######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC=
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK=
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS=
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN=
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 4
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP=
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION=
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER=
HOME=
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory:
Vir-09-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Vir-09-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Vir-09-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 286730 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 286730 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 
Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:
MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes
renamed 'Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits_preview.png'
Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits

renamed 'Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.png' -> 'transient_report/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits_preview.png'
Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits

Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 637.9153
INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 514.2020
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1748.8653
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 488.5894
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1756.9161
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 488.9039
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INFO: ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.74153
INFO: SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.001
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP = 24.7600002288818 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP = 25.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Record 24: "SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint" status=0
Record 25: "CCD-TEMP= 4.9 / [degC] CCD temperature" status=0
Record 26: "READOUTM= '2CMS-0' / Sensor readout mode" status=0
Record 27: "USBLIMIT= 50 / Camera-specific USB setting" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
CCD-TEMP= 4.800000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/d_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits :)
Spent 0.635994 seconds
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/d_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 20659.746399
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits :)
No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=14784.5, right_median=14894.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
EXPTIME = 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP= 5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP = 24.8199996948242 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP = 25.5 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
CCD-TEMP= 4.800000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/d_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits :)
Spent 0.690740 seconds
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/d_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.fit 9576 6388 16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 20659.746399
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits :)
No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=14784.5, right_median=14894.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-05-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:

Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:

after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:
fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits

fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits

Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.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: 2461225.71474356
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits'
wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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: 14:34:24.038 -02:00:26.77 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Image size: 936.9'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:34:18.259 -01:59:49.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 14:34:24.038 -02:00:26.77
Second-epoch image center 14:34:18.259 -01:59:49.08
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0262 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Image size: 936.9'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:34:15.779 -01:59:48.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 14:34:24.038 -02:00:26.77
Second-epoch image center 14:34:15.779 -01:59:48.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0360 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 14:34:18.259 -01:59:49.08
Second-epoch second image center 14:34:15.779 -01:59:48.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01033 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wT5pdgP8aN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hW9oZSzvxD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GZmLnsthEh
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits &> /tmp/tmp.j81oxVrbfp
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits and wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits and wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits and wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 6865 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 210.3753 to 226.8090 deg, Dec -7.7656 to +3.7684 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
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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 210.3753 to 226.8090 deg, Dec -7.7656 to 3.7684 deg
Loaded 4534 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): 3368 out of 3527 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3527 out of 6865 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.858600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.858600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.68
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.18
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.18
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 6865 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 210.3753 to 226.8090 deg, Dec -7.7656 to +3.7684 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 210.3753 to 226.8090 deg, Dec -7.7656 to 3.7684 deg
Loaded 4534 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): 3368 out of 3527 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3527 out of 6865 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits (aperture=6.4)
Read 6937 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 210.7082 to 226.4333 deg, Dec -7.2531 to +3.2679 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 210.7082 to 226.4333 deg, Dec -7.2531 to 3.2679 deg
Loaded 3939 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): 3364 out of 3482 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3482 out of 6937 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ 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: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
2.2 pix Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
2.5 pix fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.6 pix fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
15.2 mag. Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.wT5pdgP8aN (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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=506, bad_region=1396, passed=6865
Got 6865 stars (including 5089 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6865 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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.8 to 3.8)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 926 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 923 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5557 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.8 to 3.8)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 926 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5558 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 926 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5558 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 926 stars left (next iteration limit 1018)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits N_match=926 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.265 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.339 n_q1=325 n_q2=131 n_q3=292 n_q4=178 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.378
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits -region wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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.hW9oZSzvxD (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.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=419, bad_region=1443, passed=6937
Got 6937 stars (including 5147 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6937 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 923 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 923 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 917 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 923 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5598 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 923 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 923 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5600 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 923 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5600 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 923 stars left (next iteration limit 1015)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits N_match=923 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.446 n_q1=319 n_q2=146 n_q3=278 n_q4=180 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.315
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits -region wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.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.GZmLnsthEh (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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.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=5, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=262, bad_region=716, passed=3862
Got 3862 stars (including 2984 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3862 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3220 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3221 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3221 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 918 stars left (next iteration limit 1009)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits N_match=918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.442 n_q1=340 n_q2=137 n_q3=274 n_q4=167 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.276
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.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.j81oxVrbfp (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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.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=269, bad_region=709, passed=3853
Got 3853 stars (including 2980 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3853 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 916 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 920 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 920 stars left (next iteration limit 1012)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits N_match=920 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.399 n_q1=342 n_q2=137 n_q3=273 n_q4=168 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.134
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits sigma_overall=0.323 worst_q_ratio=1.378
ref2=Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits sigma_overall=0.339 worst_q_ratio=1.315
new1=fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits sigma_overall=0.346 worst_q_ratio=1.276
new2=fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits sigma_overall=0.354 worst_q_ratio=1.134
reference average sigma_overall=0.331 worst_q_ratio=1.3465
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267_astrometric_residuals.png (926 matched stars from wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262_astrometric_residuals.png (923 matched stars from wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148_astrometric_residuals.png (918 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149_astrometric_residuals.png (920 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)

Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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: 14:34:24.038 -02:00:26.77 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Image size: 936.9'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:34:18.259 -01:59:49.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 14:34:24.038 -02:00:26.77
Second-epoch image center 14:34:18.259 -01:59:49.08
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0262 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Image size: 936.9'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 14:34:15.779 -01:59:48.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 14:34:24.038 -02:00:26.77
Second-epoch image center 14:34:15.779 -01:59:48.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0360 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 14:34:18.259 -01:59:49.08
Second-epoch second image center 14:34:15.779 -01:59:48.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01033 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Rofz0rBLMQ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0PXVf9RsCD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SYM4SohJP8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pjNABjMRwW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits and wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits and wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits and wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 43198 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 210.3729 to 226.8089 deg, Dec -7.7694 to +3.7692 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 210.3729 to 226.8089 deg, Dec -7.7694 to 3.7692 deg
Loaded 4538 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): 3208 out of 3567 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3567 out of 43198 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.715350
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.715350
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.33
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.39
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.39
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:

Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 43198 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 210.3729 to 226.8089 deg, Dec -7.7694 to +3.7692 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 210.3729 to 226.8089 deg, Dec -7.7694 to 3.7692 deg
Loaded 4538 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): 3208 out of 3567 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3567 out of 43198 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 39131 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 210.7070 to 226.4491 deg, Dec -7.2616 to +3.2687 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 210.7070 to 226.4491 deg, Dec -7.2616 to 3.2687 deg
Loaded 3946 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): 3223 out of 3509 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3509 out of 39131 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits:

Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
2.1 pix Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
2.4 pix fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.4 pix fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
15.3 mag. Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 13.8 (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 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.Rofz0rBLMQ (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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=24, blended=1997, bad_region=8259, passed=43174
Got 43174 stars (including 33303 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 43174 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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.8 to 3.8)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 923 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35458 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.8 to 3.8)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 924 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35459 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 924 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35459 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 924 stars left (next iteration limit 1016)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits N_match=924 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.458 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.338 n_q1=318 n_q2=130 n_q3=298 n_q4=178 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.407
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits -region wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.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.0PXVf9RsCD (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.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=6, blended=2022, bad_region=5825, passed=39125
Got 39125 stars (including 31898 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 39125 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 917 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(), 912 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33759 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 917 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33759 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 917 stars left (next iteration limit 1008)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits N_match=917 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.453 n_q1=323 n_q2=136 n_q3=282 n_q4=176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.283
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits -region wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.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.SYM4SohJP8 (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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.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=2, blended=1225, bad_region=2759, passed=21122
Got 21122 stars (including 17779 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21122 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 917 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(), 914 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 917 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 917 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 917 stars left (next iteration limit 1008)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits N_match=917 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.284 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.487 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.438 n_q1=348 n_q2=130 n_q3=281 n_q4=158 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.398
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.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.pjNABjMRwW (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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.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=4, blended=1177, bad_region=2744, passed=21062
Got 21062 stars (including 17770 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21062 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 936.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 936.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013013 (46.8 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010410 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18516 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18516 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18516 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 918 stars left (next iteration limit 1009)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits N_match=918 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.432 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.431 n_q1=347 n_q2=131 n_q3=280 n_q4=160 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.250
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.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_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/wcs_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-04-16_03-23-48_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHTs_0267.fits at 14:50:14.66 -03:53:05.6: 13.79 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-05-08_02-01-26_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0262.fits at 14:50:14.66 -03:53:05.6: 13.85 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.82 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:50:14.66 -03:53:05.6: ref_mag=13.82 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7859 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 53207_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149
The candidate 53207_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 07 04.21530 | 2461225.71530 | 13.04 | 14:57:27.84 -00:08:44.1 | 1258 2093 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits |
**** FOUND 14:57:27.87 -00:08:44.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53216_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149
The candidate 53216_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 07 04.21530 | 2461225.71530 | 13.11 | 14:57:06.37 -04:19:06.9 | 1335 4633 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits |
**** FOUND 14:57:06.38 -04:19:05.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53221_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149
The candidate 53221_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 07 04.21530 | 2461225.71530 | 13.48 | 14:46:22.89 +01:53:27.8 | 2939 0847 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits |
**** FOUND 14:46:22.98 +01:53:28.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53235_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149
The candidate 53235_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 1 | 2026 07 04.21474 | 2461225.71474 | 13.79 | 14:50:14.58 -03:53:05.3 | 2385 4356 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-03_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0148.fits |
| Discovery image 2 | 2026 07 04.21530 | 2461225.71530 | 13.79 | 14:50:14.73 -03:53:05.9 | 2379 4356 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits |
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Considering the candidate 05068_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149
The candidate 05068_fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149 did not pass the final checks
| Discovery image 3 | 2026 07 04.21530 | 2461225.71530 | 11.77 | 14:23:53.63 +02:12:26.3 | 6349 0637 | /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-04_CI_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_001330_TTUQ2b1x1_2070017_ZBlic2yg/fd_Vir-09-Q2b1x1_2026-07-04_00-09-52_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0149.fits |
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (37.4") between the two second-epoch detections
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed Vir-09-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461225.71474356 -observatory V36
07:45:46.42 +17:49:47.8 Mercury (3.0mag)
09:45:24.21 +15:16:40.0 Venus (-4.1mag)
04:05:59.57 +20:35:11.0 Mars (1.3mag)
08:11:07.50 +20:28:37.1 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:55:03.54 +03:17:21.4 Saturn (0.8mag)
04:06:01.14 +20:41:45.4 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:17:00.87 +00:20:58.4 Neptune (7.8mag)
20:31:27.87 -23:15:18.5 Pluto (14.5mag)
22:07:32.54 -12:29:11.1 Moon (-11.5mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461225.71474356:
08:11:02.84 +20:28:53.6 Io (6.1mag)
08:11:18.52 +20:27:57.7 Europa (6.3mag)
08:11:21.69 +20:27:44.2 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:11:00.12 +20:29:08.5 Callisto (6.9mag)
08:09:56.88 +20:10:25.8 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:11:05.62 +20:28:44.9 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:09:21.17 +20:16:28.1 Elara (17.6mag)
08:14:27.28 +20:26:05.9 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
08:16:25.81 +20:32:52.8 Carme (18.9mag)
00:55:07.04 +03:17:46.7 Titan (8.6mag)
00:55:06.83 +03:17:27.6 Rhea (9.9mag)
00:54:43.55 +03:17:43.8 Iapetus (11.2mag)
00:55:15.35 +03:16:50.8 Hyperion (14.6mag)
00:55:12.45 +03:15:29.2 Phoebe (16.6mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461225.71474356:
17:39:45.99 -34:08:12.5 JWST
02:22:41.77 -53:56:48.0 Chandra
19:44:42.65 +13:26:20.1 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461225.71474356 -observatory V36
02:27:22.97 +13:40:10.6 17.9mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:22:50.74 -34:09:18.1 13.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:19:30.51 -68:03:40.9 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
05:58:37.89 +32:20:45.1 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
17:04:59.38 +16:03:03.4 18.0mag C/2021 G2 (ATLAS)
01:08:07.46 -05:55:25.7 15.3mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
23:02:57.46 +32:15:27.2 17.2mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:05:18.23 +26:58:15.5 16.6mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:50:14.91 +30:03:03.6 16.8mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:05:49.62 +04:51:49.1 17.8mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
18:11:03.82 +21:29:30.8 17.9mag C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
15:12:24.53 -11:15:46.2 17.7mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:56:08.59 +67:35:34.2 17.8mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
16:43:41.84 -09:25:40.7 13.8mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
07:50:14.45 +65:23:35.0 17.9mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
07:24:37.55 +29:40:31.9 14.5mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:19:32.59 +15:07:48.7 17.5mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:48:48.85 +38:05:31.8 13.8mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:53:27.26 +45:01:54.6 17.9mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
04:43:46.10 -14:06:15.0 15.8mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:29:22.70 +30:05:30.4 18.0mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:09:47.99 -12:23:13.0 16.1mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
09:49:11.39 +22:40:48.4 17.7mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:42:48.47 +04:10:30.6 17.1mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
17:09:55.13 +78:51:30.8 17.5mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:39:14.13 +44:57:21.5 16.6mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:21:49.52 +03:21:47.7 16.9mag A/2026 E1
21:09:06.42 -13:05:55.0 7.5mag 10P/Tempel
11:10:43.10 -01:38:37.2 16.1mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
03:51:12.16 +28:52:04.8 17.8mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
09:55:12.24 +15:56:59.8 17.0mag 63P/Wild
00:45:20.43 -05:12:18.6 15.6mag 65P/Gunn
08:07:35.31 +34:25:34.6 17.7mag 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura
04:12:29.22 +19:48:06.0 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
02:11:56.91 +09:42:14.1 16.1mag 88P/Howell
06:16:57.07 +30:48:44.1 15.6mag 93P/Lovas
04:01:17.54 +30:45:37.9 17.0mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
07:53:40.30 +31:19:57.8 15.3mag 123P/West-Hartley
10:36:46.37 +03:42:05.8 16.7mag 124P/Mrkos
04:41:47.57 +20:36:30.3 16.3mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
05:24:33.43 +19:43:26.9 17.8mag 131P/Mueller
07:36:02.29 +14:25:19.3 17.8mag 141P/Machholz
07:35:27.16 +14:28:46.2 17.8mag 141P-A/Machholz
06:49:53.32 +18:16:58.4 14.7mag 141P-D/Machholz
03:13:55.89 -21:39:28.2 15.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
05:11:03.18 +32:28:50.8 15.2mag 162P/SidingSpring
19:17:07.63 +11:41:20.8 15.2mag 169P/NEAT
01:26:02.20 +06:49:58.7 17.7mag 220P/McNaught
16:37:22.14 -08:11:36.5 16.9mag 235P/LINEAR
08:32:11.93 +33:50:10.6 17.8mag 240P/NEAT
20:43:53.03 -48:06:25.9 17.9mag 259P/Garradd
01:42:15.50 +09:13:25.6 15.8mag 260P/McNaught
05:18:44.48 +36:16:01.4 17.4mag 295P/LINEAR
15:07:14.85 +06:34:24.3 17.5mag 391P/Kowalski
08:29:08.10 +19:54:58.6 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
07:42:02.87 +39:43:06.0 17.9mag 493P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 SN 2026pel 2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30 ASASSN-26dy 2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30 ASASSN-26dv 2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70 ASASSN-26dw 2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20 SN 2026mke 2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50 SN 2026nmv 2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50 AT2026oxh 2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90 ASASSN-26dx 2026-06-22.02 14.72
14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10 AT2026pvk 2026-06-22.06 16.53
20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20 AT2026plb 2026-06-21.31 16.4
15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30 SN2026ore 2026-06-21.29 17.57
23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30 AT2026oxl 2026-06-21.52 17.64
17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20 AT2026ouj 2026-06-20.92 15.15
00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20 AT2026ntk 2026-06-18.09 17.34
20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20 ASASSN-26du 2026-06-15.39 15.93
23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00 SN2026oxc 2026-06-14.35 16.83
02:02:26.78 +32:04:21.30 AT2026ovz 2026-06-14.59 15.39
21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50 AT2026nwc 2026-06-11 17.05
17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20 SN 2026odc 2026-06-11.23 17.62
13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20 SN 2026nyq 2026-06-11.1 16.24
00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90 ASASSN-26dt 2026-06-11.13 10.22
14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60 SN2026nyp 2026-06-10.3 16.32
12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50 SN2026mta 2026-06-8.29 16.69
12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20 SN2026oao 2026-06-9.32 17.02
10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60 AT2026nvf 2026-06-8.12 16.75
13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00 SN2026npn 2026-06-8.02 17.58
00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20 ASASSN-26dq 2026-06-7.43 13.58
01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70 SN 2026obc 2026-06-7.43 15.15
21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90 ASASSN-26dr 2026-06-7.24 16.24
06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00 ASASSN-26ds 2026-06-2.97 15.02
20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40 SN2026mho 2026-05-25.18 -1.12
11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10 AT2026min 2026-05-24.21 16.63
11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90 ASASSN-26no 2026-05-24.03 8.35
19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60 ASASSN-26dp 2026-05-22.31 -3.28
14:23:56.72 -58:37:47.60 ASASSN-26dn 2026-05-20.01 14.64
11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60 AT2026nma 2026-05-20.29 15.46
21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10 AT2026lli 2026-05-19.34 15.86
00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70 AT2026nad 2026-05-19.39 15.34
15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40 ASASSN-26dm 2026-05-19.03 14.44
11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10 ASASSN-26dl 2026-05-18.02 13.55
13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00 ASASSN-26dk 2026-05-18.16 12.96
02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60 ASASSN-26dh 2026-05-18.43 15.37
17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90 ASASSN-26dj 2026-05-17.05 15.7
01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10 ASASSN-26dg 2026-05-13.41 16.8
16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40 AT2026mhn 2026-05-12.33 15.8
09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00 ASASSN-26di 2026-05-12.14 14.63
21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00 AT2026kwu 2026-05-12.26 16.9
14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90 AT2026ktm 2026-05-12.06 17.21
14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40 AT2026lkm 2026-05-11.18 16.89
12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80 SN2026kep 2026-05-9.06 17.5
13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90 AT2026lkd 2026-05-9.09 17.23
