This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW
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 25.1864 2461185.6864 11.72 14:03:37.25 -33:17:58.7
319.85436 27.18903 galactic Cen Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 8.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.174 Phaedra 2 -0 2 12.0 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:03:37.25 -33:17:58.7: 14.49 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:03:37.25 -33:17:58.7: 14.48 +/- 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 Lite
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461185.6864,11.72,0.05,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 20260525.1864 11.72CV 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 25.1864 2461185.6864 12.01 14:58:10.25 -34:44:31.5
330.51805 21.25229 galactic Cen Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 8.7 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" ASAS J145810-3444.5
Type: MISC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.780 V Y 1.430 V 2452328.70000 212.931381000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:58:10.25 -34:44:31.5: 13.05 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:58:10.25 -34:44:31.5: 13.02 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.06
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 Lite
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J145810-3444.5,2461185.6864,12.01,0.05,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
ASAS J145810-3444.5 20260525.1864 12.01CV 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: 2461147.77372218 17.04.2026 06:33:59.596 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
First image: 2461147.77372218 17.04.2026 06:33:59.596 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Last image: 2461185.68666660 25.05.2026 04:28:37.994 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.48
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 3971
Objects passed selection criteria: 3966
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3639.75
Average stars matched: 3551.75 (97.5823 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110524 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sun May 24 19:55:43 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-81-g313b1a97
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-05-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun May 24 23:44:13 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: 2461147.77372218 17.04.2026 06:33:59.596 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
First image: 2461147.77372218 17.04.2026 06:33:59.596 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Last image: 2461185.68666660 25.05.2026 04:28:37.994 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 47
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.06
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: 14 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): 36563
Objects passed selection criteria: 36504
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: 33350.2
Average stars matched: 32039.2 (96.069 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 140716 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sun May 24 19:55:43 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-81-g313b1a97
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-05-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun May 24 23:46:30 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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: 2461185.68610503
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits'
wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits'
wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.5' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:36:40.702 -34:01:52.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:36:32.435 -34:00:20.46 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 14:36:40.702 -34:01:52.01
Second-epoch image center 14:36:32.435 -34:00:20.46
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0382 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_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:36:31.345 -33:59:31.36 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 14:36:40.702 -34:01:52.01
Second-epoch image center 14:36:31.345 -33:59:31.36
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0507 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 14:36:32.435 -34:00:20.46
Second-epoch second image center 14:36:31.345 -33:59:31.36
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01415 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jzlkehwBSy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8uFi0MLHhV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.74dRoG0QZO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ek7HtGAHhK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits and wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits and wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits and wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5203 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 208.7401 to 228.7737 deg, Dec -39.4893 to -28.0862 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 208.7401 to 228.7737 deg, Dec -39.4893 to -28.0862 deg
Loaded 11425 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): 4351 out of 4437 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4437 out of 5203 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.328100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.328100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.48
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.85
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.85
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5203 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 208.7401 to 228.7737 deg, Dec -39.4893 to -28.0862 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
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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 208.7401 to 228.7737 deg, Dec -39.4893 to -28.0862 deg
Loaded 11425 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): 4351 out of 4437 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4437 out of 5203 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 5198 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 208.7401 to 228.7736 deg, Dec -39.4896 to -28.0862 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 208.7401 to 228.7736 deg, Dec -39.4896 to -28.0862 deg
Loaded 11424 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): 4348 out of 4431 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4431 out of 5198 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
2.1 pix Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
2.3 pix fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.4 pix fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
13.9 mag. Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
13.9 mag. Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 10.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=395, passed=5203
Got 5203 stars (including 4802 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5203 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 311 (Dec -39.5 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 939 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5080 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 311 (Dec -39.5 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5079 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5079 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 953 stars left (next iteration limit 1048)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits N_match=953 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.432 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.565 n_q1=260 n_q2=243 n_q3=257 n_q4=193 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.306
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits -region wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=398, passed=5198
Got 5198 stars (including 4793 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5198 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 311 (Dec -39.5 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 942 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5040 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 252 to 311 (Dec -39.5 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5040 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5040 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 954 stars left (next iteration limit 1049)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits N_match=954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.448 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.473 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.414 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.594 n_q1=263 n_q2=242 n_q3=256 n_q4=193 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.325
