This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461139.9126,14.78,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260409.4126 14.78CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
PX Boo,2461139.9126,13.27,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
PX Boo 20260409.4126 13.27CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461121.95385653 22.03.2026 10:53:23.204 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
First image: 2461121.95385653 22.03.2026 10:53:23.204 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Last image: 2461139.91384110 09.04.2026 09:55:45.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.40
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 6732
Objects passed selection criteria: 6727
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 6219
Average stars matched: 6059.5 (97.4353 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 112840 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Apr 8 18:56:33 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-5-g00c52b5f
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-08)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Apr 9 04:57:39 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461121.95385653 22.03.2026 10:53:23.204 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
First image: 2461121.95385653 22.03.2026 10:53:23.204 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Last image: 2461139.91384110 09.04.2026 09:55:45.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 12
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.14
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 13 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 37301
Objects passed selection criteria: 37221
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 33564.8
Average stars matched: 32568.8 (97.0326 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 141204 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Apr 8 18:56:33 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-5-g00c52b5f
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-08)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Apr 9 04:58:28 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
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 --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.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/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found 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: 2461139.91142281
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_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits'
wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits'
wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits'
wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits'
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:36:01.910 +45:59:31.44
Second-epoch image center 15:35:41.454 +46:00:55.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0636 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:36:01.910 +45:59:31.44
Second-epoch image center 15:35:42.588 +46:01:40.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0664 deg.
###################################
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# 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 15:35:41.454 +46:00:55.31
Second-epoch second image center 15:35:42.588 +46:01:40.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01294 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9LBPTrYyNJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits &> /tmp/tmp.St82wGfnZP
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits &> /tmp/tmp.BtggiT3wHD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6JiFfoiUfk
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.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_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits and wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
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_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits and wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits and wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits) and catalog (wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8468 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 222.0463 to 246.6904 deg, Dec +39.9538 to +51.3474 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 222.0463 to 246.6904 deg, Dec 39.9538 to 51.3474 deg
Loaded 5643 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): 3999 out of 4196 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4196 out of 8468 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.954301
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.954301
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.40
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.55
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.55
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
2.0 pix Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
2.6 pix fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
3.2 pix fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
15.6 mag. Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 12.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.9LBPTrYyNJ (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=531, passed=8468
Got 8468 stars (including 7920 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8468 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 40.0 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 976 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8331 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 40.0 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8332 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8332 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Excluding outliers - 983 stars left (next iteration limit 1081)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits -region wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.St82wGfnZP (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=548, passed=8538
Got 8538 stars (including 7979 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8538 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 40.0 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 40.0 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.22"
Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits -region wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.BtggiT3wHD (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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=422, passed=6645
Got 6645 stars (including 6217 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6645 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 977 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6591 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6590 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6590 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 983 stars left (next iteration limit 1081)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.6JiFfoiUfk (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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=544, passed=7505
Got 7505 stars (including 6959 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7505 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013011 (46.8 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010409 (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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7390 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7389 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7389 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61"
Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Boo-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out20500.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 20500_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 20500_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:43:16.98 +45:42:59.7 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=12.54, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=13.52)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.130 1397718319603140864 235.82075069868 +45.71654719219 12.3875 11.9567 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.130#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Boo-03-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 --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found 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_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits exists and is non-empty
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:36:01.910 +45:59:31.44
Second-epoch image center 15:35:41.454 +46:00:55.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0636 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:36:01.910 +45:59:31.44
Second-epoch image center 15:35:42.588 +46:01:40.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0664 deg.
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# 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 15:35:41.454 +46:00:55.31
Second-epoch second image center 15:35:42.588 +46:01:40.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01294 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits &> /tmp/tmp.32p69csdVj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Mdh8qwdqM3
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UxMnpkOrh9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6cAcbhMJvC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.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_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits and wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
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_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits and wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits and wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits) and catalog (wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 47129 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 221.9937 to 246.7193 deg, Dec +39.9075 to +51.3493 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 221.9937 to 246.7193 deg, Dec 39.9075 to 51.3493 deg
Loaded 5685 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): 3779 out of 4211 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4211 out of 47129 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.852762
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.852762
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.14
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.71
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.71
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 6 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
1.9 pix Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
2.2 pix fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
3.0 pix fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.7 mag. Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
15.7 mag. Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
15.2 mag. fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
15.2 mag. fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.2 (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 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.32p69csdVj (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=17, blended=2028, passed=47112
Got 47112 stars (including 45008 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47112 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46448 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46447 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46447 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits -region wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.Mdh8qwdqM3 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=2011, passed=46788
Got 46788 stars (including 44711 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 46788 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46256 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46256 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46256 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits -region wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.UxMnpkOrh9 (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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=26, blended=1550, passed=36005
Got 36005 stars (including 34411 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 36005 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.6cAcbhMJvC (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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=2634, passed=32495
Got 32495 stars (including 29829 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32495 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013011 (46.8 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010409 (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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 964 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-53-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0347.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-03-22_05-54-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0348.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-52-16_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_2026-04-09_CI_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_045627_TTUQ2b1x1_2072_yHQPy78Z/wcs_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Boo-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out52733.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out53643.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out06536.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53476.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 14s
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
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Considering the candidate 52729_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 52729_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 16:07:31.91 +44:27:54.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52733_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 52733_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:48:32.61 +48:33:42.2 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.05, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.03)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.442 1401449516608654848 237.13588536714 +48.56159974518 13.9554 13.5257 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.442#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 53386_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 53386_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:30:07.44 +47:11:18.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53476_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
Preparing report for the candidate 53476_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
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Considering the candidate 53643_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 53643_fd_Boo-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-09_04-55-45_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks