This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k
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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 11 43 34.34 +01 21 28.0 9.6 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,9.61,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 9.61CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 12 16 51.11 -04 59 30.4 12.2 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,12.19,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 12.19CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 12 03 30.95 +00 02 52.6 12.4 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,12.45,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 12.45CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 12 09 33.79 -02 33 40.2 13.4 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,13.38,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 13.38CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 11 51 10.66 -05 38 18.8 13.8 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,13.75,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 13.75CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 12 23 53.53 +01 57 16.9 14.1 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,14.05,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 14.05CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 12 13 57.45 -02 10 58.3 14.1 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,14.12,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 14.12CV 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!
TCP 2026 04 13.2897* 12 15 13.96 -02 33 29.6 14.9 U Vir 9 0
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461143.7897,14.94,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260413.2897 14.94CV 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: 2461093.86218641 22.02.2026 08:41:22.906 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
First image: 2461093.86218641 22.02.2026 08:41:22.906 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Last image: 2461143.79000922 13.04.2026 06:57:26.797 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.74
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): 4268
Objects passed selection criteria: 4266
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4129
Average stars matched: 4058.75 (98.2986 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110804 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sun Apr 12 15:05:06 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-12-g393f88de
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-12)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Mon Apr 13 02:01:02 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: 2461093.86218641 22.02.2026 08:41:22.906 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
First image: 2461093.86218641 22.02.2026 08:41:22.906 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Last image: 2461143.79000922 13.04.2026 06:57:26.797 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 54
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: 8 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): 24928
Objects passed selection criteria: 24863
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 23849.5
Average stars matched: 23169 (97.1467 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 129900 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sun Apr 12 15:05:06 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-12-g393f88de
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-12)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Mon Apr 13 02:01:45 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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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: 2461143.78941039
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits'
wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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 11:59:59.773 -02:00:02.82
Second-epoch image center 12:00:09.296 -02:02:13.81
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0538 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 11:59:59.773 -02:00:02.82
Second-epoch image center 12:00:08.362 -02:02:26.89
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0537 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 12:00:09.296 -02:02:13.81
Second-epoch second image center 12:00:08.362 -02:02:26.89
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00532 deg.
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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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits &> /tmp/tmp.umwlpPsrNI
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RBnv7aTDcl
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6GDK44ZrHt
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits &> /tmp/tmp.B9rij84ly5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits and wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits and wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits and wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5852 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 172.0998 to 187.9210 deg, Dec -7.2990 to +3.3108 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 172.0998 to 187.9210 deg, Dec -7.2990 to 3.3108 deg
Loaded 3755 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): 3122 out of 3271 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3271 out of 5852 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.884713
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.884713
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.74
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.14
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.14
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.3 pix Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
2.3 pix Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
2.6 pix fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
2.5 pix fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
15.1 mag. Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (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 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.umwlpPsrNI (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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=443, passed=5852
Got 5852 stars (including 5404 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5852 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
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(), 973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5821 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
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(), 5820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits -region wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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.RBnv7aTDcl (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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=442, passed=5811
Got 5811 stars (including 5362 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5811 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5748 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5749 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5749 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits -region wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.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.6GDK44ZrHt (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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=274, passed=5259
Got 5259 stars (including 4984 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5259 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5241 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5241 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5241 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.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.B9rij84ly5 (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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=302, passed=5266
Got 5266 stars (including 4960 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5266 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5244 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5245 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5245 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20209.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20216.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s
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 20209_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 20209_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 20216_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 20216_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
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Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-06-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 ####
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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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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 11:59:59.773 -02:00:02.82
Second-epoch image center 12:00:09.296 -02:02:13.81
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0538 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 11:59:59.773 -02:00:02.82
Second-epoch image center 12:00:08.362 -02:02:26.89
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0537 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 12:00:09.296 -02:02:13.81
Second-epoch second image center 12:00:08.362 -02:02:26.89
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00532 deg.
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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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits &> /tmp/tmp.y1UFpy3vCG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5aVT5N7IJt
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits &> /tmp/tmp.j54MUpjRKH
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oWm5vvyFHR
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits and wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits and wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits and wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 32492 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 172.0947 to 187.9493 deg, Dec -7.3038 to +3.3170 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 172.0947 to 187.9493 deg, Dec -7.3038 to 3.3170 deg
Loaded 3770 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): 3039 out of 3314 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3314 out of 32492 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.740798
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.740798
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.40
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 32 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
2.1 pix Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
2.4 pix fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
2.4 pix fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
15.3 mag. Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
15.1 mag. fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
15.1 mag. fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.1 (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.y1UFpy3vCG (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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=1375, passed=32479
Got 32479 stars (including 31051 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32479 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
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(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32410 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
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(), 32410 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32410 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits -region wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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.5aVT5N7IJt (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/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=1376, passed=32478
Got 32478 stars (including 31045 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32478 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
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: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32312 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
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(), 32312 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32312 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits -region wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.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.j54MUpjRKH (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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=1054, passed=26959
Got 26959 stars (including 25877 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26959 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26909 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.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.oWm5vvyFHR (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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=1093, passed=26816
Got 26816 stars (including 25692 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26816 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
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
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(), 973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26773 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.4 to 3.3)
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(), 26771 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26771 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-41-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0411.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-22_02-42-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0412.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-56-35_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0449.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.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_2026-04-13_CI_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_015850_TTUQ2b1x1_31747_dvqfWC2k/wcs_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out52188.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out52191.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out52197.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out52223.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52081.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52116.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52133.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52157.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52168.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52218.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
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: 3s
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Considering the candidate 52057_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52057_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:12:47.59 -01:20:06.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52063_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52063_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:52:40.00 -02:43:05.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52064_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52064_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:43:34.34 +01:21:28.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52066_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52066_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52074_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52074_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:03:31.88 -02:25:59.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52076_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52076_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:16:51.11 -04:59:30.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52077_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52077_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52081_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 52081_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 52086_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52086_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52108_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52108_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:42:30.06 -04:40:01.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52116_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 52116_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 52118_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52118_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:26:14.23 +00:32:04.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52133_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 52133_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 52135_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52135_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:49:47.26 -04:51:32.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52136_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52136_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52138_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52138_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:59:07.29 -04:46:27.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52148_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52148_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52149_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52149_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:13:41.03 +01:52:52.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52157_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 52157_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 52168_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 52168_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 52178_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52178_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:59:52.73 -02:26:38.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52184_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52184_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:58:06.97 +00:52:42.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52188_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52188_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:59:41.06 -03:46:41.7 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.62, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.60)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.417 3600764348900695808 179.92103891458 -03.77835692403 14.8193 14.3016 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.417#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 52191_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52191_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:00:07.93 +02:08:37.6 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.68, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.66)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.102 3891664854680100864 180.03295548669 +02.14407146104 14.7431 14.1817 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.102#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 52192_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52192_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.3") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52197_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52197_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:55:21.52 +01:20:42.5 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.92, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.90)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.354 3891493983701286528 178.83968114891 +01.34476315497 14.9765 14.4539 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.354#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 52200_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52200_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52206_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52206_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:51:25.28 -05:40:04.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52207_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52207_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52218_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
Preparing report for the candidate 52218_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
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Considering the candidate 52223_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 52223_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:55:36.20 -02:54:07.9 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=14.96, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=15.94)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.351 3601816890765463808 178.90074683589 -02.90223968949 15.4477 15.0627 VARIABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.351#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 04547_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450
The candidate 04547_fd_Vir-06-Q2b1x1_2026-04-13_01-57-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0450 did not pass the final checks