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits -region wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.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.74dRoG0QZO (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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=323, passed=4234
Got 4234 stars (including 3910 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4234 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 958 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 948 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4159 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 958 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4159 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 955 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4159 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 955 stars left (next iteration limit 1050)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=955 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.557 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.884 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.482 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.731 n_q1=217 n_q2=274 n_q3=233 n_q4=231 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.588
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.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.ek7HtGAHhK (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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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=4301
Got 4301 stars (including 3990 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4301 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.2 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 951 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4228 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.2 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4229 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 957 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4229 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Excluding outliers - 957 stars left (next iteration limit 1052)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits N_match=957 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.560 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.865 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.489 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.746 n_q1=216 n_q2=273 n_q3=239 n_q4=229 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.545
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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=Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits sigma_overall=0.432 worst_q_ratio=1.306
ref2=Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits sigma_overall=0.448 worst_q_ratio=1.325
new1=fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.557 worst_q_ratio=1.588
new2=fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits sigma_overall=0.560 worst_q_ratio=1.545
reference average sigma_overall=0.44 worst_q_ratio=1.3155
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163_astrometric_residuals.png (953 matched stars from wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164_astrometric_residuals.png (954 matched stars from wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (955 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109_astrometric_residuals.png (957 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cen-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:44:50.11 -37:08:54.1: 11.43 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:44:50.11 -37:08:54.1: 11.37 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.40 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:44:50.11 -37:08:54.1: ref_mag=11.40 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=10.9014 delta=0.50 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20302_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 20302_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cen-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.5' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:36:40.702 -34:01:52.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:36:32.435 -34:00:20.46 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 14:36:40.702 -34:01:52.01
Second-epoch image center 14:36:32.435 -34:00:20.46
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0382 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_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:36:31.345 -33:59:31.36 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 14:36:40.702 -34:01:52.01
Second-epoch image center 14:36:31.345 -33:59:31.36
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0507 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 14:36:32.435 -34:00:20.46
Second-epoch second image center 14:36:31.345 -33:59:31.36
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01415 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PZm3s89aCx
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Q0Pdl4OayY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PMjknVgJ9K
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VVTphlhsm7
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits and wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits and wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits and wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 47738 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 208.7401 to 228.8391 deg, Dec -39.5037 to -27.9817 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 208.7401 to 228.8391 deg, Dec -39.5037 to -27.9817 deg
Loaded 11558 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): 8719 out of 9315 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9315 out of 47738 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.080500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.080500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.06
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.02
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.02
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 47738 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 208.7401 to 228.8391 deg, Dec -39.5037 to -27.9817 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 208.7401 to 228.8391 deg, Dec -39.5037 to -27.9817 deg
Loaded 11558 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): 8719 out of 9315 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9315 out of 47738 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits (aperture=4.4)
Read 47617 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 208.7401 to 228.8283 deg, Dec -39.4991 to -27.9616 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 208.7401 to 228.8283 deg, Dec -39.4991 to -27.9616 deg
Loaded 11560 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): 8709 out of 9310 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9310 out of 47617 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 35 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
1.9 pix Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
2.2 pix fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.2 pix fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.0 mag. Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
14.0 mag. Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 13.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.PZm3s89aCx (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=1822, passed=47735
Got 47735 stars (including 45809 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47735 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 934 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46802 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46802 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46801 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 951 stars left (next iteration limit 1046)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits N_match=951 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.432 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.594 n_q1=272 n_q2=261 n_q3=234 n_q4=184 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.375
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits -region wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.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.Q0Pdl4OayY (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits' -> 'wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1896, passed=47609
