This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 06 28.2252 2461219.7252 12.10 12:48:14.95 -04:31:43.2
301.41799 58.33371 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 4.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.26 Proserpina -0 -0 0 12.2 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:48:14.95 -04:31:43.2: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:48:14.95 -04:31:43.2: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 06 28.2252* 12 48 14.95 -04 31 43.2 12.1 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461219.7252,12.10,0.05,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 20260628.2252 12.10CV 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 28.2252 2461219.7252 12.31 13:12:38.59 -02:03:56.6
313.69305 60.36222 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 5.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.69 Hesperia -1 1 2 12.7 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 13:12:38.59 -02:03:56.6: 15.35 +/- 0.24 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 13:12:38.59 -02:03:56.6: 15.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.35 +/- 0.24
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 06 28.2252* 13 12 38.59 -02 03 56.6 12.3 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461219.7252,12.31,0.05,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 20260628.2252 12.31CV 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: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
First image: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Last image: 2461219.72540839 28.06.2026 05:24:25.285 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 3877
Objects passed selection criteria: 3862
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: 2800.5
Average stars matched: 2726.5 (97.3576 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110672 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sat Jun 27 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-110-ga10a059d
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-06-27)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jun 28 01:16:16 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: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
First image: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Last image: 2461219.72540839 28.06.2026 05:24:25.285 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 10
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 11 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 24267
Objects passed selection criteria: 24191
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: 17977.5
Average stars matched: 17296.8 (96.2133 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 130072 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sat Jun 27 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-110-ga10a059d
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-06-27)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jun 28 01:18:13 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.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: 2461219.72496118
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits'
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:25.240 -02:00:21.47 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 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:25.240 -02:00:21.47
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0453 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:27.178 -02:00:18.44 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 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:27.178 -02:00:18.44
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0391 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 12:51:25.240 -02:00:21.47
Second-epoch second image center 12:51:27.178 -02:00:18.44
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00811 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xsv35QkKAn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bT2WI1c4Uu
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0kz5r8Huly
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UcQFFADIVc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.6829 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.6829 deg
Loaded 4271 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): 3153 out of 3261 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5294 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.669100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.669100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.6829 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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.6829 deg
Loaded 4271 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): 3153 out of 3261 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5294 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (aperture=5.8)
Read 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6856 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6261 to +3.6772 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 184.6856 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6261 to 3.6772 deg
Loaded 4268 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): 3130 out of 3249 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3249 out of 5270 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
2.1 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
2.5 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
2.5 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
15.1 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 10.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=342, bad_region=1170, passed=5294
Got 5294 stars (including 3857 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 983 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4185 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4185 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.276 n_q1=298 n_q2=163 n_q3=333 n_q4=190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.285
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=358, bad_region=1172, passed=5270
Got 5270 stars (including 3816 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 983 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4162 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4162 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4162 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 985 stars left (next iteration limit 1083)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits N_match=985 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.366 n_q1=294 n_q2=162 n_q3=334 n_q4=195 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.400
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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.0kz5r8Huly (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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=146, bad_region=353, passed=1907
Got 1907 stars (including 1440 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1907 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 983 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1578 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1578 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1578 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 985 stars left (next iteration limit 1083)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits N_match=985 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.466 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.436 n_q1=305 n_q2=180 n_q3=329 n_q4=171 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.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.UcQFFADIVc (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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=160, bad_region=352, passed=1879
Got 1879 stars (including 1406 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1879 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 984 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1550 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1550 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1550 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 985 stars left (next iteration limit 1083)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits N_match=985 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.408 n_q1=308 n_q2=183 n_q3=327 n_q4=167 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.112
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits sigma_overall=0.297 worst_q_ratio=1.285
ref2=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits sigma_overall=0.353 worst_q_ratio=1.400
new1=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits sigma_overall=0.416 worst_q_ratio=1.119
new2=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits sigma_overall=0.394 worst_q_ratio=1.112
reference average sigma_overall=0.325 worst_q_ratio=1.3425
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659_astrometric_residuals.png (984 matched stars from wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660_astrometric_residuals.png (985 matched stars from wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162_astrometric_residuals.png (985 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163_astrometric_residuals.png (985 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20285_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 20285_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:33:53.11 -04:25:17.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:25.240 -02:00:21.47 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 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:25.240 -02:00:21.47
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0453 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:27.178 -02:00:18.44 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 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:27.178 -02:00:18.44
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0391 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 12:51:25.240 -02:00:21.47
Second-epoch second image center 12:51:27.178 -02:00:18.44
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00811 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7UTqeY4kUV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IPPy3X5hsW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VYR0edbWb4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SUW7aIyCqZ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 32002 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.7176 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.7176 deg
Loaded 4289 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): 3183 out of 3391 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32002 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.564200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.564200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 32002 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.7176 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.7176 deg
Loaded 4289 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): 3183 out of 3391 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32002 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 32476 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6807 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6543 to +3.7176 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.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 184.6807 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6543 to 3.7176 deg
Loaded 4305 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): 3171 out of 3391 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32476 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (aperture=4.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 6 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
1.9 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
15.3 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.7 (SNR ) 13.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.7UTqeY4kUV (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=1076, bad_region=6028, passed=31992
Got 31992 stars (including 25059 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31992 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 981 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26370 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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26370 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26370 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 983 stars left (next iteration limit 1081)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=983 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.242 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.285 n_q1=301 n_q2=166 n_q3=326 n_q4=190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.267
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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.IPPy3X5hsW (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=1138, bad_region=6114, passed=32460
Got 32460 stars (including 25396 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32460 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 982 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26763 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26763 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26762 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=300 n_q2=161 n_q3=331 n_q4=192 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.429
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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.VYR0edbWb4 (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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=445, bad_region=1363, passed=11352
Got 11352 stars (including 9749 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11352 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 977 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10063 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10065 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10065 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits N_match=982 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.498 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.472 n_q1=313 n_q2=165 n_q3=342 n_q4=162 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.195
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.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.SUW7aIyCqZ (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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=495, bad_region=1362, passed=11403
Got 11403 stars (including 9784 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11403 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 977 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10143 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10143 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10143 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits N_match=982 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.405 n_q1=314 n_q2=172 n_q3=338 n_q4=158 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.137
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-23-46_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.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_2026-06-28_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_002911_TTUQ2b1x1_2168504_ohxCAQaf/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:45:36.26 -04:48:58.6: 12.66 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 13:04:48.74 +00:17:11.8: 13.00 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:48:14.95 -04:31:43.2: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 13:12:38.59 -02:03:56.6: 15.35 +/- 0.24 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:45:36.26 -04:48:58.6: 12.63 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 13:04:48.74 +00:17:11.8: 13.05 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.64 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:45:36.26 -04:48:58.6: ref_mag=12.64 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6965 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:48:14.95 -04:31:43.2: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:04:48.74 +00:17:11.8: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9918 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 13:12:38.59 -02:03:56.6: 15.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.35 +/- 0.24
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 13:12:38.59 -02:03:56.6: ref_mag=15.35 +/- 0.24 new_mean_mag=12.3142 delta=3.03 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out15426.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52312.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: 2s
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Considering the candidate 52312_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
Preparing report for the candidate 52312_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
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Considering the candidate 52393_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 52393_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52420_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 52420_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 15426_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
Preparing report for the candidate 15426_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
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Considering the candidate 27813_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 27813_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:33:53.11 -04:25:17.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 29585_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 29585_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_00-24-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks