This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24
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 28.3006 2461219.8006 12.85 01:22:09.26 +47:14:28.9
128.32894 -15.30825 galactic And Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 5.7 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" T-And0-09528
Type: EC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
13.100 R Y 0.478 R 2452907.06700 0.918307000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:22:09.26 +47:14:28.9: 13.82 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:22:09.26 +47:14:28.9: 13.71 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.76 +/- 0.03
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 28.3006* 01 22 09.26 +47 14 28.9 12.8 U And 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
T-And0-09528,2461219.8006,12.85,0.05,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
T-And0-09528 20260628.3006 12.85CV 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 28.3006 2461219.8006 12.04 01:14:22.31 +47:04:48.0
126.98244 -15.61130 galactic And Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 5.8 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" NSVS J0114223+470450
Type: L:
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.190 R1 Y 0.485 R1 465.000000000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:14:22.31 +47:04:48.0: 12.92 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:14:22.31 +47:04:48.0: 12.98 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.95 +/- 0.01
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 28.3006* 01 14 22.31 +47 04 48.0 12.0 U And 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
NSVS J0114223+470450,2461219.8006,12.04,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
NSVS J0114223+470450 20260628.3006 12.04CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.65293078 09.01.2026 03:40:03.219 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
First image: 2461049.65293078 09.01.2026 03:40:03.219 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Last image: 2461219.80092706 28.06.2026 07:13:10.098 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.57
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: 15 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): 17077
Objects passed selection criteria: 16950
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 10215.8
Average stars matched: 9808.75 (96.016 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 123316 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 02:55:01 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.65293078 09.01.2026 03:40:03.219 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
First image: 2461049.65293078 09.01.2026 03:40:03.219 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Last image: 2461219.80092706 28.06.2026 07:13:10.098 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 25
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.24
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: 46 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): 116810
Objects passed selection criteria: 116430
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 75373
Average stars matched: 71930.2 (95.4324 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 1888264 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 03:00:03 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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: 2461219.80033713
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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits'
wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits'
wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits'
wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 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: 01:12:00.734 +45:59:58.31 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Image size: 938.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:12:02.944 +46:00:12.51 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 01:12:00.734 +45:59:58.31
Second-epoch image center 01:12:02.944 +46:00:12.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0075 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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Image size: 938.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:12:02.683 +46:00:46.59 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 01:12:00.734 +45:59:58.31
Second-epoch image center 01:12:02.683 +46:00:46.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0145 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 01:12:02.944 +46:00:12.51
Second-epoch second image center 01:12:02.683 +46:00:46.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00950 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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FSUyZROLuX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hBEuirxZIQ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TkjWtbRgoR
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DZ2HYFztbD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits) and catalog (wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 23499 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.9869 to 30.6502 deg, Dec +39.9302 to +51.3489 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.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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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 5.9869 to 30.6502 deg, Dec 39.9302 to 51.3489 deg
Loaded 15960 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): 10815 out of 11854 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 11854 out of 23499 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.908500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.908500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.57
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 23499 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.9869 to 30.6502 deg, Dec +39.9302 to +51.3489 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 5.9869 to 30.6502 deg, Dec 39.9302 to 51.3489 deg
Loaded 15960 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): 10815 out of 11854 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 11854 out of 23499 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 23665 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.9868 to 30.6500 deg, Dec +39.9294 to +51.3378 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 5.9868 to 30.6500 deg, Dec 39.9294 to 51.3378 deg
Loaded 15948 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): 10832 out of 11874 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 11874 out of 23665 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits (aperture=6.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
2.1 pix And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
2.4 pix fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
2.3 pix fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
2.0 pix wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
2.1 pix wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
15.3 mag. And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
13.0 mag. fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
12.9 mag. fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.9 (SNR ) 10.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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=2198, bad_region=5493, passed=23499
Got 23499 stars (including 16252 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23499 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 933 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 930 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 925 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 930 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 933 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 930 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 930 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 930 stars left (next iteration limit 1023)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=930 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.490 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.394 n_q1=275 n_q2=205 n_q3=257 n_q4=193 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.206
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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=2170, bad_region=5493, passed=23665
Got 23665 stars (including 16459 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23665 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 931 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18616 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 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 936 stars left (next iteration limit 1029)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits N_match=936 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.401 n_q1=283 n_q2=208 n_q3=256 n_q4=189 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.105
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits -region wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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.TkjWtbRgoR (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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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=198, bad_region=841, passed=3446
Got 3446 stars (including 2448 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3446 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013039 (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 0.010431 (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 650 to 708 (Dec 40.2 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 919 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 912 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 912 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2559 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
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 650 to 708 (Dec 40.2 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 919 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 910 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2561 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 910 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2561 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 910 stars left (next iteration limit 1003)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits N_match=910 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.551 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.602 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.475 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.665 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.515 n_q1=214 n_q2=225 n_q3=219 n_q4=252 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.207
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits -region wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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.DZ2HYFztbD (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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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=182, bad_region=805, passed=3082
