This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK
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 10.3364 2461231.8364 11.36 00:58:22.09 +22:09:30.1
125.04811 -40.68491 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 4.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2791475167531380608 | 00:58:22.19 +22:09:31.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: G9 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.576+/-0.027 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:58:22.09 +22:09:30.1: 12.64 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:58:22.09 +22:09:30.1: 12.62 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.63 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2791475167531380608,2461231.8364,11.36,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2791475167531380608 20260710.3364 11.36CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 10.81 00:59:53.63 +17:48:56.9
125.77915 -45.00919 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 4.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2787878561917909888 | 00:59:53.64 +17:48:57.2 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: G0 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.334+/-0.030 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:59:53.63 +17:48:56.9: 11.76 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:59:53.63 +17:48:56.9: 11.78 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.77 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2787878561917909888,2461231.8364,10.81,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2787878561917909888 20260710.3364 10.81CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 11.14 01:04:23.73 +24:19:57.5
126.70125 -38.44426 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.1" and 3.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2804216102115088384 | 01:04:23.67 +24:19:57.2 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.703+/-0.028 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 01:04:23.73 +24:19:57.5: 12.07 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 01:04:23.73 +24:19:57.5: 12.11 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.09 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2804216102115088384,2461231.8364,11.14,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2804216102115088384 20260710.3364 11.14CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 10.76 00:56:58.25 +17:44:21.4
124.79890 -45.11241 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 4.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2787795583153537536 | 00:56:58.22 +17:44:22.4 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: K1 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.498+/-0.034 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:56:58.25 +17:44:21.4: 12.07 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:56:58.25 +17:44:21.4: 12.05 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.06 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2787795583153537536,2461231.8364,10.76,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2787795583153537536 20260710.3364 10.76CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 11.05 00:57:02.79 +17:52:39.4
124.81839 -44.97359 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 4.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2787846091964483968 | 00:57:02.70 +17:52:41.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: K3 (LAMOST DR5)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:57:02.79 +17:52:39.4: 12.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:57:02.79 +17:52:39.4: 12.47 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2787846091964483968,2461231.8364,11.05,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2787846091964483968 20260710.3364 11.05CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 11.01 00:58:07.67 +22:12:25.7
124.97257 -40.63810 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 4.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2791487330878761728 | 00:58:07.63 +22:12:26.2 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: F7 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.321+/-0.027 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:58:07.67 +22:12:25.7: 12.02 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:58:07.67 +22:12:25.7: 12.01 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.01 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2791487330878761728,2461231.8364,11.01,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2791487330878761728 20260710.3364 11.01CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 10.43 00:57:15.99 +17:50:44.6
124.89378 -45.00382 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.1" and 4.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2787844790589975168 | 00:57:15.98 +17:50:44.7 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: F5 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.312+/-0.028 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:57:15.99 +17:50:44.6: 11.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:57:15.99 +17:50:44.6: 11.52 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.51 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2787844790589975168,2461231.8364,10.43,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2787844790589975168 20260710.3364 10.43CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 11.28 00:59:52.01 +23:00:34.0
125.45750 -39.82097 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.4" and 4.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | ATO J014.9667+23.0096 | 00:59:52.02 +23:00:34.9 (Gaia DR3) | dubious (ATLAS) | (ATLAS) | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: G5 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.789+/-0.028 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:59:52.01 +23:00:34.0: 12.46 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:59:52.01 +23:00:34.0: 12.46 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.46 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
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
ATO J014.9667+23.0096,2461231.8364,11.28,0.05,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
ATO J014.9667+23.0096 20260710.3364 11.28CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 10.44 00:58:07.66 +17:47:03.3
125.18663 -45.05821 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 4.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2787793762083361280 | 00:58:07.64 +17:47:02.9 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.435+/-0.032 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:58:07.66 +17:47:03.3: 11.38 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:58:07.66 +17:47:03.3: 11.36 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.37 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2787793762083361280,2461231.8364,10.44,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2787793762083361280 20260710.3364 10.44CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 10.97 00:43:58.45 +25:54:10.4
120.83184 -36.93842 galactic And Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 4.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2808324427312857472 | 00:43:58.49 +25:54:09.5 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.289+/-0.029 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:43:58.45 +25:54:10.4: 12.00 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:43:58.45 +25:54:10.4: 12.00 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.00 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 10.3364* 00 43 58.45 +25 54 10.4 11.0 U And 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2808324427312857472,2461231.8364,10.97,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2808324427312857472 20260710.3364 10.97CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 11.07 00:56:56.04 +17:50:20.2
124.78222 -45.01306 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 4.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2787844236538612864 | 00:56:56.08 +17:50:20.1 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: F0 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.200+/-0.033 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:56:56.04 +17:50:20.2: 12.45 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:56:56.04 +17:50:20.2: 12.47 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.46 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2787844236538612864,2461231.8364,11.07,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2787844236538612864 20260710.3364 11.07CV 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 10.3364 2461231.8364 10.98 00:55:22.37 +18:36:43.8
