This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J133455-3241.6,2461144.7662,12.13,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 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
ASAS J133455-3241.6 20260414.2662 12.13CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
V1395 Cen,2461144.7662,12.63,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 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
V1395 Cen 20260414.2662 12.63CV 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: 2461119.83630762 20.03.2026 08:04:06.978 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
First image: 2461119.83630762 20.03.2026 08:04:06.978 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Last image: 2461144.76650742 14.04.2026 06:23:36.241 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 4
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.43
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): 7087
Objects passed selection criteria: 7076
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 5965.5
Average stars matched: 5820.5 (97.5694 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 112856 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 Tue Apr 14 01:25:38 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: 2461119.83630762 20.03.2026 08:04:06.978 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
First image: 2461119.83630762 20.03.2026 08:04:06.978 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Last image: 2461144.76650742 14.04.2026 06:23:36.241 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 46
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.16
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: 11 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): 43585
Objects passed selection criteria: 43532
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 37953
Average stars matched: 36657.2 (96.5859 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 145112 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 Tue Apr 14 01:26:23 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/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 3.5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.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/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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: 2461144.76581963
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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits'
wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits'
wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits'
wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits'
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:34:13.056 -34:01:23.05
Second-epoch image center 13:33:49.797 -34:00:00.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0836 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 13:34:13.056 -34:01:23.05
Second-epoch image center 13:33:47.116 -34:00:05.14
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0922 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 13:33:49.797 -34:00:00.35
Second-epoch second image center 13:33:47.116 -34:00:05.14
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00936 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3zA5JkUpm8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5jU7wVse0Q
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bwYZfm2T9H
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits &> /tmp/tmp.yOv509N0bj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits and wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits and wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits and wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7331 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 193.5078 to 213.4379 deg, Dec -39.3035 to -28.3788 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 193.5078 to 213.4379 deg, Dec -39.3035 to -28.3788 deg
Loaded 10133 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): 5972 out of 6079 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6079 out of 7331 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.705714
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.705714
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.43
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.28
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.28
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.6 pix Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
2.5 pix Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
2.9 pix fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
2.9 pix fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.3 mag. Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
14.3 mag. Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 11.0 (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.3zA5JkUpm8 (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/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=420, passed=7331
Got 7331 stars (including 6901 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7331 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 943 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7179 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
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 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7181 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7181 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Excluding outliers - 955 stars left (next iteration limit 1050)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits -region wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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.5jU7wVse0Q (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/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=453, passed=7429
Got 7429 stars (including 6966 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7429 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 957 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 944 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7257 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
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 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 958 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7257 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7257 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Excluding outliers - 957 stars left (next iteration limit 1052)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits -region wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.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.bwYZfm2T9H (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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=249, passed=4623
Got 4623 stars (including 4373 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4623 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 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 252 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 949 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 934 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4524 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
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 252 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 950 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4523 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4526 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 949 stars left (next iteration limit 1042)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.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.yOv509N0bj (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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=244, passed=4622
Got 4622 stars (including 4373 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4622 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 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 252 to 311 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 950 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 934 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4547 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 252 to 311 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 950 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4548 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4548 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 949 stars left (next iteration limit 1043)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cen-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
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 20442_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 20442_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:54:53.41 -36:38:59.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20445_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 20445_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:02:47.28 -28:26:23.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20521_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 20521_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:06:14.32 -35:22:59.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20550_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 20550_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:32:12.77 -33:54:56.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cen-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 3.5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits exists and is non-empty
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:34:13.056 -34:01:23.05
Second-epoch image center 13:33:49.797 -34:00:00.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0836 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 13:34:13.056 -34:01:23.05
Second-epoch image center 13:33:47.116 -34:00:05.14
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0922 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 13:33:49.797 -34:00:00.35
Second-epoch second image center 13:33:47.116 -34:00:05.14
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00936 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/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits &> /tmp/tmp.udabdTge5U
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits &> /tmp/tmp.79PY8tF6AY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jhlTAKtVb8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Ok8gcYTYb5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits and wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits and wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits and wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 46148 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 193.4389 to 213.4850 deg, Dec -39.3085 to -28.3788 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 193.4389 to 213.4850 deg, Dec -39.3085 to -28.3788 deg
Loaded 10201 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): 7810 out of 8395 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 8395 out of 46148 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.526643
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.526643
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.16
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.37
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.37
Magnitude calibration plot:
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 44 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 3000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.5 pix Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
2.4 pix Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
2.6 pix fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
2.6 pix fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.4 mag. Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
14.4 mag. Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.7 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.udabdTge5U (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/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=2193, passed=46141
Got 46141 stars (including 43891 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 46141 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 945 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45337 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
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 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45335 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45335 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Excluding outliers - 956 stars left (next iteration limit 1051)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits -region wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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.79PY8tF6AY (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/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=2233, passed=47105
Got 47105 stars (including 44813 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47105 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 947 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46225 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 310 (Dec -39.3 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 957 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46223 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 956 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46224 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Excluding outliers - 956 stars left (next iteration limit 1051)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits -region wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.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.jhlTAKtVb8 (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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=921, passed=29579
