######## Processing parameters ######## AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1 CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55 FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0 FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5 FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5 FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600 GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100 DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18 MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12 MPC_CODE= V36 NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000 NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000 OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3 ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242 STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5 SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0 TELESCOP= TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2 FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no ####################################### HOSTNAME= tau USER= HOME= ####################################### SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=local (lib/catalogs/local_star_catalog -> local copy: Gaia DR2 gaia_source, G < 19.0, built from https://cdn.gea.esac.esa.int/Gaia/gdr2/gaia_source/csv on 2026-11-04) The APASS known-star check of the candidates is disabled (see the note in util/transients/report_transient.sh) WARNING: VizieR is unreachable (no mirror answered the test query) - the online identification of candidates is degraded for this run INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes FITS_FILE_EXT=fits CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX= Fields in the data directory: Her-01-Q2b1x1 ####################################### ########### Starting Her-01-Q2b1x1 ########### Processing Her-01-Q2b1x1 server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 675182 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 675182 MB at . Checking input images (2 new) REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Small preview (one of the new images):
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
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Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits
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Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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. Field altitude during imaging: 25.7 deg (FITS keyword CENTALT) Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Field altitude during imaging: 25.6 deg (FITS keyword CENTALT) Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits ---------------------------------------------- INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 383.6175 INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 545.7360 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1233.5836 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 536.2159 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1235.5754 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 535.0539 ---------------------------------------------- INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.21566 INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.002 INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image ---------------------------------------------- Calibration settings: 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Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/d_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits :) Spent 0.600320 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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/d_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration SET-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint CCD-TEMP= 0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature FOCTEMP = 12.4799995422363 / [degC] Focuser temperature AMBTEMP = 12.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for 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status=0 Record 58: "AMBTEMP = 12.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature" status=0 Record 59: "WINDDIR = 17.0 / [deg] Wind direction: 0=N, 180=S, 90=E, 270=W" status=0 Record 60: "WINDGUST= 11.200896 / [kph] Wind gust" status=0 Record 61: "WINDSPD = 7.900632 / [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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/d_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits :) Spent 0.591424 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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/d_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits
fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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: 2461349.60104812 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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:47:59.865 +45:59:58.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:48:24.250 +46:00:17.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:47:59.865 +45:59:58.58 Second-epoch image center 16:48:24.250 +46:00:17.88 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0708 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:48:20.901 +46:00:03.85 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:47:59.865 +45:59:58.58 Second-epoch image center 16:48:20.901 +46:00:03.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0609 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 16:48:24.250 +46:00:17.88 Second-epoch second image center 16:48:20.901 +46:00:03.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01045 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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6XHfWL56nI Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XbdNvFksem Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3pjEdpAJxu Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cV5Jw6zy9g Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits and wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits and wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits and wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 11558 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 239.7612 to 264.2692 deg, Dec +40.3316 to +51.2606 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 239.7612 to 264.2692 deg, Dec 40.3316 to 51.2606 deg Loaded 7223 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): 3406 out of 3542 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3542 out of 11558 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.782850 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.782850 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.08 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.70 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.70
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 11558 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 239.7612 to 264.2692 deg, Dec +40.3316 to +51.2606 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 239.7612 to 264.2692 deg, Dec 40.3316 to 51.2606 deg Loaded 7223 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): 3406 out of 3542 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3542 out of 11558 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits (aperture=6.1) Read 10041 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 239.7803 to 264.3744 deg, Dec +40.2911 to +51.2599 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 239.7803 to 264.3744 deg, Dec 40.2911 to 51.2599 deg Loaded 7300 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): 5423 out of 5624 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5624 out of 10041 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits (aperture=6.2) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.3 pix Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits 2.2 pix Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits 2.3 pix fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 2.3 pix fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.7 mag. Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits 15.5 mag. Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits 15.1 mag. fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 15.1 mag. fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.1 (SNR ) 12.0 (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.6XHfWL56nI (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=665, bad_region=3218, passed=11558 Got 11558 stars (including 7844 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11558 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8935 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8935 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8935 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5377) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.360 n_q1=1504 n_q2=1028 n_q3=1426 n_q4=932 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.102 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4890 N_valid=4890 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.472 bias_dec_arcsec=0.560 median_sep_arcsec=3.647 p95_sep_arcsec=8.416 n_q1=1504 n_q2=1028 n_q3=1426 n_q4=932 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits -region wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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.XbdNvFksem (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=580, bad_region=1957, passed=10041 Got 10041 stars (including 7579 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10041 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4901 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4892 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8494 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4901 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8494 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8494 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4892 stars left (next iteration limit 5381) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits N_match=4892 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.354 n_q1=1635 n_q2=788 n_q3=1639 n_q4=830 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.077 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4892 N_valid=4892 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.012 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.008 median_sep_arcsec=0.297 p95_sep_arcsec=0.859 n_q1=1635 n_q2=788 n_q3=1639 n_q4=830 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits -region wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.