relation (weighted linear/polynomial fit)...
Computing robust linear magnitude calibration.
Used 4266 stars for magnitude calibration (after filtering).
get_detection_limit_sn(): Detection limit: -8.49
     9512 objects stored in memory (1000000 max.)
Magnitude calibration is performed successfully!
Saving observations to the cache... OK
memory:  200608 kB used, 233768 kB peak, 65261732 kB available RAM
processed 2 of 4 images ( 50.0%)



Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-11-04T10:58:41.4226223
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-11-04T10:58:41.4226223

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-11-04T10:58:41.422
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00003.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
The star  8311.790  1693.670 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  8502.198  6161.204 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
The star  9141.996  5686.992 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 12
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 3
 * rejected close to frame edge: 0
 * rejected as being too small (<1.9 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>7.5 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 0
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
       12 * detected, using  100/  12 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 
the annealed match radius failed on this field, retrying with the strict radius... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 
Too few * matched: 0 < 2 ! Retrying...
  rotation [degrees] = 179.192
       12 stars detected,     0 stars matched
ERROR! Too few stars matched (0 < 2) . Wrong match? Skipping file...



Processing  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
9576x6388 FITS image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
Trying to guess the time system by parsing the comment string 'Time of observation (UTC)'
Time system set from the comment to DATE-OBS keyword: 'Time of observation (UTC)'
The input time system is identified as: UTC (blank if unknown)
Setting observation date using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-11-04T11:01:37.3920547
Setting observation time using DATE-OBS keyword: 2026-11-04T11:01:37.3920547

Observing time converted to the "standard" FITS header format:
DATE-OBS= 2026-11-04T11:01:37.392
EXPTIME = 20.000

Using the catalog image00004.cat SExtracted earlier from the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
The star  8502.223  6161.229 is rejected, see bad_region.lst
SExtractor output filtering results:
 * passed selection: 17
 * rejected as having no flux measurement: 0
 * rejected as having SNR<3.0: 0
 * rejected inside rectangles defined in bad_region.lst: 1
 * rejected close to frame edge: 0
 * rejected as being too small (<1.8 pix): 0
 * rejected as being too large (>7.3 pix): 0
 * rejected as outliers in mag-size plot: 0
 * rejected as having SExtractor flags > 99 and <= 7: 0
 * rejected as having hopelessly bad SExtractor flags (>7): 0
 * rejected due to an external image flag: 0
 * rejected as having bad PSF fit: 0
---
You may change some of the filtering parameters by editing src/vast_limits.h and re-running 'make'.
       17 * detected, using  100/  17 * for reference/current image matching, fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 
the annealed match radius failed on this field, retrying with the strict radius... fraction_of_ambiguous_matches= 0.000000, number_of_ambiguous_matches=0 
Too few * matched: 0 < 3 ! Retrying...
  rotation [degrees] = 179.192
       17 stars detected,     0 stars matched
ERROR! Too few stars matched (0 < 3) . Wrong match? Skipping file...
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
Done with measurements! =)

Total number of measurements 14255 (14255 measurements stored in RAM)
Freeing up some memory...  Sorting the measurements cached in memory...
Writing lightcurve (outNNNNN.dat) files...
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
The lightcurve files have been written, freeing up more memory...
Creating vast_image_details.log ... 

Writing summary file: vast_summary.log ...  OK
Selecting the best aperture for each source
Aperture with index 0 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.00*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for   511 stars
Aperture with index 1 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.00*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for     0 stars
Aperture with index 2 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER -0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for  3012 stars
Aperture with index 3 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.10*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for   144 stars
Aperture with index 4 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.20*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for   387 stars
Aperture with index 5 (REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER +0.30*REFERENCE_APERTURE_DIAMETER) seems best for   689 stars

done!  =)
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
WARNING: Can't open candidates-transients.lst for reading! -- No candidates found?
Non-zero exit code of lib/transient_list
ERROR running  lib/create_list_of_candidate_transients.sh
Computing lightcurve statistics...  Will not compute variability indexes for objects having <1 points in lightcurve
You may disable this by commenting out the line '#define DROP_LIGHTCURVES_WITH_SMALL_NUMBER_OF_POINTS_FROM_ALL_PLOTS' in src/vast_limits.h an re-compiling VaST with 'make'

Computing, please wait a bit
...............................................
vast_lightcurve_statistics.log: 4736 objects, the longest string is 384 bytes.
Allocating memory for resorting the file.



