This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,7.04,0.05,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 20260618.3866 7.04CV 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 18.3866 2461209.8866 10.18 00:56:56.54 +03:48:29.8
125.60128 -59.03494 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 7.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.2 Pallas 0 -0 0 10.0 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:56:56.54 +03:48:29.8: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:56:56.54 +03:48:29.8: 15.89 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,10.18,0.05,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 20260618.3866 10.18CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,11.88,0.05,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 20260618.3866 11.88CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,7.28,0.05,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 20260618.3866 7.28CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,11.91,0.05,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 20260618.3866 11.91CV 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 18.3866 2461209.8866 12.89 00:47:20.29 +05:45:04.3
121.05395 -57.10560 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 7.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.46 Hestia -0 0 0 13.0 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:47:20.29 +05:45:04.3: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:47:20.29 +05:45:04.3: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,12.89,0.05,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 20260618.3866 12.89CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,13.19,0.05,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 20260618.3866 13.19CV 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 18.3866 2461209.8866 13.25 01:00:55.17 +07:07:35.9
127.10490 -55.66827 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 7.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.124 Alkeste 0 0 0 13.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 01:00:55.17 +07:07:35.9: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 01:00:55.17 +07:07:35.9: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,13.25,0.05,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 20260618.3866 13.25CV 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 18.3866 2461209.8866 13.48 00:51:00.93 +08:36:08.6
122.75311 -54.26921 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.5" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.385 Ilmatar -0 0 0 13.9 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:51:00.93 +08:36:08.6: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:51:00.93 +08:36:08.6: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,13.48,0.05,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 20260618.3866 13.48CV 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 18.3866 2461209.8866 13.70 00:59:31.39 +09:27:06.1
126.27473 -53.36757 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 7.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.212 Medea -1 -1 1 14.3 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:59:31.39 +09:27:06.1: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:59:31.39 +09:27:06.1: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461209.8866,13.70,0.05,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 20260618.3866 13.70CV 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: 2461049.62262976 09.01.2026 02:56:25.211 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
First image: 2461049.62262976 09.01.2026 02:56:25.211 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Last image: 2461209.88690166 18.06.2026 09:16:58.303 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 3
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.63
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: 5 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): 5337
Objects passed selection criteria: 5313
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3958.5
Average stars matched: 3664.75 (92.5793 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 111184 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jun 16 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-100-g8a7e82c2
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-06-16)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Jun 18 07:23:41 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: 2461049.62262976 09.01.2026 02:56:25.211 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
First image: 2461049.62262976 09.01.2026 02:56:25.211 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Last image: 2461209.88690166 18.06.2026 09:16:58.303 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 12
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.34
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: 16 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): 29999
Objects passed selection criteria: 29925
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 22102.8
Average stars matched: 20343.8 (92.0417 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 131340 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jun 16 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-100-g8a7e82c2
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-06-16)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Jun 18 07:26:06 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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.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: 2461209.88638367
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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits'
wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits'
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:32.310 +05:59:46.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Image size: 938.7'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:07.945 +05:59:35.59 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 00:51:32.310 +05:59:46.72
Second-epoch image center 00:51:07.945 +05:59:35.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1010 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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Image size: 938.7'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:10.774 +05:59:23.30 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 00:51:32.310 +05:59:46.72
Second-epoch image center 00:51:10.774 +05:59:23.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0895 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 00:51:07.945 +05:59:35.59
Second-epoch second image center 00:51:10.774 +05:59:23.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01221 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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5RHBgV7kib
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JZo6d569NY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits &> /tmp/tmp.V3s6sBTWCG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4XdTI01daN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 6274 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9081 to 20.8681 deg, Dec +0.7095 to +11.2754 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 4.9081 to 20.8681 deg, Dec 0.7095 to 11.2754 deg
Loaded 4466 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): 3642 out of 3799 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3799 out of 6274 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.870250
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.870250
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.63
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 6274 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.9081 to 20.8681 deg, Dec +0.7095 to +11.2754 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 4.9081 to 20.8681 deg, Dec 0.7095 to 11.2754 deg
Loaded 4466 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): 3642 out of 3799 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3799 out of 6274 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (aperture=5.8)
Read 6217 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8906 to 20.8646 deg, Dec +0.7094 to +11.2737 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 4.8906 to 20.8646 deg, Dec 0.7094 to 11.2737 deg
Loaded 4467 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): 3635 out of 3795 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3795 out of 6217 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 3 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
2.0 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
2.4 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
2.4 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
15.2 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.5RHBgV7kib (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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=428, passed=6274
Got 6274 stars (including 5838 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6274 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6184 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.279 n_q1=207 n_q2=264 n_q3=259 n_q4=249 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.241
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.JZo6d569NY (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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=435, passed=6217
Got 6217 stars (including 5773 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6217 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6112 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6112 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6112 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.251 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.238 n_q1=208 n_q2=264 n_q3=254 n_q4=254 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.419
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.V3s6sBTWCG (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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=203, passed=3946
Got 3946 stars (including 3740 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3946 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013038 (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 0.010430 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3890 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3890 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3890 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.476 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.466 n_q1=259 n_q2=227 n_q3=261 n_q4=229 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.235
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.4XdTI01daN (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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=187, passed=3949
Got 3949 stars (including 3757 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3949 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013038 (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 0.010430 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3907 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3907 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3907 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.490 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.523 n_q1=254 n_q2=225 n_q3=263 n_q4=234 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.308
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.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=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits sigma_overall=0.294 worst_q_ratio=1.241
ref2=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits sigma_overall=0.285 worst_q_ratio=1.419