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.3pjEdpAJxu (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=447, bad_region=1359, passed=7803 Got 7803 stars (including 6066 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7803 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6727 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" Excluding outliers - 4889 stars left (next iteration limit 5377) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4889 robust_rms=7.175 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.261 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.261 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4889 robust_rms=0.519 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.785 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.785 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4889 robust_rms=0.356 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.457 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.457 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4889 robust_rms_before=0.658 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.325 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.356 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.475 worst_region_rms_after=0.457 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.806 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.457 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.475 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.475 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.325 arcsec matched=4889 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits N_match=4889 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.323 n_q1=1642 n_q2=759 n_q3=1708 n_q4=780 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.028 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4889 N_valid=4889 bias_ra_arcsec=0.311 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.070 median_sep_arcsec=0.538 p95_sep_arcsec=1.331 n_q1=1642 n_q2=759 n_q3=1708 n_q4=780 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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.cV5Jw6zy9g (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=415, bad_region=1349, passed=7824 Got 7824 stars (including 6121 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7824 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4890 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6754 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6754 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6754 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5379) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=7.226 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.265 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.265 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.481 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.703 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.703 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.337 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.462 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.462 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4890 robust_rms_before=0.626 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.314 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.337 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.480 worst_region_rms_after=0.462 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.737 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.462 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.480 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.480 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.314 arcsec matched=4890 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.337 n_q1=1653 n_q2=751 n_q3=1699 n_q4=787 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.025 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4890 N_valid=4890 bias_ra_arcsec=0.329 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.073 median_sep_arcsec=0.529 p95_sep_arcsec=1.306 n_q1=1653 n_q2=751 n_q3=1699 n_q4=787 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits' Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits to local_wcs_cache/ 'wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits' ################################### # Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above) ref1=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits sigma_overall=0.327 worst_q_ratio=1.102 ref2=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits sigma_overall=0.363 worst_q_ratio=1.077 new1=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits sigma_overall=0.338 worst_q_ratio=1.028 new2=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits sigma_overall=0.328 worst_q_ratio=1.025 reference average sigma_overall=0.345 worst_q_ratio=1.0895 warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference ###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327_astrometric_residuals.png (4890 matched stars from wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196_astrometric_residuals.png (4892 matched stars from wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106_astrometric_residuals.png (4889 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107_astrometric_residuals.png (4890 matched stars from wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits' Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image) 'wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits' Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 No candidates found here Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### 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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.cat to cache SExtractor catalog cache: saved Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.cat to cache VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits exists and is non-empty wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits (1st reference image) verification OK: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Image size: 937.4'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:47:59.865 +45:59:58.58 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8" ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits (1st new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:48:24.250 +46:00:17.88 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:47:59.865 +45:59:58.58 Second-epoch image center 16:48:24.250 +46:00:17.88 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0708 deg. Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg. ################################### ################################### # fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits (2nd new image) verification OK: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Image size: 937.8'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis Image center: 16:48:20.901 +46:00:03.85 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 ################################### ################################### # Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy) Reference image center 16:47:59.865 +45:59:58.58 Second-epoch image center 16:48:20.901 +46:00:03.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.0609 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 16:48:24.250 +46:00:17.88 Second-epoch second image center 16:48:20.901 +46:00:03.85 Angular distance between the image centers 0.01045 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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xzoLITqSPU Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Nh8tR79kzA Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits &> /tmp/tmp.A6JgFm24CX Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.2l43V2xDwF Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Calibrating the magnitude scale Found non-empty wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits and wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits and wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat Found non-empty wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits and wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat The reference image (wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits) and catalog (wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat) found 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat' Read 61115 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 239.6697 to 264.3358 deg, Dec +40.2973 to +51.2606 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 239.6697 to 264.3358 deg, Dec 40.2973 to 51.2606 deg Loaded 7304 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): 3201 out of 3569 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3569 out of 61115 detected stars. The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.673100 a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.673100 From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.80 Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.87 Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes Working... Please, PLEASE, be patient!!! All lightcurves processed! =) Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.87