----***** VaST processing WARNING *****----
You asked VaST to process 4 images, but only 1 were actually matched to the reference one.
Please investigate this!



**************************************************************
This error might be a bug, but it is far more likely that it is caused by 
inappropriate input data. A few simple things to check in the diagnostic
messages printed above (or the vast*.log files):
 * How many of the input images are matched?
 * Does the number of detected stars on each image look reasonable?
 * Do images have a sufficient overlap of at least about 20 percent?

You may run
 ./sextract_single_image /path/to/my/image/file.fit
to see how well VaST detects stars with the current SExtractor settings
(star detection settings can be changed in the default.sex configuration
file, see various examples in the VaST directory).

If you cannot identify the problem, please e-mail Kirill Sokolovsky 
Please try to describe the problem in details and, if possible, attach vast_summary.log
file and a few example images. If the images are too big to be sent by e-mail, please 
upload them through a web-form http://scan.sai.msu.ru/upload/
**************************************************************

Low percentage of matched images - we'll declare this an unsuccessful VaST run (exit code 1)
_____________________
ERROR running VaST on the field Pup-03-Q2b1x1 (less than 4 images processed)
exp_start= 21.03.2026 01:55:53.494  exp=   20.000  JD= 2461120.58059600  ap=  6.8  rotation=   0.000  *detected=  6884  *matched=  6884  status=OK     /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits
exp_start= 26.03.2026 02:01:13.860  exp=   20.000  JD= 2461125.58430394  ap=  6.2  rotation= 179.192  *detected=  7371  *matched=  4743  status=OK     /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits
exp_start= 04.11.2026 10:58:41.422  exp=   20.000  JD= 2461348.95753961  ap=  7.5  rotation= 179.192  *detected=    12  *matched=     0  status=ERROR  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
exp_start= 04.11.2026 11:01:37.392  exp=   20.000  JD= 2461348.95957630  ap=  7.3  rotation= 179.192  *detected=    17  *matched=     0  status=ERROR  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
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/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.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: 2461348.95753961
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt'
ERROR: WCS calibration failed for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_04-58-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0222.fits
ERROR: WCS calibration failed for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_050209_TTUQ2b1x1_664839_Ob8w9XbF/fd_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_05-01-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0223.fits
wcs_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_20-55-53_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0008.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Pup-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-25_21-01-13_20.00sec_-10.00C_LIGHT_0247.fits exists and is non-empty
Last  image: 2461348.95753961 04.11.2026 10:58:41.422 UTC
ERROR found an unsoved plate in the field Pup-03-Q2b1x1
########### Completed Pup-03-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
###################################################################################
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461348.95753961 -observatory V36
14:37:40.69 -15:50:04.6 Mercury (6.7mag)
13:24:09.00 -13:10:05.4 Venus (-4.4mag)
09:31:42.07 +16:24:36.9 Mars (0.8mag)
09:47:34.72 +14:03:52.9 Jupiter (-2.0mag)
00:36:10.62 +00:59:14.4 Saturn (0.5mag)
04:08:51.60 +20:49:41.3 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:08:15.21 -00:38:46.2 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:30.75 -23:41:21.9 Pluto (14.5mag)
11:03:08.19 +04:12:21.7 Moon (-9.5mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Nov  4 05:09 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461348.95753961:
09:47:41.61 +14:03:13.6 Io (6.0mag)
09:47:30.88 +14:04:13.5 Europa (6.1mag)
09:47:33.27 +14:04:02.2 Ganymede (5.5mag)
