This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 05 03.1769 2461163.6769 13.40 08:46:12.49 +14:27:53.1
212.23566 31.84647 galactic Cnc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 7.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.54 Alexandra -3 1 3 13.8 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 08:46:12.49 +14:27:53.1: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 08:46:12.49 +14:27:53.1: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461163.6769,13.40,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260503.1769 13.40CV 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
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 05 03.1769 2461163.6769 13.87 09:04:06.24 +17:33:20.2
210.73549 36.99544 galactic Cnc Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.0" and 7.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.203 Pompeja -4 0 4 14.2 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 09:04:06.24 +17:33:20.2: 16.14 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 09:04:06.24 +17:33:20.2: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461163.6769,13.87,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260503.1769 13.87CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461093.70881877 22.02.2026 05:00:31.942 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
First image: 2461093.70881877 22.02.2026 05:00:31.942 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Last image: 2461163.67724545 03.05.2026 04:15:04.007 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59
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: 4 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): 6929
Objects passed selection criteria: 6924
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 6618.25
Average stars matched: 5961.5 (90.0767 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 114536 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Apr 29 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-35-gf9552f12
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-29)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat May 2 23:17:14 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461093.70881877 22.02.2026 05:00:31.942 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
First image: 2461093.70881877 22.02.2026 05:00:31.942 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Last image: 2461163.67724545 03.05.2026 04:15:04.007 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 27
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.26
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: 15 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): 41065
Objects passed selection criteria: 40974
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 38271.8
Average stars matched: 35320.5 (92.2887 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 152192 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Apr 29 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-35-gf9552f12
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-29)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat May 2 23:18:43 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.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/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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: 2461163.67660730
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_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits'
wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits'
wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits'
wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 08:53:29.662 +13:58:57.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81
Second-epoch image center 08:53:29.662 +13:58:57.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0538 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 08:53:26.732 +13:58:52.43 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81
Second-epoch image center 08:53:26.732 +13:58:52.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0438 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 08:53:29.662 +13:58:57.35
Second-epoch second image center 08:53:26.732 +13:58:52.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01192 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/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Z0PFKpN7Nt
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QA8r2sZUiq
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aB4PSCGId1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6c3cRWvaFI
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 10946 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec +8.4743 to +19.3358 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
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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
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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 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec 8.4743 to 19.3358 deg
Loaded 7059 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): 5566 out of 5975 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5975 out of 10946 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.918000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.918000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.33
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.33
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 10946 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec +8.4743 to +19.3358 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
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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
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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 124.9314 to 141.4767 deg, Dec 8.4743 to 19.3358 deg
Loaded 7059 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): 5566 out of 5975 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5975 out of 10946 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 11451 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.1823 to 141.6676 deg, Dec +8.6254 to +19.2763 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
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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
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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 125.1823 to 141.6676 deg, Dec 8.6254 to 19.2763 deg
Loaded 6846 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): 5627 out of 5925 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5925 out of 11451 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (aperture=6.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
2.3 pix Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
2.6 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
2.6 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
2.3 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
15.3 mag. Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.6 (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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=900, passed=10946
Got 10946 stars (including 10032 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 10946 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 951 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10721 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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=785, passed=11451
Got 11451 stars (including 10654 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11451 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 938 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11137 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11138 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11138 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 962 stars left (next iteration limit 1058)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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.aB4PSCGId1 (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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=578, passed=6206
Got 6206 stars (including 5627 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6206 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6038 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6039 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6039 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Excluding outliers - 960 stars left (next iteration limit 1056)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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.6c3cRWvaFI (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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=577, passed=6198
Got 6198 stars (including 5619 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6198 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 943 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6010 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6007 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6007 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Excluding outliers - 962 stars left (next iteration limit 1058)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 08:53:29.662 +13:58:57.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81
Second-epoch image center 08:53:29.662 +13:58:57.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0538 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 08:53:26.732 +13:58:52.43 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 08:53:17.381 +14:00:11.81
Second-epoch image center 08:53:26.732 +13:58:52.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0438 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 08:53:29.662 +13:58:57.35
Second-epoch second image center 08:53:26.732 +13:58:52.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01192 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/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.m4j2ChR7EI
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iVpjdzgdma
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Spr18kKwzr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZTrtJ1Hkn8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits and wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 65663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec +8.4585 to +19.3406 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