Got 3082 stars (including 2133 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3082 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013039 (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 0.010431 (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 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 922 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 876 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 916 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2281 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 651 to 708 (Dec 40.3 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 922 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2280 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2276 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 915 stars left (next iteration limit 1007)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits N_match=915 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.616 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.742 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.569 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.611 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.535 n_q1=188 n_q2=269 n_q3=161 n_q4=297 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.205
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits -region wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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=And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits sigma_overall=0.406 worst_q_ratio=1.206
ref2=And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits sigma_overall=0.363 worst_q_ratio=1.105
new1=fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits sigma_overall=0.551 worst_q_ratio=1.207
new2=fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits sigma_overall=0.616 worst_q_ratio=1.205
reference average sigma_overall=0.3845 worst_q_ratio=1.1555
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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111_astrometric_residuals.png (930 matched stars from wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112_astrometric_residuals.png (936 matched stars from wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270_astrometric_residuals.png (910 matched stars from wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.52 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271_astrometric_residuals.png (915 matched stars from wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.56 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field And-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field And-02-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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 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: 01:12:00.734 +45:59:58.31 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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Image size: 938.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:12:02.944 +46:00:12.51 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 01:12:00.734 +45:59:58.31
Second-epoch image center 01:12:02.944 +46:00:12.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0075 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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Image size: 938.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:12:02.683 +46:00:46.59 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 01:12:00.734 +45:59:58.31
Second-epoch image center 01:12:02.683 +46:00:46.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0145 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 01:12:02.944 +46:00:12.51
Second-epoch second image center 01:12:02.683 +46:00:46.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00950 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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8oOcLv3HSS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dcrVl37N0M
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits &> /tmp/tmp.E86fnMmIdi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Y7gOXmtiIw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits and wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits) and catalog (wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 155637 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.9332 to 30.6630 deg, Dec +39.9302 to +51.3489 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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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.9332 to 30.6630 deg, Dec 39.9302 to 51.3489 deg
Loaded 16009 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): 8887 out of 12081 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 12081 out of 155637 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.775900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.775900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.24
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.54
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.54
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 155637 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.9332 to 30.6630 deg, Dec +39.9302 to +51.3489 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.9332 to 30.6630 deg, Dec 39.9302 to 51.3489 deg
Loaded 16009 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): 8887 out of 12081 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 12081 out of 155637 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits (aperture=4.5)
Read 152908 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.9274 to 30.6631 deg, Dec +39.9295 to +51.3421 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.9274 to 30.6631 deg, Dec 39.9295 to 51.3421 deg
Loaded 16008 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): 8936 out of 12083 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 12083 out of 152908 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 24 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
2.0 pix And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
2.2 pix fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
2.1 pix fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
1.9 pix wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
2.0 pix wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
15.5 mag. And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
13.4 mag. fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
13.4 mag. fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 13.0 (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.8oOcLv3HSS (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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits' -> 'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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=36, blended=17649, bad_region=29029, passed=155601
Got 155601 stars (including 111665 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 155601 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 933 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 931 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 933 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 129519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 933 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 129519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 933 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 129519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Excluding outliers - 933 stars left (next iteration limit 1026)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits N_match=933 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.426 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.503 n_q1=266 n_q2=202 n_q3=277 n_q4=188 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.182
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits -region wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.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.dcrVl37N0M (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/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits' -> 'wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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=28, blended=17418, bad_region=28534, passed=152880
Got 152880 stars (including 109663 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 152880 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 934 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 931 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 934 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 127484 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 649 to 708 (Dec 39.9 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 934 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 127484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 934 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 127483 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 934 stars left (next iteration limit 1027)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits N_match=934 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.538 n_q1=279 n_q2=200 n_q3=273 n_q4=182 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.339
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits -region wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.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.E86fnMmIdi (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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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=9, blended=1021, bad_region=4759, passed=31824
Got 31824 stars (including 26209 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31824 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013039 (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 0.010431 (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 650 to 708 (Dec 40.1 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 921 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 882 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26242 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 650 to 708 (Dec 40.1 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 921 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26242 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 914 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26242 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Excluding outliers - 914 stars left (next iteration limit 1006)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits N_match=914 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.571 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.593 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.509 n_q1=209 n_q2=231 n_q3=221 n_q4=253 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.151
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits -region wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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.Y7gOXmtiIw (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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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=7, blended=907, bad_region=4654, passed=29704
Got 29704 stars (including 24327 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29704 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013039 (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 0.010431 (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 650 to 708 (Dec 40.1 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 922 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24635 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