09:48:05.50 +14:00:58.1 Callisto (6.8mag)
09:49:06.26 +14:12:40.0 Himalia (15.5mag)
09:47:36.03 +14:03:45.4 Thebe (16.3mag)
09:47:24.43 +14:28:56.5 Elara (17.4mag)
09:48:14.93 +13:31:57.3 Pasiphae (17.7mag)
09:44:32.14 +14:35:57.5 Carme (18.7mag)
00:36:22.19 +00:58:52.4 Titan (8.3mag)
00:36:04.34 +00:59:16.7 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:36:42.56 +01:00:06.1 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:36:03.39 +00:58:47.6 Hyperion (14.2mag)
00:34:23.89 +00:47:07.3 Phoebe (16.4mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Nov  4 05:09 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461348.95753961:
04:38:07.63 +17:04:40.2 JWST
17:45:53.08 +33:46:39.3 Chandra
15:04:17.23 -60:00:58.5 XMM-Newton
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Nov  4 05:09 spacecraft.txt
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461348.95753961 -observatory V36
03:32:51.80 +19:55:17.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
07:46:57.15 +38:27:38.2 17.8mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill)
07:47:02.54 +38:27:25.2 17.8mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill)
07:46:20.88 +38:27:45.8 17.8mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill)
05:01:37.33 +38:55:38.1 17.7mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski)
18:49:15.52 -32:50:42.3 15.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:45:21.22 -73:58:20.5 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:11:12.03 +35:20:14.3 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
07:35:47.61 +25:20:23.0 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:08:38.95 +38:40:54.3 16.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
18:37:42.80 +40:51:47.2 17.5mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
05:42:42.25 -13:31:57.1 16.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
14:16:25.55 -04:40:07.0 16.3mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
20:18:40.96 +52:23:51.0 15.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
13:08:34.20 +17:08:00.8 17.7mag A/2026 E1
15:58:04.60 -66:03:09.4 14.6mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard)
19:35:05.89 -05:23:00.5 17.1mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS)
23:26:29.43 +13:47:06.8 16.7mag 2P/Encke
23:27:25.19 -25:28:49.3 15.5mag 10P/Tempel
02:41:08.07 +30:00:35.5 16.3mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
12:26:48.44 -10:07:12.6 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
00:10:19.39 -09:00:12.7 15.9mag 65P/Gunn
08:00:59.45 +13:28:58.6 14.0mag 78P/Gehrels
09:03:11.91 +46:10:31.8 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
09:53:05.27 +05:11:51.8 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
12:28:54.12 +07:48:52.7 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
19:46:36.26 +14:40:57.5 10.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
11:14:19.63 -03:17:28.1 16.3mag 169P/NEAT
09:42:00.24 +23:27:02.3 18.0mag 186P/Garradd
03:09:41.64 +02:06:56.0 15.4mag 220P/McNaught
06:22:40.51 +49:56:51.4 15.6mag 260P/McNaught
07:57:32.16 +25:03:27.3 17.5mag 266P/Christensen
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.6K Nov  4 05:09 comets.txt
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
02:29:41.13 -71:57:55.60  ASASSN-26fr  2026-11-1.22 13.7
21:27:22.43 -18:15:42.10  SN 2026agsu  2026-10-29.85 -1.08
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
18:25:12.74 -22:25:28.60  V8055  2026-08-30.22 10.89
17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10  ASASSN-26ez  2026-08-25.13 10.87
19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00  AT2026zwo  2026-08-24.16 15.78
04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90  AT2026zjy  2026-08-23.03 15.91
03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50  SN2026ymb  2026-08-23.4 16.44
20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30  SN2026yid  2026-08-22.82 15.13
04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60  ASASSN-26ey  2026-08-20.02 15.55
16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80  ASASSN-26ex  2026-08-18.78 3.63
21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60  SN 2026sfn  2026-08-16.3 17.09
