This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP
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 20.1802 2461180.6802 11.59 10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7
225.94359 53.29779 galactic Leo Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 8.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.11 Parthenope -2 1 3 11.8 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits at 10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits at 10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7: 15.88 +/- 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!
TCP 2026 05 20.1802* 10 23 44.68 +14 13 50.7 11.6 U Leo 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461180.6802,11.59,0.05,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 20260520.1802 11.59CV 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 20.1802 2461180.6802 14.73 10:22:00.03 +17:43:01.9
220.26688 54.35225 galactic Leo Second-epoch detections are separated by 4.4" and 7.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.361 Bononia -1 1 2 14.8 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits at 10:22:00.03 +17:43:01.9: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits at 10:22:00.03 +17:43:01.9: 15.97 +/- 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!
TCP 2026 05 20.1802* 10 22 00.03 +17 43 01.9 14.7 U Leo 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461180.6802,14.73,0.05,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 20260520.1802 14.73CV 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: 2461120.72857596 21.03.2026 05:28:58.963 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
First image: 2461120.72857596 21.03.2026 05:28:58.963 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Last image: 2461180.68040578 20.05.2026 04:19:37.059 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59
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: 2 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): 4491
Objects passed selection criteria: 4490
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4478.5
Average stars matched: 4099.5 (91.5373 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 111420 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue May 19 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-63-g0e0f9022
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-05-19)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue May 19 23:35:27 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: 2461120.72857596 21.03.2026 05:28:58.963 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
First image: 2461120.72857596 21.03.2026 05:28:58.963 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Last image: 2461180.68040578 20.05.2026 04:19:37.059 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 15
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.33
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 11 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 24120
Objects passed selection criteria: 24061
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 23703.8
Average stars matched: 21544.2 (90.8896 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 130020 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue May 19 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-63-g0e0f9022
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-05-19)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue May 19 23:36:49 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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.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: 2461180.67992525
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
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits'
wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits'
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits'
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 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: 10:39:50.454 +14:01:49.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Image size: 937.0'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: 10:39:59.668 +13:59:24.54 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 10:39:50.454 +14:01:49.13
Second-epoch image center 10:39:59.668 +13:59:24.54
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0548 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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Image size: 937.0'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: 10:40:01.026 +14:00:09.68 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 10:39:50.454 +14:01:49.13
Second-epoch image center 10:40:01.026 +14:00:09.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0509 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 10:39:59.668 +13:59:24.54
Second-epoch second image center 10:40:01.026 +14:00:09.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01369 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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits &> /tmp/tmp.j0xpitOjoG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lMmb4hTHpE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hIYh2ZQ3oI
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SJfEvVZ3yK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits) and catalog (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 6682 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7675 to 168.2412 deg, Dec +8.6439 to +19.2936 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.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 151.7675 to 168.2412 deg, Dec 8.6439 to 19.2936 deg
Loaded 4244 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): 3452 out of 3573 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3573 out of 6682 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.918700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.918700
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 6682 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7675 to 168.2412 deg, Dec +8.6439 to +19.2936 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.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 151.7675 to 168.2412 deg, Dec 8.6439 to 19.2936 deg
Loaded 4244 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): 3452 out of 3573 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3573 out of 6682 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits (aperture=6.5)
Read 6275 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.6959 to 168.1623 deg, Dec +8.5198 to +19.2643 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
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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 151.6959 to 168.1623 deg, Dec 8.5198 to 19.2643 deg
Loaded 4298 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): 3432 out of 3542 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3542 out of 6275 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits (aperture=6.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.4 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
2.5 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
2.3 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
2.3 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
2.4 pix wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
2.5 pix wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
15.2 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 12.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.j0xpitOjoG (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=396, passed=6682
Got 6682 stars (including 6282 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6682 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 870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6521 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6521 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6521 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 870 stars left (next iteration limit 957)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits N_match=870 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.353 n_q1=207 n_q2=258 n_q3=194 n_q4=211 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.238
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.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.lMmb4hTHpE (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=378, passed=6275
Got 6275 stars (including 5894 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6275 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 850 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6135 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6139 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6139 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Excluding outliers - 864 stars left (next iteration limit 950)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits N_match=864 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.450 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.487 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.492 n_q1=199 n_q2=224 n_q3=235 n_q4=206 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.095
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.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.hIYh2ZQ3oI (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=307, passed=5316
Got 5316 stars (including 5004 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5316 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5204 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5206 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5206 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 868 stars left (next iteration limit 954)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits N_match=868 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.505 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.624 n_q1=209 n_q2=218 n_q3=241 n_q4=200 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.541
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.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.SJfEvVZ3yK (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=319, passed=5265
Got 5265 stars (including 4940 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5265 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 858 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5153 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
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 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5154 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5154 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Excluding outliers - 871 stars left (next iteration limit 958)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits N_match=871 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.544 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.652 n_q1=210 n_q2=220 n_q3=238 n_q4=203 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.429
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits sigma_overall=0.350 worst_q_ratio=1.238
ref2=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits sigma_overall=0.450 worst_q_ratio=1.095
new1=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits sigma_overall=0.405 worst_q_ratio=1.541
new2=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits sigma_overall=0.456 worst_q_ratio=1.429
reference average sigma_overall=0.4 worst_q_ratio=1.1665
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218_astrometric_residuals.png (870 matched stars from wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178_astrometric_residuals.png (864 matched stars from wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120_astrometric_residuals.png (868 matched stars from wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121_astrometric_residuals.png (871 matched stars from wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Leo-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits at 10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits at 10:45:45.31 +14:16:43.2: 12.44 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits at 10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits at 10:45:45.31 +14:16:43.2: 12.47 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 10:45:45.31 +14:16:43.2: ref_mag=12.45 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4069 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out21491.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 21491_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
