This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 05.2157 2461226.7157 11.53 18:54:32.11 -01:06:08.4
32.30376 -1.19168 galactic Aql Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 4.8 pix
The object was found in VSX18" Gaia DR3 4265256331470976256
Type: E
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
19.050 G 19.400 G 0.304052000000
ATTENTION: measured mag 11.53 is 7.5 mag brighter than the VSX record maximum brightness 19.05 - possible unusual activity of a known variable!The object was found in astcheck.57 Mnemosyne -0 0 0 11.9 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:54:32.11 -01:06:08.4: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:54:32.11 -01:06:08.4: 15.64 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 4265256331470976256,2461226.7157,11.53,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 4265256331470976256 20260705.2157 11.53CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 05.2157 2461226.7157 11.62 18:53:13.02 -02:23:26.3
31.00651 -1.48543 galactic Aql Second-epoch detections are separated by 3.5" and 4.4 pix
The object was found in VSX10" Gaia DR3 4258939362284251008
Type: L
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
18.420 G 19.110 G
ATTENTION: measured mag 11.62 is 6.8 mag brighter than the VSX record maximum brightness 18.42 - possible unusual activity of a known variable!
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:53:13.02 -02:23:26.3: 12.59 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:53:13.02 -02:23:26.3: 12.62 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.60 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 4258939362284251008,2461226.7157,11.62,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 4258939362284251008 20260705.2157 11.62CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 05.2157 2461226.7157 11.87 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5
30.02416 -0.43830 galactic Aql Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.3" and 5.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | DocumentRef: VOTx3339400 | 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5 (user input) | (GCVS) | (GCVS) | (position from user input)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5: 12.81 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5: 12.81 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.81 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
DocumentRef: VOTx3339400,2461226.7157,11.87,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
DocumentRef: VOTx3339400 20260705.2157 11.87CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 05.2157 2461226.7157 11.60 18:58:01.47 -02:11:59.5
31.72353 -2.46783 galactic Aql Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.9" and 4.7 pix
The object was found in VSX 4" Gaia DR3 4261913438174856960
Type: L
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
17.340 G 17.580 G
ATTENTION: measured mag 11.60 is 5.7 mag brighter than the VSX record maximum brightness 17.34 - possible unusual activity of a known variable!
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:58:01.47 -02:11:59.5: 12.47 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:58:01.47 -02:11:59.5: 12.51 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 4261913438174856960,2461226.7157,11.60,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 4261913438174856960 20260705.2157 11.60CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 05.2157 2461226.7157 11.65 18:54:55.88 -01:21:22.7
32.12278 -1.39556 galactic Aql Second-epoch detections are separated by 3.1" and 4.3 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" NSVS J1854558-012122
Type: SR
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
16.002 g Y 0.578 g 2458327.95310 193.942508800000
ATTENTION: measured mag 11.65 is 3.8 mag brighter than the VSX record maximum brightness 15.42 - possible unusual activity of a known variable!