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V) Read 61115 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 239.6697 to 264.3358 deg, Dec +40.2973 to +51.2606 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 239.6697 to 264.3358 deg, Dec 40.2973 to 51.2606 deg Loaded 7304 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): 3201 out of 3569 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 3569 out of 61115 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits (aperture=4.8) Read 57209 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat Detected star coordinate range: RA 239.7210 to 264.3744 deg, Dec +40.2628 to +51.2604 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 239.7210 to 264.3744 deg, Dec 40.2628 to 51.2604 deg Loaded 7335 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): 5091 out of 5659 total matches. Matched with Tycho-2 5659 out of 57209 detected stars. util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits (aperture=4.7) ____ End of magnitude calibration ____ Applying consolidated magnitude filters... Preparing the exclusion lists for this field Done with filtering Found 15 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000) Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars: 2.2 pix Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits 2.1 pix Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits 2.2 pix fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 2.2 pix fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Limiting magnitude estimates: 15.9 mag. Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits 15.7 mag. Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits 15.3 mag. fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 15.3 mag. fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.3 (SNR ) 14.5 (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.xzoLITqSPU (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=3506, bad_region=12669, passed=61101 Got 61101 stars (including 45886 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 61101 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4893 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51492 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51492 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51492 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5382) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.347 n_q1=1515 n_q2=1010 n_q3=1426 n_q4=943 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.079 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4894 N_valid=4894 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.479 bias_dec_arcsec=0.577 median_sep_arcsec=3.601 p95_sep_arcsec=8.404 n_q1=1515 n_q2=1010 n_q3=1426 n_q4=943 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits -region wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.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.Nh8tR79kzA (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits 571.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good. The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good... '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits' -> 'wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.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/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=20, blended=2915, bad_region=8008, passed=57189 Got 57189 stars (including 46638 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 57189 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51295 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51295 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51295 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" Excluding outliers - 4882 stars left (next iteration limit 5370) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway) WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits N_match=4882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.335 n_q1=1636 n_q2=809 n_q3=1608 n_q4=829 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.076 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4882 N_valid=4882 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.014 bias_dec_arcsec=0.001 median_sep_arcsec=0.291 p95_sep_arcsec=0.848 n_q1=1636 n_q2=809 n_q3=1608 n_q4=829 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits -region wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.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.A6JgFm24CX (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=2270, bad_region=5193, passed=44360 Got 44360 stars (including 37410 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 44360 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4871 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40511 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5. The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40511 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40511 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" Excluding outliers - 4871 stars left (next iteration limit 5358) Stop iterations. The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :) SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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=4871 robust_rms=7.162 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.414 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.414 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4871 robust_rms=0.508 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.817 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.817 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4871 robust_rms=0.353 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.470 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.470 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4871 robust_rms_before=0.655 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.319 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.353 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.474 worst_region_rms_after=0.470 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.803 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.470 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.474 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.474 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.319 arcsec matched=4871 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits N_match=4871 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.328 n_q1=1631 n_q2=770 n_q3=1701 n_q4=769 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.051 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4871 N_valid=4871 bias_ra_arcsec=0.312 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.052 median_sep_arcsec=0.536 p95_sep_arcsec=1.328 n_q1=1631 n_q2=770 n_q3=1701 n_q4=769 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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.2l43V2xDwF (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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits 605.0 Entering WCS image calibration mode. ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty... Catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits found. The catalog is in the new format, as expected. The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst) Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all) Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst). SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=2174, bad_region=5081, passed=43991 Got 43991 stars (including 37148 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 43991 stars from the SExtractor catalog Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8' Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin UCAC5 catalog search parameters: catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (46.9 arcsec) catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00 catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50 catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010420 (37.5 arcsec) ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4886 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: 0.29" Removing outliers... Correcting the measured astrometric positions... Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40230 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow! UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first Found a local copy of UCAC5 UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50 Reading UCAC5 zone files... Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3) Done reading UCAC5 zone files... Matched 4886 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(), 40230 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40230 with non-zero local correction accuracy Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 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_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4878 robust_rms=7.129 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.251 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.251 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4878 robust_rms=0.469 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.750 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.750 arcsec SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4878 robust_rms=0.336 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.462 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.462 arcsec SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5 SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4878 robust_rms_before=0.621 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.315 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.336 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.510 worst_region_rms_after=0.462 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.721 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.462 SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.510 arcsec) - keeping the original SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.510 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.315 arcsec matched=4878 WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=4878 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.336 n_q1=1654 n_q2=757 n_q3=1704 n_q4=763 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.043 WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4878 N_valid=4878 bias_ra_arcsec=0.336 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.059 median_sep_arcsec=0.527 p95_sep_arcsec=1.290 n_q1=1654 n_q2=757 n_q3=1704 n_q4=763 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16 The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5 The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg You may view it with the command: ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry 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_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.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_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/wcs_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits Preparing the HTML report for the field Her-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits at 17:13:20.17 +48:50:05.0: 13.63 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits at 17:12:38.49 +47:50:49.0: 14.44 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits at 16:29:05.34 +48:12:20.9: 13.30 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits at 17:10:22.01 +49:07:38.8: 14.09 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits at 17:00:24.74 +50:14:59.1: 13.67 +/- 0.04 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits at 17:13:20.17 +48:50:05.0: 13.94 +/- 0.05 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits at 17:00:24.74 +50:14:59.1: 13.42 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits at 17:12:38.49 +47:50:49.0: 14.27 +/- 0.07 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.54 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.71 +/- 0.03 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:00:24.74 +50:14:59.1: ref_mag=13.54 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.6835 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:13:20.17 +48:50:05.0: ref_mag=13.71 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.2540 delta=-0.54 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.36 +/- 0.05 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:12:38.49 +47:50:49.0: ref_mag=14.36 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4408 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits at 17:10:22.01 +49:07:38.8: 13.93 +/- 0.06 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits at 16:29:05.34 +48:12:20.9: 13.38 +/- 0.03 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.01 +/- 0.04 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:10:22.01 +49:07:38.8: ref_mag=14.01 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.0519 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.33 +/- 0.02 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 16:29:05.34 +48:12:20.9: ref_mag=13.33 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4549 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90) Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-13_03-12-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0327.fits at 17:10:06.95 +47:04:41.6: 15.01 +/- 0.11 detection Forced photometry on wcs_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-18_00-44-59_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0196.fits at 17:10:06.95 +47:04:41.6: 15.05 +/- 0.14 detection Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.03 +/- 0.09 Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 17:10:06.95 +47:04:41.6: ref_mag=15.03 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.6844 delta=0.34 (need > 0.90) make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s 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 86717_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 86717_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checksDiscovery image 1 2026 11 05.10105 2461349.60105 14.44 17:12:38.47 +47:50:49.0 2316 2012 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.44 17:12:38.51 +47:50:49.0 2310 2009 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86718_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 86718_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.52 17:01:46.94 +43:19:34.1 3328 4800 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 17:01:46.86 +43:19:34.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86724_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 86724_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=3.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=3.Discovery image 1 2026 11 05.10105 2461349.60105 14.29 17:13:20.20 +48:50:05.2 2285 1408 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.22 17:13:20.13 +48:50:04.8 2279 1405 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86730_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 86730_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=3.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=3.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.02 17:10:18.69 +43:54:25.0 2408 4409 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 17:10:18.75 +43:54:22.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 86735_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 86735_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=2.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=2.Discovery image 1 2026 11 05.10105 2461349.60105 13.68 17:00:24.64 +50:14:59.1 3599 0612 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 13.68 17:00:24.84 +50:14:59.2 3593 0610 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87114_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87114_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=3.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=3.Discovery image 1 2026 11 05.10105 2461349.60105 13.45 16:29:05.35 +48:12:20.6 6721 1781 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 13.46 16:29:05.32 +48:12:21.3 6715 1779 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87213_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87213_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 13.79 17:11:46.52 +45:20:46.7 2303 3528 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 17:11:46.42 +45:20:46.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87280_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87280_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 1 2026 11 05.10105 2461349.60105 14.12 17:10:21.92 +49:07:39.1 2592 1250 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.00 17:10:22.11 +49:07:38.6 2586 1247 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87296_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87296_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=3.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=3.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.14 17:09:29.60 +42:36:56.7 2453 5198 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 17:09:29.56 +42:36:57.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87305_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87305_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=1.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.10 17:00:15.08 +48:43:55.8 3584 1533 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 17:00:15.17 +48:43:55.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87366_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87366_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=1.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=1.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.14 16:48:47.71 +47:47:17.5 4732 2115 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 16:48:47.77 +47:47:16.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87430_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87430_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.20 16:56:03.66 +47:23:31.0 3992 2354 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
**** FOUND 16:56:03.71 +47:23:31.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt **** xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 87631_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 87631_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=1.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 1 2026 11 05.10105 2461349.60105 14.77 17:10:06.88 +47:04:41.0 2547 2494 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-25-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0106.fits Discovery image 2 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 14.63 17:10:07.03 +47:04:42.2 2541 2491 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 52059_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 52059_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 3 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 13.39 17:05:44.92 +48:59:52.9 3042 1351 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (36.8") between the two second-epoch detections xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Considering the candidate 75159_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 The candidate 75159_fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107 did not pass the final checks
JD 2461173.84203: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461239.73969: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60105: SE_FLAGS=0.