124.23347 -44.24964 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 4.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 2788176087187234432 | 00:55:22.39 +18:36:44.6 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: F6 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.351+/-0.028 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:55:22.37 +18:36:43.8: 11.96 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:55:22.37 +18:36:43.8: 11.93 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.94 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 2788176087187234432,2461231.8364,10.98,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 2788176087187234432 20260710.3364 10.98CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.63725832 09.01.2026 03:17:29.119 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
First image: 2461049.63725832 09.01.2026 03:17:29.119 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Last image: 2461231.83671071 10.07.2026 08:04:41.805 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54
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): 6749
Objects passed selection criteria: 6701
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3683.75
Average stars matched: 3505.25 (95.1544 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 113264 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Jul 8 15:05:08 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-141-gc31ee76a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-08)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Fri Jul 10 06:37:07 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: 2461049.63725832 09.01.2026 03:17:29.119 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
First image: 2461049.63725832 09.01.2026 03:17:29.119 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Last image: 2461231.83671071 10.07.2026 08:04:41.805 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 23
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.25
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: 10 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): 40466
Objects passed selection criteria: 40280
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 23021.2
Average stars matched: 21681.8 (94.1815 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 144216 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Jul 8 15:05:08 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-141-gc31ee76a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-08)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Fri Jul 10 06:38:59 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.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: 2461231.83610735
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits'
wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits'
wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits'
wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:55:23.421 +21:59:48.16 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Image size: 937.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:55:24.124 +22:00:00.35 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 00:55:23.421 +21:59:48.16
Second-epoch image center 00:55:24.124 +22:00:00.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0043 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Image size: 937.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:55:22.416 +22:00:10.61 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 00:55:23.421 +21:59:48.16
Second-epoch image center 00:55:22.416 +22:00:10.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0073 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 00:55:24.124 +22:00:00.35
Second-epoch second image center 00:55:22.416 +22:00:10.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00719 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/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Wt1znL1VFH
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qyEhm8Gwrz
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3JcglEI531
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MX7PO3lE31
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits and wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits and wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits and wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits) and catalog (wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 9078 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.1649 to 22.7110 deg, Dec +16.5275 to +27.2862 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.1649 to 22.7110 deg, Dec 16.5275 to 27.2862 deg
Loaded 6165 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): 4786 out of 5090 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5090 out of 9078 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.896100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.896100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.36
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.36
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 9078 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.1649 to 22.7110 deg, Dec +16.5275 to +27.2862 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.1649 to 22.7110 deg, Dec 16.5275 to 27.2862 deg
Loaded 6165 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): 4786 out of 5090 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5090 out of 9078 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits (aperture=5.8)
Read 9038 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.1650 to 22.6667 deg, Dec +16.5275 to +27.2862 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.1650 to 22.6667 deg, Dec 16.5275 to 27.2862 deg
Loaded 6148 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): 4795 out of 5097 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5097 out of 9038 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
2.0 pix And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
2.5 pix fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
2.5 pix fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
2.0 pix wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
2.0 pix wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
15.3 mag. And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
10.6 mag. fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
10.2 mag. fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 10.2 (SNR ) 8.9 (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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits' -> 'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.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=677, bad_region=2181, passed=9078
Got 9078 stars (including 6369 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9078 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 965 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7154 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7154 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7154 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 966 stars left (next iteration limit 1062)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits N_match=966 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.303 n_q1=279 n_q2=196 n_q3=296 n_q4=195 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.262
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits -region wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.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.qyEhm8Gwrz (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits' -> 'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.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=673, bad_region=2156, passed=9038
Got 9038 stars (including 6347 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9038 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7120 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7120 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7120 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 966 stars left (next iteration limit 1062)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits N_match=966 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.321 n_q1=279 n_q2=195 n_q3=297 n_q4=195 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.199
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits -region wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.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.3JcglEI531 (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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.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=39, bad_region=132, passed=641