Got 47609 stars (including 45654 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47609 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 936 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46733 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 252 to 312 (Dec -39.5 to -28.0)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46733 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46734 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 951 stars left (next iteration limit 1046)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits N_match=951 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.583 n_q1=274 n_q2=261 n_q3=232 n_q4=184 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.364
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits -region wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.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.PMjknVgJ9K (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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=1255, passed=35006
Got 35006 stars (including 33720 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35006 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 946 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34451 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 956 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34449 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34449 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 953 stars left (next iteration limit 1048)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=953 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.551 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.808 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.458 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.742 n_q1=229 n_q2=244 n_q3=248 n_q4=232 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.465
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.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.VVTphlhsm7 (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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=1276, passed=35181
Got 35181 stars (including 33882 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35181 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 947 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34666 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 955 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34668 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34669 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 953 stars left (next iteration limit 1048)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits N_match=953 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.573 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.864 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.503 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.784 n_q1=234 n_q2=246 n_q3=245 n_q4=228 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.507
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits -region wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-27-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.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_2026-05-24_CI_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_233604_TTUQ2b1x1_2510543_mKJm7XWW/wcs_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cen-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:51:33.84 -30:53:03.6: 12.35 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:35:52.02 -30:54:18.9: 12.82 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:26:00.49 -33:13:20.1: 12.40 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:20:10.14 -31:32:21.8: 12.53 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:52:44.62 -32:17:16.9: 12.14 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:03:37.25 -33:17:58.7: 14.49 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:11:23.80 -32:03:53.0: 12.63 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:19:42.60 -31:20:36.8: 12.50 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:46:54.82 -33:02:09.4: 12.30 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:20:10.14 -31:32:21.8: 12.40 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:52:44.62 -32:17:16.9: 12.18 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:26:00.49 -33:13:20.1: 12.52 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:51:33.84 -30:53:03.6: 12.39 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:35:52.02 -30:54:18.9: 12.67 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:03:37.25 -33:17:58.7: 14.48 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.16 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.45 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.37 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:20:10.14 -31:32:21.8: ref_mag=12.45 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.5713 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:52:44.62 -32:17:16.9: ref_mag=12.16 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.3350 delta=-0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:51:33.84 -30:53:03.6: ref_mag=12.37 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.4743 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:26:00.49 -33:13:20.1: ref_mag=12.45 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.5706 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.73 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:35:52.02 -30:54:18.9: ref_mag=12.73 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.2482 delta=-0.51 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:46:54.82 -33:02:09.4: 12.38 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.33 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:46:54.82 -33:02:09.4: ref_mag=12.33 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.7195 delta=-0.39 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:11:23.80 -32:03:53.0: 12.65 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:19:42.60 -31:20:36.8: 12.48 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.64 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:11:23.80 -32:03:53.0: ref_mag=12.64 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.7544 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:19:42.60 -31:20:36.8: ref_mag=12.49 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.9220 delta=-0.43 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:22:23.55 -35:38:08.0: 12.85 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:33:04.71 -30:02:57.6: 13.83 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:53:54.52 -33:37:14.9: 12.98 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:48:18.74 -31:13:52.7: 12.96 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:30:09.40 -33:02:17.0: 13.18 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:22:23.55 -35:38:08.0: 12.83 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.84 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:22:23.55 -35:38:08.0: ref_mag=12.84 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=12.7950 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:40:34.17 -30:31:07.8: 13.96 +/- 0.20 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:20:25.90 -29:51:34.7: 14.20 +/- 0.24 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:41:34.00 -31:52:03.5: 13.93 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:53:54.52 -33:37:14.9: 12.81 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.88 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:53:54.52 -33:37:14.9: ref_mag=12.88 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=13.1383 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:33:04.71 -30:02:57.6: 13.85 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.84 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:33:04.71 -30:02:57.6: ref_mag=13.84 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=13.6085 delta=0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:48:18.74 -31:13:52.7: 13.16 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:30:09.40 -33:02:17.0: 13.06 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.04 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:48:18.74 -31:13:52.7: ref_mag=13.04 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=13.2464 delta=-0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.12 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:30:09.40 -33:02:17.0: ref_mag=13.12 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=13.3129 delta=-0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:28:15.84 -30:31:09.8: 13.83 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:40:34.17 -30:31:07.8: 13.83 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.89 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:40:34.17 -30:31:07.8: ref_mag=13.89 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=13.7104 delta=0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:20:25.90 -29:51:34.7: 13.99 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.07 +/- 0.15
