This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s
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 06 04.2429 2461195.7429 11.65 13:15:16.85 -16:11:05.4
311.23209 46.30230 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 7.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.93 Minerva 2 -1 2 12.0 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:15:16.85 -16:11:05.4: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:15:16.85 -16:11:05.4: 15.51 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 06 04.2429* 13 15 16.85 -16 11 05.4 11.7 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461195.7429,11.65,0.05,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 20260604.2429 11.65CV 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 06 04.2429 2461195.7429 12.32 13:43:44.96 -14:28:01.3
321.49552 46.51059 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 7.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.154 Bertha 2 -1 2 12.5 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:43:44.96 -14:28:01.3: 15.43 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:43:44.96 -14:28:01.3: 15.35 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 06 04.2429* 13 43 44.96 -14 28 01.3 12.3 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461195.7429,12.32,0.05,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 20260604.2429 12.32CV 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 06 04.2429 2461195.7429 14.09 13:22:22.86 -15:08:22.0
313.92964 47.07048 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 7.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.81 Terpsichore 2 -0 2 14.3 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:22:22.86 -15:08:22.0: 15.70 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:22:22.86 -15:08:22.0: 15.66 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 06 04.2429* 13 22 22.86 -15 08 22.0 14.1 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461195.7429,14.09,0.05,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 20260604.2429 14.09CV 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: 2461172.71702163 12.05.2026 05:12:20.669 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
First image: 2461172.71702163 12.05.2026 05:12:20.669 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Last image: 2461195.74333779 04.06.2026 05:50:14.385 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.84
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): 3952
Objects passed selection criteria: 3947
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: 3763.5
Average stars matched: 3695.75 (98.1998 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110716 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Jun 1 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-85-g6dfb2809
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-06-01)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Jun 4 01:00:41 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: 2461172.71702163 12.05.2026 05:12:20.669 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
First image: 2461172.71702163 12.05.2026 05:12:20.669 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Last image: 2461195.74333779 04.06.2026 05:50:14.385 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 13
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55
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): 27362
Objects passed selection criteria: 27312
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: 25547.8
Average stars matched: 24786.2 (97.0193 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 132960 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Jun 1 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-85-g6dfb2809
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-06-01)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Jun 4 01:03:14 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.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: 2461195.74255032
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:19:57.955 -18:00:48.27 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:19:59.919 -17:59:48.39 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 13:19:57.955 -18:00:48.27
Second-epoch image center 13:19:59.919 -17:59:48.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0184 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_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:19:57.317 -18:00:14.56 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 13:19:57.955 -18:00:48.27
Second-epoch image center 13:19:57.317 -18:00:14.56
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0097 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 13:19:59.919 -17:59:48.39
Second-epoch second image center 13:19:57.317 -18:00:14.56
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01262 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.B9qs8WICM1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits &> /tmp/tmp.D3wv78OJhW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9t0w2XzADJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nipRm4gsXF
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.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_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5920 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 191.5307 to 208.4606 deg, Dec -23.2780 to -12.6703 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 191.5307 to 208.4606 deg, Dec -23.2780 to -12.6703 deg
Loaded 5012 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): 3889 out of 4021 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4021 out of 5920 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.695700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.695700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.84
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.86
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.86
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5920 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 191.5307 to 208.4606 deg, Dec -23.2780 to -12.6703 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 191.5307 to 208.4606 deg, Dec -23.2780 to -12.6703 deg
Loaded 5012 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): 3889 out of 4021 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4021 out of 5920 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 5154 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 191.2064 to 208.3417 deg, Dec -23.5594 to -12.2476 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 191.2064 to 208.3417 deg, Dec -23.5594 to -12.2476 deg
Loaded 5385 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): 3672 out of 3776 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3776 out of 5154 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ 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:
2.2 pix Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
2.1 pix Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
2.4 pix fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.9 mag. Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
14.8 mag. Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.B9qs8WICM1 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=403, passed=5920
Got 5920 stars (including 5507 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5920 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5852 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Excluding outliers - 971 stars left (next iteration limit 1068)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=971 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.523 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.606 n_q1=234 n_q2=245 n_q3=231 n_q4=261 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.384
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.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.D3wv78OJhW (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=363, passed=5154
Got 5154 stars (including 4786 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5154 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 390 (Dec -23.6 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5104 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
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 332 to 390 (Dec -23.6 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5105 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5105 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.327 n_q1=238 n_q2=223 n_q3=254 n_q4=257 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.127
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits -region wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.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.9t0w2XzADJ (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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=263, passed=4171
Got 4171 stars (including 3905 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4171 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 964 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4123 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.2 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4124 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4124 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.507 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.513 n_q1=249 n_q2=236 n_q3=241 n_q4=244 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.291
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.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.nipRm4gsXF (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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=302, passed=4121
Got 4121 stars (including 3818 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4121 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4082 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4080 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4080 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1065)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.564 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.450 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.521 n_q1=248 n_q2=246 n_q3=236 n_q4=239 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.210
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.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=Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits sigma_overall=0.438 worst_q_ratio=1.384
ref2=Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits sigma_overall=0.330 worst_q_ratio=1.127
new1=fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits sigma_overall=0.398 worst_q_ratio=1.291
new2=fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits sigma_overall=0.467 worst_q_ratio=1.210
reference average sigma_overall=0.384 worst_q_ratio=1.2555
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Distribution of catalog-matched stars across the image:
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137_astrometric_residuals.png (971 matched stars from wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135_astrometric_residuals.png (972 matched stars from wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147_astrometric_residuals.png (970 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148_astrometric_residuals.png (969 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-13-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:15:16.85 -16:11:05.4: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:15:16.85 -16:11:05.4: 15.51 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20265.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 10s
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 20265_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
Preparing report for the candidate 20265_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 11s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-13-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 ####
13:15:16.85 -16:11:05.4
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:19:57.955 -18:00:48.27 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:19:59.919 -17:59:48.39 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 13:19:57.955 -18:00:48.27
Second-epoch image center 13:19:59.919 -17:59:48.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0184 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_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:19:57.317 -18:00:14.56 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 13:19:57.955 -18:00:48.27
Second-epoch image center 13:19:57.317 -18:00:14.56
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0097 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 13:19:59.919 -17:59:48.39
Second-epoch second image center 13:19:57.317 -18:00:14.56
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01262 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3fVPlzcPqN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mnvKgOeORZ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GlQI1xghqd
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QrzXV6YgkP
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.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_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits and wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 35763 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 191.5307 to 208.4781 deg, Dec -23.2783 to -12.6535 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 191.5307 to 208.4781 deg, Dec -23.2783 to -12.6535 deg
Loaded 5027 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): 4056 out of 4317 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4317 out of 35763 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.548900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.548900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.00
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.00
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 35763 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 191.5307 to 208.4781 deg, Dec -23.2783 to -12.6535 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 191.5307 to 208.4781 deg, Dec -23.2783 to -12.6535 deg
Loaded 5027 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): 4056 out of 4317 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4317 out of 35763 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 36001 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 191.1882 to 208.3621 deg, Dec -23.5659 to -12.1700 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 191.1882 to 208.3621 deg, Dec -23.5659 to -12.1700 deg
Loaded 5435 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): 4086 out of 4367 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4367 out of 36001 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
1.9 pix Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
2.1 pix fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.0 mag. Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
14.9 mag. Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 13.9 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.3fVPlzcPqN (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1513, passed=35758
Got 35758 stars (including 34190 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35758 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 961 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35354 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35356 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35356 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.523 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.566 n_q1=250 n_q2=237 n_q3=238 n_q4=245 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.300
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.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.mnvKgOeORZ (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1170, passed=35993
Got 35993 stars (including 34754 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35993 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 332 to 391 (Dec -23.6 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35516 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
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 332 to 391 (Dec -23.6 to -12.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35516 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35516 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.315 n_q1=248 n_q2=221 n_q3=254 n_q4=249 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits -region wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.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.GlQI1xghqd (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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=1018, passed=24952
Got 24952 stars (including 23899 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24952 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 961 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24658 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24658 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24658 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1063)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.475 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.501 n_q1=261 n_q2=223 n_q3=252 n_q4=231 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.285
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.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.QrzXV6YgkP (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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=1119, passed=25579
Got 25579 stars (including 24422 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25579 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 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 958 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25236 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 333 to 388 (Dec -23.3 to -12.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25235 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25235 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 966 stars left (next iteration limit 1062)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits N_match=966 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.448 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.530 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.432 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.539 n_q1=265 n_q2=221 n_q3=251 n_q4=229 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.203
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-49-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0147.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_2026-06-04_CI_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_005249_TTUQ2b1x1_434794_DIGr6x0s/wcs_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-13-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:22:22.86 -15:08:22.0: 15.70 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:43:44.96 -14:28:01.3: 15.43 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:26:20.13 -21:31:45.3: 13.49 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:44:25.84 -15:54:54.7: 14.83 +/- 0.20 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_00-12-20_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 13:01:40.96 -16:34:12.3: 13.23 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:22:22.86 -15:08:22.0: 15.66 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:44:25.84 -15:54:54.7: 15.11 +/- 0.27 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:26:20.13 -21:31:45.3: 13.50 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:01:40.96 -16:34:12.3: 13.30 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.92 +/- 0.16
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.50 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 13:44:25.84 -15:54:54.7: ref_mag=14.92 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=13.8370 delta=1.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:26:20.13 -21:31:45.3: ref_mag=13.50 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.5087 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_23-47-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0135.fits at 13:43:44.96 -14:28:01.3: 15.35 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.26 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:01:40.96 -16:34:12.3: ref_mag=13.26 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2374 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt__out52853.dat to exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52792.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52868.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s
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: 2s
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Considering the candidate 52780_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
The candidate 52780_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:15:16.84 -16:11:05.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52789_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
The candidate 52789_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:18:13.99 -18:19:22.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52792_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
Preparing report for the candidate 52792_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
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Considering the candidate 52827_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
The candidate 52827_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52839_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
The candidate 52839_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:12:03.74 -16:10:11.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52848_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
The candidate 52848_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52853_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148
The candidate 52853_fd_Vir-13-Q2b1x1_2026-06-04_00-50-14_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0148 did not pass the final checks