Got 641 stars (including 475 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 641 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 446 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 446 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 377 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 446 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 423 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 447 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 447 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 422 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 447 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 422 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Excluding outliers - 447 stars left (next iteration limit 490)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits N_match=447 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.599 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.538 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.588 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.634 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.711 n_q1=206 n_q2=46 n_q3=160 n_q4=35 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.187
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits -region wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.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.MX7PO3lE31 (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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.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=34, bad_region=80, passed=625
Got 625 stars (including 514 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 625 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 482 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 482 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 412 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 482 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 459 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 484 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 484 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 457 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 484 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 457 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 484 stars left (next iteration limit 530)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits N_match=484 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.597 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.507 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.720 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.645 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.945 n_q1=187 n_q2=42 n_q3=218 n_q4=37 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.581
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits -region wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits sigma_overall=0.358 worst_q_ratio=1.262
ref2=And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits sigma_overall=0.347 worst_q_ratio=1.199
new1=fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits sigma_overall=0.599 worst_q_ratio=1.187
new2=fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits sigma_overall=0.597 worst_q_ratio=1.581
reference average sigma_overall=0.3525 worst_q_ratio=1.2305
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089_astrometric_residuals.png (966 matched stars from wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090_astrometric_residuals.png (966 matched stars from wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328_astrometric_residuals.png (447 matched stars from wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.52 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329_astrometric_residuals.png (484 matched stars from wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.56 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field And-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field And-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:55:23.421 +21:59:48.16 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Image size: 937.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:55:24.124 +22:00:00.35 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 00:55:23.421 +21:59:48.16
Second-epoch image center 00:55:24.124 +22:00:00.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0043 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
###################################
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Image size: 937.8'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:55:22.416 +22:00:10.61 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 00:55:23.421 +21:59:48.16
Second-epoch image center 00:55:22.416 +22:00:10.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0073 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 00:55:24.124 +22:00:00.35
Second-epoch second image center 00:55:22.416 +22:00:10.61
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00719 deg.
###################################
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/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CZwGjFIX05
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bAIaj7cZkb
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6F6Iw7Je4a
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wdbAIsq0oL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits and wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits and wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits and wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits) and catalog (wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 52018 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.1334 to 22.7165 deg, Dec +16.4539 to +27.2953 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.1334 to 22.7165 deg, Dec 16.4539 to 27.2953 deg
Loaded 6202 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): 4542 out of 5204 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5204 out of 52018 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.787000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.787000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.25
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.54
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.54
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 52018 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.1334 to 22.7165 deg, Dec +16.4539 to +27.2953 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.1334 to 22.7165 deg, Dec 16.4539 to 27.2953 deg
Loaded 6202 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): 4542 out of 5204 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5204 out of 52018 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 51820 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 5.1215 to 22.7052 deg, Dec +16.4521 to +27.2930 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 5.1215 to 22.7052 deg, Dec 16.4521 to 27.2930 deg
Loaded 6206 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): 4554 out of 5201 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5201 out of 51820 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 13 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
1.9 pix And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
2.2 pix fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
2.3 pix fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
1.9 pix wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
1.9 pix wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
15.5 mag. And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
11.6 mag. fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
11.6 mag. fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 11.6 (SNR ) 11.3 (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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits' -> 'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.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=18, blended=2657, bad_region=10128, passed=52000
Got 52000 stars (including 39694 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 52000 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 43208 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 43208 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 43209 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1063)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.340 n_q1=277 n_q2=196 n_q3=299 n_q4=195 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.138
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits -region wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.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.bAIaj7cZkb (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits' -> 'wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=2632, bad_region=10052, passed=51804