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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 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec 8.4585 to 19.3406 deg
Loaded 7095 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): 5107 out of 6037 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6037 out of 65663 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.790500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.790500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.26
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.53
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.53
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 65663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec +8.4585 to +19.3406 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
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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 124.8891 to 141.4816 deg, Dec 8.4585 to 19.3406 deg
Loaded 7095 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): 5107 out of 6037 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6037 out of 65663 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 60940 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.1657 to 141.6817 deg, Dec +8.6107 to +19.2787 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
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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
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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 125.1657 to 141.6817 deg, Dec 8.6107 to 19.2787 deg
Loaded 6873 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): 5184 out of 5969 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5969 out of 60940 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits (aperture=5.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 20 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
2.2 pix Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
2.4 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
2.4 pix fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
15.5 mag. Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 13.9 (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.m4j2ChR7EI (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/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=23, blended=4187, passed=65640
Got 65640 stars (including 61327 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 65640 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 945 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64672 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64673 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64673 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.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.iVpjdzgdma (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=18, blended=3758, passed=60922
Got 60922 stars (including 57070 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 60922 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 936 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 59484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 59485 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 59482 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 959 stars left (next iteration limit 1056)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits -region wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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.Spr18kKwzr (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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=2562, passed=31684
Got 31684 stars (including 29092 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31684 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
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(), 934 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30702 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
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: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30703 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30704 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
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_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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.ZTrtJ1Hkn8 (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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=2608, passed=31612
Got 31612 stars (including 28974 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31612 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 936 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30822 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30824 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 30824 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Excluding outliers - 959 stars left (next iteration limit 1054)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-14-08_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
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Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.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_2026-05-02_CI_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_231550_TTUQ2b1x1_3459783_ch4h5wtx/wcs_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cnc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 08:46:12.49 +14:27:53.1: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 09:04:06.24 +17:33:20.2: 16.14 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 09:09:51.92 +11:07:57.5: 14.14 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-00-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits at 09:09:09.16 +15:14:20.7: 14.16 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 08:46:12.49 +14:27:53.1: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 09:04:06.24 +17:33:20.2: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 09:09:09.16 +15:14:20.7: 13.89 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-20_23-39-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0173.fits at 09:09:51.92 +11:07:57.5: 14.30 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.99 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.20 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 09:09:09.16 +15:14:20.7: ref_mag=13.99 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.0850 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 09:09:51.92 +11:07:57.5: ref_mag=14.20 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1984 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out87195.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out87235.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
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Considering the candidate 87086_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87086_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 09:09:41.64 +11:33:33.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87121_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87121_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:57:14.46 +17:08:06.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87130_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87130_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 09:01:46.00 +17:06:04.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87131_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87131_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:44:40.00 +10:06:14.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87133_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87133_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 09:10:21.00 +13:22:51.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87154_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87154_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:51:20.67 +11:45:01.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87155_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87155_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 09:11:17.03 +15:03:27.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87166_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87166_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:51:16.24 +11:44:33.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87172_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87172_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:49:32.70 +12:08:57.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87195_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
Preparing report for the candidate 87195_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
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Considering the candidate 87199_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87199_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 09:05:14.13 +14:15:43.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87205_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87205_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:50:14.85 +11:24:54.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87229_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87229_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:43:08.92 +14:05:37.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87232_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87232_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:49:56.27 +14:48:30.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87235_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
Preparing report for the candidate 87235_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
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Considering the candidate 87238_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87238_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 09:01:31.14 +15:10:28.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87252_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87252_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 87262_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87262_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 08:50:06.03 +17:51:23.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 87291_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 87291_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 59281_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096
The candidate 59281_fd_Cnc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-02_23-15-04_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0096 did not pass the final checks