23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00  SN 2026yib  2026-08-14.85 17.36
00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70  SN 2026whu  2026-08-14.96 16.5
19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90  ASASSN-26ew  2026-08-13.82 14.73
13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00  SN 2026wkv  2026-08-10.12 15.83
05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-10.59 9.34
01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10  SN2026wpd  2026-08-9.34 16.37
23:47:50.89 +49:28:51.30  SN2026wjs  2026-08-9.24 17.09
16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70  AT2026xau  2026-08-9.3 17.71
01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50  SN2026weo  2026-08-7.46 15.76
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2  PNV J19450648+1822422  2026-08-25.1278  9.0mag
00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3  PNV J00425465+4122593  2026-08-25.4712  18.9mag
00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76  PNV J00425038+4118587  2026-09-04.1512  18.2mag
00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4  PNV J00421276+4116284  2026-09-10.9176  18.67Cmag
17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7  TCP J17520680-2343207  2026-09-08.7896  12.6mag
00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1  PNV J00424094+4115371  2026-09-17.8925  18.3mag
08:49:20.13 -09:19:15.8  TCP J08492013-0919158  2026-09-18.4698  13.3mag
00:42:13.93 +41:16:35.6  PNV J00421393+4116356  2026-09-22.6597  19.66Cmag
18:14:01.58 +15:13:55.5  TCP J18140158+1513555  2026-09-24.4645  14.1mag
00:42:36.61 +41:13:50.5  TCP J00423661+4113505  2026-09-29.7462  17.4mag
22:03:46.29 -11:07:57.8  TCP J22034629-1107578  2026-09-29.7438  14.51Cmag
22:05:02.06 +20:49:01.2  TCP J22050206+2049012  2026-10-03.5715  17.13Cmag
00:38:15.01 +41:14:47.2  TCP J00381501+4114472  2026-10-08.5978  17.72Cmag
01:06:05.83 +09:51:20.4  TCP J01060583+0951204  2026-10-10.8543  14.54Cmag
17:54:18.76 -27:36:36.2  TCP J17541876-2736362  2026-10-12.3993  10.8mag
09:56:00.79 +69:06:15.2  PNV J09560079+6906152  2026-10-14.9274  19.38Cmag
00:43:30.83 +41:26:55.3  PNV J00433083+4126553  2026-10-17.5651  18.61Cmag
04:57:32.08 +30:15:41.6  TCP J04573208+3015416  2026-10-17.7818  18.21Cmag
05:21:07.64 +23:38:21.3  TCP J05210764+2338213  2026-10-18.4020  10.3mag
05:34:11.01 +28:45:30.5  TCP J05341101+2845305  2026-10-18.3604  16.6mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
00:30:45.990 +26:18:48.62  AT 2026aglj  2026-10-05.77 22.2
22:10:24.820 +26:17:10.76  AT 2026agli  2026-10-04.76 21.61
23:30:00.900 +21:17:48.55  AT 2026aglh  2026-09-28.81 20.46
23:17:06.400 +26:02:23.23  AT 2026aglg  2026-09-21.60 21.74
01:55:38.118 +41:25:50.93  AT 2026aglf  2026-10-20.98 19.9
08:20:41.028 +12:41:36.66  SN 2026agle  2026-10-20.22 18.14
08:26:34.943 +08:34:54.09  AT 2026agld  2026-10-11.25 20.11
11:07:49.486 -18:02:52.01  AT 2026aglc  2026-05-06.27 21
00:10:16.831 -27:51:11.28  AT 2026aglb  2026-07-26.58 20.96
15:59:04.541 +20:46:19.16  AT 2026agla  2026-08-07.32 21.39
01:11:49.886 -31:27:23.11  AT 2026agkz  2026-10-22.34 19.13
01:03:53.111 -04:40:18.58  AT 2026agky  2026-10-20.38 20.32
21:57:59.859 +27:56:55.45  AT 2026agkx  2026-10-20.23 20.8
04:42:42.850 -04:05:04.31  AT 2026agkw  2026-10-21.56 21.31
06:56:28.055 +35:53:54.55  AT 2026agkv  2026-10-20.55 21.13
01:26:06.271 -08:09:30.76  AT 2026agku  2026-10-20.38 20.37
03:17:07.437 -15:51:37.40  AT 2026agkt  2026-10-20.51 20.45
18:04:05.090 +27:19:21.01  AT 2026agks  2026-10-20.21 18.96
01:11:48.246 -22:39:23.18  AT 2026agkr  2026-10-10.44 20.46
03:20:10.786 -08:01:53.17  AT 2026agkq  2026-10-10.52 21.62
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Wed Nov  4 05:03:17 CST 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 1 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
TIMING SExtractor: 131 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 5 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 144s (2.40 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 152s (2.53 min)
FIELD_Pup-03-Q2b1x1: 320s (5.33 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 498s (8.30 min)
Finished: Wed Nov  4 05:11:35 CST 2026