new1=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits sigma_overall=0.385 worst_q_ratio=1.235
new2=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits sigma_overall=0.400 worst_q_ratio=1.308
reference average sigma_overall=0.2895 worst_q_ratio=1.33
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069_astrometric_residuals.png (979 matched stars from wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070_astrometric_residuals.png (980 matched stars from wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:56:56.54 +03:48:29.8: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:56:56.54 +03:48:29.8: 15.89 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20432.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s
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: 3s
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Considering the candidate 20248_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 20248_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 20432_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 20432_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 21074_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 21074_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 12s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
00:56:56.54 +03:48:29.8
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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:32.310 +05:59:46.72 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Image size: 938.7'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:07.945 +05:59:35.59 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 00:51:32.310 +05:59:46.72
Second-epoch image center 00:51:07.945 +05:59:35.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1010 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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Image size: 938.7'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:10.774 +05:59:23.30 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 00:51:32.310 +05:59:46.72
Second-epoch image center 00:51:10.774 +05:59:23.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0895 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 00:51:07.945 +05:59:35.59
Second-epoch second image center 00:51:10.774 +05:59:23.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01221 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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uhbMiuB73o
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gldew8TPqs
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4we1ducFgl
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8bhzf83WoA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 34129 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8906 to 20.8698 deg, Dec +0.7073 to +11.2841 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8906 to 20.8698 deg, Dec 0.7073 to 11.2841 deg
Loaded 4478 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): 3588 out of 3910 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3910 out of 34129 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.759600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.759600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.34
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.42
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.42
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 34129 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8906 to 20.8698 deg, Dec +0.7073 to +11.2841 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 4.8906 to 20.8698 deg, Dec 0.7073 to 11.2841 deg
Loaded 4478 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): 3588 out of 3910 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3910 out of 34129 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 34111 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8822 to 20.8645 deg, Dec +0.7037 to +11.2806 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8822 to 20.8645 deg, Dec 0.7037 to 11.2806 deg
Loaded 4474 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): 3580 out of 3908 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3908 out of 34111 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 11 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
1.9 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
2.4 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
2.4 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
15.4 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (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.uhbMiuB73o (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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=9, blended=1306, passed=34120
Got 34120 stars (including 32766 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34120 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33594 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33594 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33594 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.248 n_q1=212 n_q2=257 n_q3=257 n_q4=253 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.316
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.gldew8TPqs (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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=18, blended=1297, passed=34093
Got 34093 stars (including 32729 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34093 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (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 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33460 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33460 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33460 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.250 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.252 n_q1=211 n_q2=256 n_q3=255 n_q4=258 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.356
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.4we1ducFgl (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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=642, passed=19553
Got 19553 stars (including 18890 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19553 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013038 (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 0.010430 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19330 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19333 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19333 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.473 n_q1=264 n_q2=221 n_q3=267 n_q4=224 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.176
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.8bhzf83WoA (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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=634, passed=19902
Got 19902 stars (including 19241 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19902 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013038 (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 0.010430 (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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19651 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19650 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19650 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.486 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.513 n_q1=261 n_q2=220 n_q3=266 n_q4=230 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.256
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits.wcscat.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-13_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0382.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.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_2026-06-18_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_042413_TTUQ2b1x1_1476832_acICvt9I/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:47:20.29 +05:45:04.3: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:59:31.39 +09:27:06.1: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:50:58.38 +09:13:17.2: 13.65 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:51:00.93 +08:36:08.6: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:51:58.96 +06:35:34.3: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 01:00:55.17 +07:07:35.9: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-56-25_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0069.fits at 00:38:34.55 +06:00:21.3: 14.11 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:51:58.96 +06:35:34.3: 13.09 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:59:31.39 +09:27:06.1: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 01:00:55.17 +07:07:35.9: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.09 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:50:58.38 +09:13:17.2: 13.79 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:51:58.96 +06:35:34.3: ref_mag=13.09 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.6529 delta=0.43 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.71 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:51:00.93 +08:36:08.6: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:50:58.38 +09:13:17.2: ref_mag=13.71 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.5067 delta=0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:47:20.29 +05:45:04.3: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_20-57-32_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0070.fits at 00:38:34.55 +06:00:21.3: 14.09 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.10 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:38:34.55 +06:00:21.3: ref_mag=14.10 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.8158 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53801.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out54428.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out54860.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out55142.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: 6s
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Considering the candidate 51843_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 51843_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 52027_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
The candidate 52027_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52766_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 52766_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 53444_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
The candidate 53444_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53801_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 53801_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 54162_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 54162_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 54428_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 54428_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 54815_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
The candidate 54815_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54860_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 54860_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 55142_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
Preparing report for the candidate 55142_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
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Considering the candidate 55846_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383
The candidate 55846_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-18_04-16-58_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0383 did not pass the final checks