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:54:55.88 -01:21:22.7: 12.62 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:54:55.88 -01:21:22.7: 12.70 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.66 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
NSVS J1854558-012122,2461226.7157,11.65,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
NSVS J1854558-012122 20260705.2157 11.65CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 05.2157 2461226.7157 11.73 18:56:59.64 -01:22:35.1
32.33984 -1.86362 galactic Aql Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 4.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Large-amplitude variable Gaia DR2 4265031653167497728 | 18:56:59.77 -01:22:36.3 (Gaia DR3) | 2021A&A...648A..44M | | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE (the VSX policy as of May 2022 seems to be NOT to regard variables from 2021A&A...648A..44M as 'known' for the lack of classification) J-Ks=1.515+/-0.031 (Very red! L if it's a dwarf)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:56:59.64 -01:22:35.1: 12.63 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:56:59.64 -01:22:35.1: 12.69 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.66 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Large-amplitude variable Gaia DR2 4265031653167497728,2461226.7157,11.73,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Large-amplitude variable Gaia DR2 4265031653167497728 20260705.2157 11.73CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461175.86503943 15.05.2026 08:45:29.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
First image: 2461175.86503943 15.05.2026 08:45:29.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Last image: 2461226.71589749 05.07.2026 05:10:43.543 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.97
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 9 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 9166
Objects passed selection criteria: 9114
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 5349.5
Average stars matched: 5186.25 (96.9483 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 116328 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Jul 3 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-123-g57107621
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-03)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jul 5 00:23:15 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461175.86503943 15.05.2026 08:45:29.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
First image: 2461175.86503943 15.05.2026 08:45:29.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Last image: 2461226.71589749 05.07.2026 05:10:43.543 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 16
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.64
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 22 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 97169
Objects passed selection criteria: 96857
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 59844.5
Average stars matched: 56607.8 (94.5914 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 1878376 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Jul 3 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-123-g57107621
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-03)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jul 5 00:27:45 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.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/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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: 2461226.71545061
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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits'
wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits'
wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits'
wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 18:51:26.697 -01:59:01.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 18:51:50.479 -01:58:42.73 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 18:51:26.697 -01:59:01.08
Second-epoch image center 18:51:50.479 -01:58:42.73
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0992 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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 18:51:48.608 -01:58:35.97 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 18:51:26.697 -01:59:01.08
Second-epoch image center 18:51:48.608 -01:58:35.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0915 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 18:51:50.479 -01:58:42.73
Second-epoch second image center 18:51:48.608 -01:58:35.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00801 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/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Vbuv9iCLg4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iCdMCjse3M
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SPQKmkJIzc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits &> /tmp/tmp.54B8tKmSrG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits and wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits and wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits and wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 14325 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 275.0070 to 290.7498 deg, Dec -7.2514 to +3.2826 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 275.0070 to 290.7498 deg, Dec -7.2514 to 3.2826 deg
Loaded 9410 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): 7025 out of 7466 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7466 out of 14325 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.722900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.722900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.97
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.75
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.75
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 14325 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 275.0070 to 290.7498 deg, Dec -7.2514 to +3.2826 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 275.0070 to 290.7498 deg, Dec -7.2514 to 3.2826 deg
Loaded 9410 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): 7025 out of 7466 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7466 out of 14325 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 14138 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 274.9988 to 290.7529 deg, Dec -7.2648 to +3.2822 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.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 274.9988 to 290.7529 deg, Dec -7.2648 to 3.2822 deg
Loaded 9437 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): 6996 out of 7464 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 7464 out of 14138 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ 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:
2.4 pix Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
2.4 pix Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
2.2 pix fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
2.1 pix fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
2.4 pix wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
2.4 pix wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.8 mag. Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
14.7 mag. Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
11.9 mag. fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
11.7 mag. fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 11.7 (SNR ) 9.5 (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.Vbuv9iCLg4 (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits' -> 'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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=1242, bad_region=4287, passed=14325
Got 14325 stars (including 9054 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 14325 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 946 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 939 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10426 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
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 946 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10422 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10422 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 946 stars left (next iteration limit 1040)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits N_match=946 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.479 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.460 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.495 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.438 n_q1=267 n_q2=214 n_q3=244 n_q4=221 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.033
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits -region wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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.iCdMCjse3M (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits' -> 'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.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=1241, bad_region=4251, passed=14138
Got 14138 stars (including 8893 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 14138 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 947 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 936 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10291 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
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 947 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10292 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 946 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10292 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 946 stars left (next iteration limit 1040)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits N_match=946 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.476 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.581 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.452 n_q1=265 n_q2=215 n_q3=243 n_q4=223 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.221