JD 2461349.60162: SE_FLAGS=0.Discovery image 3 2026 11 05.10162 2461349.60162 11.93 17:28:26.80 +48:06:21.6 0711 1700 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-11-04_CI_Her-01-Q2b1x1_204154_TTUQ2b1x1_1835940_hLDeoRY5/fd_Her-01-Q2b1x1_2026-11-04_20-26-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0107.fits SExtractor measurement flags:
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (34.1") between the two second-epoch detections make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 3s Prepared the HTML report for the field Her-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL *------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------* #### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt #### ########### Completed Her-01-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). ################################################################################### 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)2461349.60104812 -observatory V36 14:34:37.64 -15:21:51.1 Mercury (6.4mag) 13:23:26.44 -12:55:41.3 Venus (-4.4mag) 09:32:57.86 +16:19:20.0 Mars (0.8mag) 09:47:51.71 +14:02:33.1 Jupiter (-2.0mag) 00:36:02.25 +00:58:26.6 Saturn (0.5mag) 04:08:45.47 +20:49:24.9 Uranus (5.6mag) 00:08:12.46 -00:39:03.3 Neptune (7.7mag) 20:24:32.28 -23:41:15.5 Pluto (14.5mag) 11:29:38.96 +00:13:19.4 Moon (-9.3mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 361 Nov 4 20:51 planets.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461349.60104812: 09:47:46.37 +14:03:04.6 Io (6.0mag) 09:47:59.46 +14:01:47.6 Europa (6.1mag) 09:47:41.30 +14:03:34.5 Ganymede (5.5mag) 09:48:20.99 +13:59:47.4 Callisto (6.8mag) 09:49:25.97 +14:10:54.0 Himalia (15.5mag) 09:47:54.00 +14:02:20.4 Thebe (16.3mag) 09:47:43.70 +14:27:38.1 Elara (17.4mag) 09:48:28.74 +13:30:52.6 Pasiphae (17.7mag) 09:44:46.69 +14:34:43.5 Carme (18.7mag) 00:36:14.36 +00:58:09.8 Titan (8.3mag) 00:35:56.24 +00:58:20.6 Rhea (9.6mag) 00:36:35.02 +00:59:25.9 Iapetus (11.0mag) 00:35:57.71 +00:57:56.5 Hyperion (14.2mag) 00:34:15.51 +00:46:21.0 Phoebe (16.4mag) -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Nov 4 20:52 moons.txt ############################################################ Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461349.60104812: 04:41:07.70 +16:51:42.8 JWST 18:40:46.04 +13:28:22.9 Chandra 05:18:03.89 +42:07:40.8 XMM-Newton -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Nov 4 20:51 spacecraft.txt ############################################################ Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461349.60104812 -observatory V36 03:32:23.06 +19:54:18.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 07:47:08.42 +38:30:25.8 17.8mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill) 07:47:13.80 +38:30:13.0 17.8mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) 07:46:32.03 +38:30:33.4 17.8mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) 05:01:26.41 +38:48:39.4 17.7mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) 18:49:59.16 -32:49:31.8 15.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales) 07:45:22.63 -74:00:45.4 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 06:11:01.47 +35:21:16.4 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) 21:43:04.93 +20:30:47.7 17.9mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 07:35:50.25 +25:20:23.1 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 09:08:41.08 +38:46:29.1 16.4mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) 18:38:09.14 +40:51:34.0 17.5mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) 05:42:28.81 -13:31:02.0 16.3mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS) 14:17:07.94 -04:43:05.5 16.3mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS) 20:21:04.33 +51:58:14.4 15.