Preparing report for the candidate 21491_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
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Considering the candidate 21496_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 21496_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 7s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Leo-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 ####
10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7
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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 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: 10:39:50.454 +14:01:49.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Image size: 937.0'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: 10:39:59.668 +13:59:24.54 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 10:39:50.454 +14:01:49.13
Second-epoch image center 10:39:59.668 +13:59:24.54
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0548 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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Image size: 937.0'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: 10:40:01.026 +14:00:09.68 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 10:39:50.454 +14:01:49.13
Second-epoch image center 10:40:01.026 +14:00:09.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0509 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 10:39:59.668 +13:59:24.54
Second-epoch second image center 10:40:01.026 +14:00:09.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01369 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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ligskWaBhD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ji3TQhwsE9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cP5eQi5LCS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7cpKDIjwPX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits) and catalog (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 32385 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7675 to 168.2695 deg, Dec +8.6169 to +19.3027 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 151.7675 to 168.2695 deg, Dec 8.6169 to 19.3027 deg
Loaded 4269 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): 3332 out of 3598 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3598 out of 32385 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.814000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.814000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.33
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.48
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.48
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 32385 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7675 to 168.2695 deg, Dec +8.6169 to +19.3027 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 151.7675 to 168.2695 deg, Dec 8.6169 to 19.3027 deg
Loaded 4269 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): 3332 out of 3598 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3598 out of 32385 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits (aperture=5.2)
Read 31779 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.6728 to 168.1777 deg, Dec +8.5198 to +19.2712 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 151.6728 to 168.1777 deg, Dec 8.5198 to 19.2712 deg
Loaded 4310 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): 3341 out of 3603 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3603 out of 31779 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits (aperture=5.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.3 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
2.2 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
2.3 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
2.2 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
2.3 pix wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
15.4 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
15.1 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
15.2 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.1 (SNR ) 14.6 (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
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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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=17, blended=1352, passed=32368
Got 32368 stars (including 30973 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32368 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 874 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 866 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31786 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 874 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31784 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31784 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 874 stars left (next iteration limit 961)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits N_match=874 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.344 n_q1=204 n_q2=264 n_q3=190 n_q4=216 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.200
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.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.ji3TQhwsE9 (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=1252, passed=31766
Got 31766 stars (including 30476 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31766 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 865 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 855 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31248 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.5 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 865 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31245 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31245 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 865 stars left (next iteration limit 951)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits N_match=865 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.466 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.448 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.465 n_q1=199 n_q2=236 n_q3=222 n_q4=208 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.022
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.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.cP5eQi5LCS (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1338, passed=26326
Got 26326 stars (including 24961 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26326 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 860 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25777 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 875 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25777 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 875 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25777 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 875 stars left (next iteration limit 962)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits N_match=875 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.657 n_q1=219 n_q2=211 n_q3=255 n_q4=190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.634
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.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.7cpKDIjwPX (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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=1519, passed=26702
Got 26702 stars (including 25152 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26702 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 865 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26150 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26150 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 877 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26150 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 877 stars left (next iteration limit 964)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits N_match=877 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.506 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.634 n_q1=225 n_q2=205 n_q3=256 n_q4=191 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.455
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-18-55_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0120.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.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_2026-05-19_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_233313_TTUQ2b1x1_762166_XkuDltqP/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Leo-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits at 10:22:00.03 +17:43:01.9: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-03-21_00-28-58_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0218.fits at 10:56:19.16 +09:50:08.0: 15.18 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits at 10:22:00.03 +17:43:01.9: 15.97 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_00-19-17_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0178.fits at 10:56:19.16 +09:50:08.0: 15.37 +/- 0.23 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.24 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 10:56:19.16 +09:50:08.0: ref_mag=15.24 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.8234 delta=0.42 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out57504.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 57155_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57155_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:23:44.68 +14:13:50.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57160_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57160_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:57:36.28 +15:44:53.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57206_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57206_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:39:56.27 +18:04:40.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57211_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57211_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:34:15.61 +11:20:52.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57216_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57216_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:28:21.57 +15:46:15.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57248_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57248_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:48:08.07 +14:13:05.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57253_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57253_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:43:14.32 +15:04:52.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57292_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57292_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:40:48.03 +17:55:16.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57296_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57296_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 10:36:15.38 +17:02:55.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 57504_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
Preparing report for the candidate 57504_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
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Considering the candidate 57628_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121
The candidate 57628_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-19_23-19-37_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0121 did not pass the final checks