09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60 SN2026kmo 2026-05-8.99 17.51
15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.80 AT2026lxf 2026-05-8.34 13.72
10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30 ASASSN-26df 2026-05-8.21 16.52
22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60 2026lda 2026-05-7.56 16.2
21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30 ASASSN-26de 2026-05-6.29 14.51
16:21:48.82 -61:36:13.20 ASASSN-26dd 2026-05-5.21 15.15
14:26:40.22 -24:48:37.50 AT2026lig 2026-05-4.27 14.63
13:17:51.04 +30:25:13.50 SN2026kcp 2026-05-4.46 16.43
11:27:55.57 -13:38:56.90 SN2026kza 2026-05-1.08 15.59
22:28:27.10 +30:17:54.30 SN 2026fov 2026-04-29.6 14.36
21:00:10.71 -32:17:03.90 AT2026kis 2026-04-27.36 16.15
14:32:57.37 -58:13:26.40 ASASSN-26dc 2026-04-27.27 13.42
15:32:05.35 -43:54:34.60 ASASSN-26db 2026-04-27.37 16.06
16:34:34.97 -54:34:58.00 ASASSN-26da 2026-04-25.32 16.11
10:06:55.04 -01:13:49.70 SN2026jsg 2026-04-24.99 16.28
15:15:57.17 +56:18:32.80 SN2026kid 2026-04-24.52 -3.65
07:58:28.45 +57:03:42.40 AT2026kcf 2026-04-24.2 16.89
11:38:21.80 -50:43:06.50 SN2026jkb 2026-04-24.24 15.38
10:06:11.41 -39:41:04.20 AT2026dil 2026-04-24.2 16.85
14:21:40.08 +13:13:46.30 SN2026jlm 2026-04-22.16 15.12
10:53:55.52 -16:06:06.00 ASASSN-26cz 2026-04-22.28 16.29
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 2026-06-26.38 16.07
13:45:02.03 +15:17:14.50 ASASSN-26cy 2026-04-21.27 15.78
13:20:52.22 -35:57:03.60 AT2026jcm 2026-04-19.01 16.65
13:36:15.66 -36:53:48.40 SN 2026iqy 2026-04-18.92 17.31
06:34:01.33 -40:07:34.00 ASASSN-26cx 2026-04-19.07 16.16
23:33:57.97 -45:12:11.90 SN 2026idu 2026-04-19.41 15.9
12:10:50.92 +66:55:31.20 SN 2026icv 2026-04-17.14 16.03
21:36:59.06 -60:43:35.90 ASASSN-26cv 2026-04-17.35 -1.18
08:13:26.26 -27:07:30.50 ASASSN-26cw 2026-04-17.07 -1.01
14:49:14.01 -27:29:20.10 ASASSN-26cu 2026-04-16.29 -2.7
17:21:59.44 -38:54:04.60 ASASSN-26ct 2026-04-14.4 15.15
15:25:54.99 +07:49:24.50 SN2026huo 2026-04-12.14 16.96
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70 2026-06-26.38 16.07
12:23:20.40 +04:53:39.10 AT2026ixd 2026-04-12.14 17.65
17:46:09.76 -61:19:50.40 SN2026icy 2026-04-12.2 17.03
09:25:46.42 +02:13:46.30 SN2026gud 2026-04-11.98 16.49
16:52:15.46 -60:27:45.90 ASASSN-26cs 2026-04-12.4 15.5
04:20:55.37 -51:15:31.10 ASASSN-26cr 2026-04-12.01 15.37
22:25:39.35 +36:45:06.90 AT2026ihl 2026-04-10.48 14.21
19:40:44.94 +00:41:03.80 AT2026imw 2026-04-10.32 16.06
19:52:04.70 +05:53:33.50 ASASSN-26cq 2026-04-9.31 14.98
16:08:18.39 -64:11:08.80 ASASSN-26cp 2026-04-9.14 13.64
09:22:22.90 -61:02:43.70 SN2026idh 2026-04-7.97 16.34
05:06:54.12 -19:42:26.40 AT2026imr 2026-04-8 17.49
07:14:55.34 -36:03:21.40 AT2026hei 2026-04-8.12 16.7
21:35:33.14 -19:01:34.80 AT2026ihm 2026-04-8.36 16.7
04:28:24.08 -32:25:35.30 AT2026imo 2026-04-8.02 16.81
05:10:35.79 -39:38:40.80 SN 2026hnn 2026-04-7.04 17.07
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
15:41:11.68 +59:18:26.8 TCP J15411168+5918268 2026-04-12.9625 19.2mag
00:43:35.02 +41:46:28.0 PNV J00433502+4146280 2026-04-23.056 15.9mag
00:42:55.64 +41:14:12.2 PNV J00425564+4114122 2026-04-24.042 16.2mag
21:14:03.38 +56:46:44.1 TCP J21140338+5646441 2026-05-05.3534 16.7mag
15:03:05.19 +22:02:04.1 TCP J15030519+2202041 2026-05-08.3260 13.9mag
07:15:18.25 +47:53:16.7 TCP J07151825+4753167 2026-05-09.1599 14.4mag
16:00:18.44 -22:30:10.6 TCP J16001844-2230106 2026-05-09.6135 13.3mag
00:42:47.45 +41:16:58.5 PNV J00424745+4116585 2026-05-10.030 16.8mag
09:55:02.89 +69:02:13.8 PNV J09550289+6902138 2026-05-18.925 20.7mag
00:43:01.82 +41:18:16.6 PNV J00430182+4118166 2026-05-21.8651 18.83Cmag
00:42:51.20 +41:16:59.4 PNV J00425120+4116594 2022-10-26.135 19.3mag
12:24:25.10 +28:47:12.0 TCP J12242510+2847120 2026-05-31.6015 14.8mag
00:56:07.13 +43:01:40.6 TCP J00560713+4301406 2026-06-01.4135 12.2mag
00:42:41.64 +41:15:16.2 PNV J00424164+4115162 2026-06-02.029 17.4mag
00:42:38.68 +41:15:58.2 PNV J00423868+4115582 2026-06-05.1224 19.97Umag
19:00:42.95 -48:31:01.7 PNV J19004295-4831017 2026-05-25.0752 14.2mag
09:55:21.28 +69:02:52.6 PNV J09552128+6902526 2026-06-13.933 18.9mag
19:51:21.42 +37:06:40.0 TCP J19512142+3706400 2026-06-17.2942 16.8mag
19:57:03.87 +37:41:46.4 TCP J19570387+3741464 2026-06-18.2638 17.5mag
00:42:32.04 +41:10:28.3 PNV J00423204+4110283 2026-06-26.059 16.6mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
11:06:55.391 -04:07:04.72 AT 2026qqg 2026-06-27.97 18.081
05:12:36.560 -58:31:08.03 AT 2026qqf 2026-06-24.41 18.215
12:37:59.373 +03:20:56.02 AT 2026qqe 2026-06-25.05 18.266
01:16:11.239 -55:40:02.88 AT 2026qqd 2026-06-24.38 18.401
00:39:40.551 -56:06:55.52 AT 2026qqc 2026-06-24.36 18.488
12:32:13.060 +56:22:40.90 AT 2026qqb 2026-06-27.90 18.72
03:43:49.750 -46:38:15.17 AT 2026qqa 2026-06-23.42 18.775
22:17:40.013 -69:03:01.29 AT 2026qpz 2026-06-24.32 18.664
06:02:54.764 -64:43:45.31 AT 2026qpy 2026-06-24.42 18.203
03:53:30.876 -61:08:18.46 AT 2026qpx 2026-06-24.40 19.168
22:14:03.242 -69:42:16.35 AT 2026qpw 2026-06-24.32 18.492
02:45:25.609 -72:49:10.62 AT 2026qpv 2026-06-24.28 18.66
22:23:59.673 -56:53:22.70 AT 2026qpu 2026-06-24.26 18.368
22:19:02.300 -73:18:27.39 AT 2026qpt 2026-06-27.23 18.613
22:27:21.353 -60:19:54.61 AT 2026qps 2026-06-24.29 19.027
04:05:50.523 -70:24:32.93 AT 2026qpr 2026-06-27.32 16.645
00:33:39.346 -43:56:51.28 AT 2026qpq 2026-06-28.42 22.6478
23:39:26.302 -01:34:20.01 AT 2026qpp 2026-06-28.35 21.3338
03:51:59.399 -47:42:56.98 AT 2026qpo 2026-06-26.42 21.649
00:41:12.135 -42:56:50.58 AT 2026qpn 2026-06-26.42 23.8086
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