Got 29579 stars (including 28615 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29579 stars from the SExtractor catalog
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh: line 144: echo: write error: Broken pipe
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 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 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 952 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 938 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29173 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
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 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 952 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29174 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29174 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 951 stars left (next iteration limit 1046)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.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.Ok8gcYTYb5 (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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=907, passed=30158
Got 30158 stars (including 29213 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30158 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 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 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 939 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29745 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
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 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29744 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 29744 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 952 stars left (next iteration limit 1047)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-04-06_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0365.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-03-20_03-07-43_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0366.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-22-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0173.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.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_2026-04-14_CI_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_012431_TTUQ1b1x1_7863_nQNYsts5/wcs_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cen-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54244.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54469.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54595.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54705.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54752.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54865.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54928.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out54953.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out14428.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out32202.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 4s
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 54243_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54243_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:21:20.98 -31:36:47.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54244_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54244_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:07:04.37 -29:32:09.6 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.60, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.58)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.981 6173150279725044096 211.76789761768 -29.53596682634 13.5454 13.0118 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.981#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54249_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54249_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:08:10.41 -35:45:37.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54250_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54250_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:55:43.15 -37:26:01.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54252_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54252_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:07:58.54 -37:03:32.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54253_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54253_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:10:09.94 -30:34:08.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54267_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54267_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:54:53.36 -36:38:59.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54269_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54269_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:02:47.28 -28:26:23.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54286_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54286_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:10:29.76 -29:36:16.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54381_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54381_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:32:12.78 -33:54:57.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54391_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54391_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:05:50.20 -34:11:36.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54412_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54412_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:01:03.44 -30:11:01.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54437_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54437_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:02:26.47 -29:14:47.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54469_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54469_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:45:22.82 -35:56:14.0 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=11.61, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=12.59)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 2.351 6164057623506769152 206.34530672020 -35.93784959023 11.2309 9.7203 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#2.351#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54521_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54521_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:05:26.63 -37:39:58.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54543_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54543_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:12:23.12 -30:23:54.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54547_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54547_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:09:15.67 -35:24:06.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54595_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54595_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:04:51.80 -35:29:45.4 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=12.26, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=13.24)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 3.106 6121338366950235264 211.21549193377 -35.49512774222 12.4000 11.8690 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#3.106#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54632_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54632_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:07:48.09 -37:35:20.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54638_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54638_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:00:10.50 -31:17:42.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54645_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54645_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:06:05.36 -31:41:07.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54660_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54660_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:08:31.98 -28:31:50.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54689_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54689_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:38:42.56 -31:22:52.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54693_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54693_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:58:59.99 -30:08:44.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54705_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54705_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:53:38.42 -34:40:22.0 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=12.76, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=13.74)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.800 6170001140984468864 208.40950595712 -34.67293469290 12.9956 12.5124 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.800#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54714_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54714_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:41:11.75 -29:53:56.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54732_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54732_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:07:51.85 -28:31:15.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54741_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54741_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:42:23.59 -33:57:39.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54746_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54746_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:19:11.20 -30:52:51.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54752_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54752_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:47:52.53 -33:24:54.9 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=12.91, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=13.89)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 0.845 6171117488883741952 206.96895938780 -33.41547384439 13.6352 12.9335 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#0.845#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54759_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54759_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:42:14.68 -33:25:48.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54760_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54760_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:52:39.12 -30:29:32.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54812_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54812_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:46:16.30 -31:26:15.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54837_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54837_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:13:23.43 -28:52:50.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54859_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54859_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:28:10.30 -33:42:29.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54865_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54865_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:22:20.90 -33:56:31.5 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.22, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.20)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 4.727 6167372758437902976 200.58583879725 -33.94127208100 13.2458 12.1865 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#4.727#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54928_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54928_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:10:07.53 -31:10:30.7 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.69, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.67)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.167 6172755245813188480 212.53111269610 -31.17496054410 13.6298 13.0236 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.167#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54953_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 54953_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:06:18.77 -30:33:35.5 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.77, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.75)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.949 6173032288383286272 211.57758532022 -30.55993445657 14.0275 13.3933 NOT_AVAILABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.949#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 32202_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
Preparing report for the candidate 32202_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
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Considering the candidate 15674_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 15674_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:06:14.32 -35:22:59.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 14428_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
Preparing report for the candidate 14428_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
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Considering the candidate 43510_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 43510_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:00:31.89 -31:29:35.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 06685_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 06685_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:51:53.47 -37:36:24.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 29978_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174
The candidate 29978_fd_Cen-02-Q1b1x1_2026-04-14_01-23-36_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0174 did not pass the final checks