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits -region wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.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.SPQKmkJIzc (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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=57, bad_region=73, passed=991
Got 991 stars (including 865 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 991 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 811 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 807 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 799 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 807 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 905 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
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 -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 809 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 805 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 904 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 805 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 904 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Excluding outliers - 805 stars left (next iteration limit 887)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits N_match=805 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.519 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.469 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.624 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.520 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.619 n_q1=288 n_q2=110 n_q3=288 n_q4=119 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.202
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits -region wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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.54B8tKmSrG (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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=44, bad_region=44, passed=758
Got 758 stars (including 670 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 758 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 414 to 468 (Dec -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 630 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 601 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 682 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
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 414 to 468 (Dec -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 630 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 682 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 682 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Excluding outliers - 629 stars left (next iteration limit 691)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits N_match=629 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.561 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.598 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.499 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.498 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.626 n_q1=229 n_q2=48 n_q3=227 n_q4=125 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.117
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits -region wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits sigma_overall=0.479 worst_q_ratio=1.033
ref2=Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits sigma_overall=0.476 worst_q_ratio=1.221
new1=fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits sigma_overall=0.519 worst_q_ratio=1.202
new2=fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits sigma_overall=0.561 worst_q_ratio=1.117
reference average sigma_overall=0.4775 worst_q_ratio=1.127
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122_astrometric_residuals.png (946 matched stars from wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.44 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205_astrometric_residuals.png (946 matched stars from wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.43 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018_astrometric_residuals.png (805 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.48 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019_astrometric_residuals.png (629 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.48 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aql-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aql-03-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/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 18:51:26.697 -01:59:01.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 18:51:50.479 -01:58:42.73 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 18:51:26.697 -01:59:01.08
Second-epoch image center 18:51:50.479 -01:58:42.73
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0992 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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 18:51:48.608 -01:58:35.97 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 18:51:26.697 -01:59:01.08
Second-epoch image center 18:51:48.608 -01:58:35.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0915 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 18:51:50.479 -01:58:42.73
Second-epoch second image center 18:51:48.608 -01:58:35.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00801 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/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5AJnnMUs6B
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits &> /tmp/tmp.albH9uXk06
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gXVVRnxQ3u
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pQ1hIutF3z
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits and wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits and wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits and wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 148413 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 275.0028 to 290.7497 deg, Dec -7.2529 to +3.2886 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 275.0028 to 290.7497 deg, Dec -7.2529 to 3.2886 deg
Loaded 9416 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): 6295 out of 8220 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 8220 out of 148413 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.524400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.524400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.64
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.88
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.88
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 148413 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 275.0028 to 290.7497 deg, Dec -7.2529 to +3.2886 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 275.0028 to 290.7497 deg, Dec -7.2529 to 3.2886 deg
Loaded 9416 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): 6295 out of 8220 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 8220 out of 148413 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits (aperture=4.5)
Read 150207 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 274.9984 to 290.7583 deg, Dec -7.2661 to +3.2823 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 274.9984 to 290.7583 deg, Dec -7.2661 to 3.2823 deg
Loaded 9443 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): 6275 out of 8241 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 8241 out of 150207 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 14 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
2.1 pix Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
2.0 pix fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
2.0 pix fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.9 mag. Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
14.9 mag. Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
12.4 mag. fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
12.2 mag. fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.2 (SNR ) 12.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.5AJnnMUs6B (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits' -> 'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=18535, bad_region=38149, passed=148397
Got 148397 stars (including 96124 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 148397 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 935 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 929 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 935 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115670 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
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 936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 935 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115671 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 935 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 115671 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Excluding outliers - 935 stars left (next iteration limit 1028)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits N_match=935 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.479 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.466 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.543 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.410 n_q1=251 n_q2=220 n_q3=250 n_q4=214 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.135
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits -region wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.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.albH9uXk06 (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits' -> 'wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.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=17, blended=19074, bad_region=39214, passed=150190
Got 150190 stars (including 96416 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 150190 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 941 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 932 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 116284 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
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 941 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 116284 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 116284 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 940 stars left (next iteration limit 1034)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits N_match=940 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.461 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.478 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.546 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.419 n_q1=252 n_q2=225 n_q3=243 n_q4=220 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.184
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits -region wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.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.gXVVRnxQ3u (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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=3, blended=236, bad_region=595, passed=11881
Got 11881 stars (including 11060 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11881 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 922 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11169 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
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 -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 931 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11170 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 929 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11170 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Excluding outliers - 929 stars left (next iteration limit 1021)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits N_match=929 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.505 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.448 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.547 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.565 n_q1=321 n_q2=118 n_q3=341 n_q4=149 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.118
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits -region wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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.pQ1hIutF3z (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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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=153, bad_region=428, passed=9447
Got 9447 stars (including 8866 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9447 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 932 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 931 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 931 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
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 -7.2 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 932 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 931 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 931 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 931 stars left (next iteration limit 1024)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits N_match=931 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.502 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.556 n_q1=326 n_q2=82 n_q3=324 n_q4=199 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits -region wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-04_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0018.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.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_2026-07-05_CI_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_001756_TTUQ2b1x1_3483163_eY0gkDOv/wcs_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aql-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:37:31.25 -02:56:16.3: 12.25 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:43:16.26 -01:39:23.7: 12.06 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:54:32.11 -01:06:08.4: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:37:31.25 -02:56:16.3: 12.32 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.28 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 18:37:31.25 -02:56:16.3: ref_mag=12.28 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.8551 delta=0.42 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:58:01.47 -02:11:59.5: 12.47 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:53:13.02 -02:23:26.3: 12.59 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:54:32.11 -01:06:08.4: 15.64 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5: 12.81 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:43:16.26 -01:39:23.7: 12.04 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.05 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 18:43:16.26 -01:39:23.7: ref_mag=12.05 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.6821 delta=0.37 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:54:55.88 -01:21:22.7: 12.62 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:53:13.02 -02:23:26.3: 12.62 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:58:01.47 -02:11:59.5: 12.51 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.60 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 18:53:13.02 -02:23:26.3: ref_mag=12.60 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.6011 delta=1.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 18:58:01.47 -02:11:59.5: ref_mag=12.49 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.5437 delta=0.94 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5: 12.81 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.81 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 18:47:41.55 -02:47:15.5: ref_mag=12.81 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.8703 delta=0.94 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:54:55.88 -01:21:22.7: 12.70 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.66 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 18:54:55.88 -01:21:22.7: ref_mag=12.66 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.6501 delta=1.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-15_03-45-29_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 18:56:59.64 -01:22:35.1: 12.63 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_02-59-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0205.fits at 18:56:59.64 -01:22:35.1: 12.69 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.66 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 18:56:59.64 -01:22:35.1: ref_mag=12.66 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.6937 delta=0.97 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out171298.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out71998.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out76782.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out79324.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out90159.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out91034.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 109s
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: 4s
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Considering the candidate 171295_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 171295_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 171298_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
Preparing report for the candidate 171298_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
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Considering the candidate 171313_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 171313_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 171314_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 171314_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 18:40:42.01 -04:29:16.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 24653_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 24653_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 19:01:40.64 -05:44:19.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 78984_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 78984_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 19:01:40.36 -02:11:57.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 76782_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
Preparing report for the candidate 76782_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
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Considering the candidate 71998_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
Preparing report for the candidate 71998_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
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Considering the candidate 22172_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 22172_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 18:44:53.09 -06:07:37.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 79324_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
Preparing report for the candidate 79324_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
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Considering the candidate 90159_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
Preparing report for the candidate 90159_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
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Considering the candidate 91034_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
Preparing report for the candidate 91034_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
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Considering the candidate 43019_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 43019_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 18:47:10.54 -04:44:50.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 41674_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019
The candidate 41674_fd_Aql-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-05_00-10-43_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0019 did not pass the final checks