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok) 13:09:10.05 +17:13:31.5 17.7mag A/2026 E1 15:56:26.57 -66:24:55.4 14.7mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard) 19:35:44.14 -05:23:30.0 17.1mag P/2026 T1 (ATLAS) 10:46:41.71 +02:38:18.9 17.5mag P/2026 U1 (Gafton) 23:25:02.49 +13:37:02.8 16.9mag 2P/Encke 23:28:16.21 -25:17:55.5 15.5mag 10P/Tempel 02:42:00.84 +29:39:45.3 16.5mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12:27:12.05 -10:10:18.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 00:10:07.00 -08:59:26.3 15.9mag 65P/Gunn 08:01:27.65 +13:25:08.9 14.0mag 78P/Gehrels 20:56:26.34 -24:20:46.1 16.5mag 84P/Giclas 10:41:37.51 +13:14:05.9 17.6mag 93P/Lovas 09:05:18.57 +46:18:27.6 16.8mag 112P/Urata-Niijima 09:54:16.19 +04:57:09.6 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 12:30:08.01 +07:40:20.5 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley 23:26:15.11 -00:56:55.7 17.4mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma 19:45:13.41 +14:50:42.3 10.2mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS 11:15:37.86 -03:24:09.5 16.3mag 169P/NEAT 09:42:15.63 +23:25:18.0 18.0mag 186P/Garradd 03:09:05.53 +02:04:22.5 15.4mag 220P/McNaught 06:22:41.94 +50:03:08.3 15.9mag 260P/McNaught 07:58:10.52 +25:02:44.9 17.5mag 266P/Christensen -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1.9K Nov 4 20:51 comets.txt ############################################################ List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html : 00:58:35.28 +22:20:06.50 ASASSN-26fs 2026-11-2.4 12.31 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 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 5.7K Nov 4 20:51 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 4 20:51 tocp_transients_list.txt ############################################################ Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ : 17:53:38.059 +65:08:44.42 AT 2026afyi 2026-09-27.00 27.21 17:54:21.568 +65:08:31.22 AT 2026afyh 2026-09-27.00 24.81 17:54:22.489 +65:08:12.98 AT 2026afyg 2026-09-27.00 27.34 17:54:12.363 +65:07:56.68 AT 2026afyf 2026-09-27.00 25.37 17:53:32.198 +65:12:13.26 AT 2026afye 2026-08-07.00 27.52 17:54:17.450 +65:10:55.80 AT 2026afyd 2026-08-07.00 26.19 17:53:34.001 +65:15:33.76 AT 2026afyc 2026-05-27.00 27.28 17:53:39.791 +65:16:43.84 AT 2026afyb 2026-03-28.00 26.7 01:07:23.505 +32:00:53.10 AT 2026afya 2026-10-11.48 20.5 06:56:31.236 +52:33:55.44 AT 2026afxz 2026-10-06.58 20.74 04:59:34.078 -09:52:21.92 AT 2026afxy 2026-10-12.52 19.8 01:14:09.805 -13:39:55.41 AT 2026afxx 2026-10-06.43 19.69 03:41:26.334 -01:30:43.79 AT 2026afxw 2026-10-19.42 20.5509 08:32:00.397 +26:40:21.34 AT 2026afxv 2026-10-16.45 19.9231 10:01:37.234 +18:45:25.97 AT 2026afxu 2026-10-20.53 19.8573 08:45:36.212 +41:19:58.26 AT 2026afxt 2026-10-20.63 19.42 04:00:58.299 -10:16:09.69 AT 2026afxs 2026-10-05.57 20.89 00:26:23.104 -25:15:00.48 AT 2026afxr 2026-10-10.41 20.04 00:41:01.438 -13:28:04.05 AT 2026afxq 2026-10-20.26 20.1648 04:11:43.326 +03:04:54.81 AT 2026afxp 2026-10-18.36 20.3153 -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 89K Nov 4 20:51 tns_transients_list.txt
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