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 650 to 708 (Dec 40.1 to 51.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 922 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24635 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 915 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24618 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 915 stars left (next iteration limit 1008)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits N_match=915 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.539 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.601 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.480 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.636 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.515 n_q1=189 n_q2=261 n_q3=166 n_q4=299 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.179
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-06-28_CI_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits -region wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-12-19_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0270.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.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_And-02-Q2b1x1_024912_TTUQ2b1x1_4125132_MNNEaj24/wcs_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field And-02-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:10:13.05 +45:58:25.3: 12.20 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:27:39.69 +46:33:26.2: 12.56 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:21:57.35 +43:22:27.5: 12.31 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:13:19.98 +44:26:12.0: 9.70 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 00:47:57.74 +45:35:01.5: 11.30 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:16:13.38 +45:53:36.6: 12.96 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 00:59:47.07 +48:59:19.2: 12.20 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:18:25.84 +43:16:09.9: 12.44 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:28:49.69 +45:37:51.9: 12.43 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:36:47.59 +48:04:41.7: 11.94 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:10:13.05 +45:58:25.3: 12.14 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 00:47:57.74 +45:35:01.5: 11.27 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:28:49.69 +45:37:51.9: 12.39 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:16:13.38 +45:53:36.6: 12.91 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:18:25.84 +43:16:09.9: 12.40 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:21:57.35 +43:22:27.5: 12.34 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.17 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:27:39.69 +46:33:26.2: 12.57 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.93 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.29 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.41 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:10:13.05 +45:58:25.3: ref_mag=12.17 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9761 delta=0.19 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.32 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:13:19.98 +44:26:12.0: 9.67 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:16:13.38 +45:53:36.6: ref_mag=12.93 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6667 delta=0.27 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 00:59:47.07 +48:59:19.2: 12.17 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:18:25.84 +43:16:09.9: ref_mag=12.42 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1646 delta=0.25 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:47:57.74 +45:35:01.5: ref_mag=11.29 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=12.0943 delta=-0.81 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:28:49.69 +45:37:51.9: ref_mag=12.41 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3022 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:21:57.35 +43:22:27.5: ref_mag=12.32 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2030 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.57 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 9.68 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.18 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:27:39.69 +46:33:26.2: ref_mag=12.57 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7753 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:13:19.98 +44:26:12.0: ref_mag=9.68 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=9.7117 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:59:47.07 +48:59:19.2: ref_mag=12.18 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6002 delta=-0.42 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:36:47.59 +48:04:41.7: 11.96 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.95 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:36:47.59 +48:04:41.7: ref_mag=11.95 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6060 delta=-0.66 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:10:30.03 +49:17:36.9: 13.03 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:18:24.77 +45:42:58.4: 13.44 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:08:23.96 +42:36:59.6: 12.99 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:10:49.89 +49:12:21.8: 13.35 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:31:31.12 +49:01:29.3: 13.64 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:10:30.03 +49:17:36.9: 13.05 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:18:24.77 +45:42:58.4: 13.41 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.04 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:10:30.03 +49:17:36.9: ref_mag=13.04 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6274 delta=0.41 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:18:24.77 +45:42:58.4: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9827 delta=0.44 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:08:23.96 +42:36:59.6: 12.96 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:22:09.26 +47:14:28.9: 13.82 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:10:49.89 +49:12:21.8: 13.36 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:31:31.12 +49:01:29.3: 13.63 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.98 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.35 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:08:23.96 +42:36:59.6: ref_mag=12.98 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.4572 delta=0.52 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:10:49.89 +49:12:21.8: ref_mag=13.35 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.8827 delta=0.47 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.63 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:31:31.12 +49:01:29.3: ref_mag=13.63 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2404 delta=0.39 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-40-03_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0111.fits at 01:14:22.31 +47:04:48.0: 12.92 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:22:09.26 +47:14:28.9: 13.71 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.76 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 01:22:09.26 +47:14:28.9: ref_mag=13.76 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.8427 delta=0.92 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-41-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0112.fits at 01:14:22.31 +47:04:48.0: 12.98 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.95 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 01:14:22.31 +47:04:48.0: ref_mag=12.95 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9705 delta=0.98 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 175051_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175051_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 175054_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175054_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 175055_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175055_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 175057_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175057_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 175058_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175058_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 175060_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175060_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 175062_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 175062_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 176276_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 176276_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 176689_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 176689_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 177045_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 177045_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:18:11.14 +47:26:51.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 177112_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 177112_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 177254_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 177254_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:27:04.54 +50:02:35.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 177591_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 177591_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 177603_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 177603_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 177779_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 177779_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:18:09.77 +47:23:05.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 178285_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 178285_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 178404_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 178404_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 178564_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 178564_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 67248_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
Preparing report for the candidate 67248_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
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Considering the candidate 71055_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
Preparing report for the candidate 71055_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
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Considering the candidate 18584_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 18584_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:16:04.63 +50:11:42.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 29183_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 29183_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:16:57.44 +49:34:46.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 129169_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 129169_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (33.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 53721_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271
The candidate 53721_fd_And-02-Q2b1x1_2026-06-28_02-13-10_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0271 did not pass the final checks