This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33
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 08.1340 2461229.6340 11.02 11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.1
280.66905 48.54923 galactic Crt Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.0" and 10.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.15 Eunomia 0 -0 0 11.4 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.1: 15.74 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.1: 15.70 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461229.6340,11.02,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260708.1340 11.02CV 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 08.1340 2461229.6340 13.20 11:55:33.72 -12:47:12.4
282.39806 47.84480 galactic Crt Second-epoch detections are separated by 6.4" and 10.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.433 Eros -0 -0 1 13.4 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:55:33.72 -12:47:12.4: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:55:33.72 -12:47:12.4: 15.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461229.6340,13.20,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260708.1340 13.20CV 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 08.1340 2461229.6340 14.13 11:55:53.23 -08:32:30.8
280.32203 51.87447 galactic Crt Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 10.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.639 Latona 0 0 0 14.5 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:55:53.23 -08:32:30.8: 15.94 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:55:53.23 -08:32:30.8: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461229.6340,14.13,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260708.1340 14.13CV 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 08.1340 2461229.6340 12.02 12:14:36.44 -06:02:12.9
286.54767 55.65882 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 11.1 pix
The object was found in VSX 6" T Vir
Type: M
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
9.000 V 14.800 V 2440277.00000 339.470000000000 M6e
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 12:14:36.44 -06:02:12.9: 13.02 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 12:14:36.44 -06:02:12.9: 13.04 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 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!
TCP 2026 07 08.1340* 12 14 36.44 -06 02 12.9 12.0 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
T Vir,2461229.6340,12.02,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
T Vir 20260708.1340 12.02CV 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: 2461168.69990902 08.05.2026 04:47:42.139 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
First image: 2461168.69990902 08.05.2026 04:47:42.139 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Last image: 2461229.63516968 08.07.2026 03:14:28.660 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.66
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: 3 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): 4213
Objects passed selection criteria: 4201
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3450
Average stars matched: 3392.5 (98.3333 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110968 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jul 7 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-138-g473912fb
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-07)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 7 22:19:56 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: 2461168.69990902 08.05.2026 04:47:42.139 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
First image: 2461168.69990902 08.05.2026 04:47:42.139 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Last image: 2461229.63516968 08.07.2026 03:14:28.660 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 9
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.39
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: 13 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): 25105
Objects passed selection criteria: 25039
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 21897.5
Average stars matched: 21251 (97.0476 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 131060 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jul 7 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-138-g473912fb
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-07)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 7 22:22:02 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.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: 2461229.63283762
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits'
wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Image size: 937.2'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: 12:00:00.562 -09:59:51.30 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_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Image size: 937.4'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: 12:00:00.030 -09:59:33.32 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:00:00.562 -09:59:51.30
Second-epoch image center 12:00:00.030 -09:59:33.32
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0055 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Image size: 937.5'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: 12:00:03.306 -09:58:51.25 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:00:00.562 -09:59:51.30
Second-epoch image center 12:00:03.306 -09:58:51.25
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0201 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 12:00:00.030 -09:59:33.32
Second-epoch second image center 12:00:03.306 -09:58:51.25
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01781 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FOUm0X2s3k
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MPUUb4EHHS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits &> /tmp/tmp.na0nEoVhkc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits &> /tmp/tmp.v8nSM1uQEd
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits and wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits and wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits and wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5940 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.9446 to 188.0896 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6856 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 171.9446 to 188.0896 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6856 deg
Loaded 4262 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): 3528 out of 3614 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3614 out of 5940 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.720850
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.720850
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.66
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.06
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.06
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5940 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.9446 to 188.0896 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6856 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 171.9446 to 188.0896 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6856 deg
Loaded 4262 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): 3528 out of 3614 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3614 out of 5940 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 5891 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.9819 to 188.0896 deg, Dec -15.2480 to -4.6848 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 171.9819 to 188.0896 deg, Dec -15.2480 to -4.6848 deg
Loaded 4252 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): 3494 out of 3590 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3590 out of 5891 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.3 pix Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
2.3 pix Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
2.3 pix wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
2.3 pix wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
15.1 mag. Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
14.2 mag. fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 11.3 (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.FOUm0X2s3k (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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=332, bad_region=1469, passed=5940
Got 5940 stars (including 4190 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5940 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4615 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=303 n_q2=186 n_q3=280 n_q4=207 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.067
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits -region wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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.MPUUb4EHHS (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=342, bad_region=1455, passed=5891
Got 5891 stars (including 4153 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5891 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.2 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4584 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.2 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4584 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4584 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.359 n_q1=298 n_q2=187 n_q3=283 n_q4=208 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.119
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.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.na0nEoVhkc (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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=200, bad_region=664, passed=3119
Got 3119 stars (including 2302 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3119 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2502 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2502 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2502 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.384 n_q1=313 n_q2=189 n_q3=287 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.048
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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.v8nSM1uQEd (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.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=189, bad_region=762, passed=3292
Got 3292 stars (including 2374 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3292 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2587 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2586 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2586 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.313 n_q1=309 n_q2=186 n_q3=286 n_q4=192 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.118
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits sigma_overall=0.357 worst_q_ratio=1.067
ref2=Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits sigma_overall=0.351 worst_q_ratio=1.119
new1=fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits sigma_overall=0.366 worst_q_ratio=1.048
new2=fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.118
reference average sigma_overall=0.354 worst_q_ratio=1.093
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016_astrometric_residuals.png (972 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017_astrometric_residuals.png (973 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.1: 15.74 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.1: 15.70 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20217.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20217_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
Preparing report for the candidate 20217_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
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Considering the candidate 04752_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
The candidate 04752_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:59:46.63 -13:14:52.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 9s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-10-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 ####
11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.1
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Image size: 937.2'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: 12:00:00.562 -09:59:51.30 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_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Image size: 937.4'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: 12:00:00.030 -09:59:33.32 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:00:00.562 -09:59:51.30
Second-epoch image center 12:00:00.030 -09:59:33.32
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0055 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Image size: 937.5'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: 12:00:03.306 -09:58:51.25 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:00:00.562 -09:59:51.30
Second-epoch image center 12:00:03.306 -09:58:51.25
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0201 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 12:00:00.030 -09:59:33.32
Second-epoch second image center 12:00:03.306 -09:58:51.25
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01781 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits &> /tmp/tmp.49YIa6vb6d
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RSZhNiKpKC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ObTVfB2tjQ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Z1tu7UR0jy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits and wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits and wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits and wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 33319 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.9446 to 188.0928 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6830 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 171.9446 to 188.0928 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6830 deg
Loaded 4264 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): 3508 out of 3727 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3727 out of 33319 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.599900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.599900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.39
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.21
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.21
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 33319 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.9446 to 188.0928 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6830 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 171.9446 to 188.0928 deg, Dec -15.2625 to -4.6830 deg
Loaded 4264 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): 3508 out of 3727 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3727 out of 33319 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits (aperture=4.8)
Read 33275 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 171.9656 to 188.1174 deg, Dec -15.2621 to -4.6829 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 171.9656 to 188.1174 deg, Dec -15.2621 to -4.6829 deg
Loaded 4265 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): 3499 out of 3725 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3725 out of 33275 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
2.1 pix Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
2.1 pix fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
15.2 mag. Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 13.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.49YIa6vb6d (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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=13, blended=1421, bad_region=6068, passed=33306
Got 33306 stars (including 26173 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33306 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27965 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27965 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.373 n_q1=295 n_q2=191 n_q3=285 n_q4=205 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.024
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits -region wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.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.RSZhNiKpKC (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=1345, bad_region=6017, passed=33268
Got 33268 stars (including 26234 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33268 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28012 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28012 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28012 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.373 n_q1=294 n_q2=193 n_q3=282 n_q4=206 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.125
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits -region wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.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.ObTVfB2tjQ (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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=778, bad_region=2581, passed=18845
Got 18845 stars (including 15819 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18845 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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16514 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16514 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16514 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 971 stars left (next iteration limit 1068)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits N_match=971 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.385 n_q1=318 n_q2=188 n_q3=290 n_q4=175 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.066
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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.Z1tu7UR0jy (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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=673, bad_region=3018, passed=20525
Got 20525 stars (including 17038 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20525 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17795 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17793 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17793 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1065)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.312 n_q1=313 n_q2=185 n_q3=288 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.120
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-11-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0016.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.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_2026-07-07_CI_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_221504_TTUQ2b1x1_34316_y2PhzL33/wcs_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:55:53.23 -08:32:30.8: 15.94 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 12:18:41.47 -06:38:32.9: 13.96 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:57:39.41 -13:39:07.8: 13.36 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 12:14:36.44 -06:02:12.9: 13.02 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-47-42_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 11:55:33.72 -12:47:12.4: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:55:53.23 -08:32:30.8: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:57:39.41 -13:39:07.8: 13.29 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.32 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 11:57:39.41 -13:39:07.8: ref_mag=13.32 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3027 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 12:18:41.47 -06:38:32.9: 13.93 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.94 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:18:41.47 -06:38:32.9: ref_mag=13.94 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.0026 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 12:14:36.44 -06:02:12.9: 13.04 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 12:14:36.44 -06:02:12.9: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.0103 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-07_23-48-31_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0137.fits at 11:55:33.72 -12:47:12.4: 15.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out03788.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52149.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52247.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s
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Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s
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Considering the candidate 52102_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
The candidate 52102_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:52:04.23 -11:44:22.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52127_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
The candidate 52127_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 11:48:25.04 -10:20:18.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52149_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
Preparing report for the candidate 52149_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
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Considering the candidate 52166_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
The candidate 52166_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52205_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
The candidate 52205_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52247_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
Preparing report for the candidate 52247_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
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Considering the candidate 03788_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
Preparing report for the candidate 03788_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
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Considering the candidate 27770_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017
The candidate 27770_fd_Vir-10-Q2b1x1_2026-07-07_22-14-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0017 did not pass the final checks