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:20:25.90 -29:51:34.7: ref_mag=14.07 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=13.5754 delta=0.50 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:41:34.00 -31:52:03.5: 14.14 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.01 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:41:34.00 -31:52:03.5: ref_mag=14.01 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=13.5985 delta=0.41 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:50:11.21 -33:38:03.0: 14.67 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:28:15.84 -30:31:09.8: 13.74 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.78 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:28:15.84 -30:31:09.8: ref_mag=13.78 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.6427 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:23:28.23 -31:41:01.2: 14.08 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:13:59.38 -30:39:26.8: 13.49 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:10:44.99 -30:10:24.2: 13.87 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:07:39.29 -34:26:34.3: 14.08 +/- 0.24 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:50:11.21 -33:38:03.0: 14.69 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:17:52.78 -34:43:06.2: 13.52 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:23:28.23 -31:41:01.2: 13.82 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.91 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:23:28.23 -31:41:01.2: ref_mag=13.91 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=13.6153 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:13:59.38 -30:39:26.8: 13.73 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.58 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:07:39.29 -34:26:34.3: 14.02 +/- 0.24 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:13:59.38 -30:39:26.8: ref_mag=13.58 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=13.6160 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.05 +/- 0.17
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:07:39.29 -34:26:34.3: ref_mag=14.05 +/- 0.17 new_mean_mag=13.4549 delta=0.59 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:10:44.99 -30:10:24.2: 13.82 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.84 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:10:44.99 -30:10:24.2: ref_mag=13.84 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=13.6808 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:17:52.78 -34:43:06.2: 13.36 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:17:52.78 -34:43:06.2: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=13.4105 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-33-59_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0163.fits at 14:58:10.25 -34:44:31.5: 13.05 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-04-17_01-35-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0164.fits at 14:58:10.25 -34:44:31.5: 13.02 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 14:58:10.25 -34:44:31.5: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=12.0065 delta=1.03 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 53582_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53582_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53587_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53587_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:07:12.48 -30:25:01.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53588_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53588_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53589_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53589_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:50:07.25 -33:03:17.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53745_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
Preparing report for the candidate 53745_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
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Considering the candidate 53829_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53829_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53840_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53840_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53906_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53906_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53917_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53917_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:17:24.05 -37:42:41.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53947_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53947_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:48:18.06 -31:24:47.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53969_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53969_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53995_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 53995_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54001_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54001_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:34:26.83 -30:42:11.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54016_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54016_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54038_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54038_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:37:15.05 -32:32:05.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54041_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54041_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54077_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54077_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54090_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54090_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54101_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54101_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:16:59.60 -31:42:46.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54183_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54183_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54186_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54186_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54191_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54191_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:28:13.48 -30:21:53.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54195_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54195_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54202_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54202_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54204_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54204_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54207_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54207_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54220_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54220_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:50:11.21 -33:38:03.0 in Gaia DR2 single (GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=#vizquery#, MAG_MEAN=13.51, MAG_FAINT_SEARCH_LIMIT=14.49)GAIADR2_OUTPUT=# 1.226 6203609947272742400 222.54692037835 -33.63387530642 12.6919 10.7525 VARIABLE#N_GAIA_STARS_WITIN_BLEND_SEARCH_RADIUS=#1#DISTANCE_ARCSEC=#1.226#MAX_ANGULAR_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_MEASURED_POSITION_AND_CATALOG_MATCH_ARCSEC=#5.9#
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Considering the candidate 54225_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54225_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54229_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54229_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54231_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54231_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54247_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54247_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54284_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 54284_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 13385_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 13385_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:25:52.54 -36:35:25.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 47588_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109
The candidate 47588_fd_Cen-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-24_23-28-37_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0109 did not pass the final checks