Got 51804 stars (including 39582 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51804 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 963 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 43014 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 963 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 43013 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 43013 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 963 stars left (next iteration limit 1059)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits N_match=963 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.301 n_q1=275 n_q2=191 n_q3=305 n_q4=192 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154
The image catalog is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits -region wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.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.6F6Iw7Je4a (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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=125, bad_region=653, passed=4985
Got 4985 stars (including 4233 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4985 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 949 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 926 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 949 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4219 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 949 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 948 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Excluding outliers - 948 stars left (next iteration limit 1043)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits N_match=948 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.574 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.589 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.657 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.667 n_q1=437 n_q2=106 n_q3=318 n_q4=87 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.162
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits -region wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.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.wdbAIsq0oL (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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.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=132, bad_region=447, passed=5106
Got 5106 stars (including 4536 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5106 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013025 (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 0.010420 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4514 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4514 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4514 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Excluding outliers - 938 stars left (next iteration limit 1031)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits N_match=938 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.614 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.538 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.776 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.658 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.725 n_q1=373 n_q2=84 n_q3=402 n_q4=79 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.264
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits -region wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-03-49_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0328.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.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_2026-07-10_CI_And-07-Q2b1x1_035100_TTUQ2b1x1_2142395_CkCi15fK/wcs_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field And-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:57:02.79 +17:52:39.4: 12.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:43:58.45 +25:54:10.4: 12.00 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:57:15.99 +17:50:44.6: 11.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:58:22.09 +22:09:30.1: 12.64 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:58:07.67 +22:12:25.7: 12.02 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:56:58.25 +17:44:21.4: 12.07 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:58:07.66 +17:47:03.3: 11.38 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 01:04:23.73 +24:19:57.5: 12.07 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:59:52.01 +23:00:34.0: 12.46 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:59:53.63 +17:48:56.9: 11.76 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:58:07.66 +17:47:03.3: 11.36 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:58:22.09 +22:09:30.1: 12.62 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:43:58.45 +25:54:10.4: 12.00 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:56:58.25 +17:44:21.4: 12.05 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:57:02.79 +17:52:39.4: 12.47 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:58:07.67 +22:12:25.7: 12.01 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:57:15.99 +17:50:44.6: 11.52 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.37 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:59:53.63 +17:48:56.9: 11.78 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 01:04:23.73 +24:19:57.5: 12.11 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:58:07.66 +17:47:03.3: ref_mag=11.37 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.4009 delta=0.97 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:59:52.01 +23:00:34.0: 12.46 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.63 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.00 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.06 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.01 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.49 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.51 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:58:22.09 +22:09:30.1: ref_mag=12.63 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.3056 delta=1.33 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.09 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:43:58.45 +25:54:10.4: ref_mag=12.00 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9758 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.77 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:56:58.25 +17:44:21.4: ref_mag=12.06 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.7604 delta=1.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:58:07.67 +22:12:25.7: ref_mag=12.01 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.0086 delta=1.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:57:02.79 +17:52:39.4: ref_mag=12.49 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9629 delta=1.53 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:57:15.99 +17:50:44.6: ref_mag=11.51 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.4302 delta=1.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 01:04:23.73 +24:19:57.5: ref_mag=12.09 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.0939 delta=0.99 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:59:53.63 +17:48:56.9: ref_mag=11.77 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.7643 delta=1.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.46 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:59:52.01 +23:00:34.0: ref_mag=12.46 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.2179 delta=1.24 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:56:56.04 +17:50:20.2: 12.45 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:56:56.04 +17:50:20.2: 12.47 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.46 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:56:56.04 +17:50:20.2: ref_mag=12.46 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9916 delta=1.47 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-17-29_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0089.fits at 00:55:22.37 +18:36:43.8: 11.96 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-18-10_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0090.fits at 00:55:22.37 +18:36:43.8: 11.93 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.94 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:55:22.37 +18:36:43.8: ref_mag=11.94 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.8885 delta=1.06 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 27519_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329
Preparing report for the candidate 27519_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329
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Considering the candidate 15038_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329
The candidate 15038_fd_And-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-04-41_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0329 did not pass the final checks
