This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1
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 10.3698 2461231.8698 12.64 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0
153.58179 -20.14647 galactic Per Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.5" and 8.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) SpType: F7 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.356+/-0.032 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits at 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0: 13.55 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0: 13.66 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.59 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 10.3698* 03 12 49.21 +34 10 39.0 12.6 U Per 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
target,2461231.8698,12.64,0.05,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
target 20260710.3698 12.64CV 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 10.3698 2461231.8698 12.80 03:30:47.70 +40:21:37.9
153.00153 -13.02796 galactic Per Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.5" and 7.9 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" Gaia DR3 236827627735871360
Type: ROT
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
13.310 G 13.330 G M
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits at 03:30:47.70 +40:21:37.9: 13.93 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:30:47.70 +40:21:37.9: 13.91 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.92 +/- 0.04
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 10.3698* 03 30 47.70 +40 21 37.9 12.8 U Per 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 236827627735871360,2461231.8698,12.80,0.05,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 236827627735871360 20260710.3698 12.80CV 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 10.3698 2461231.8698 12.49 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9
153.04237 -19.96289 galactic Per Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 8.2 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 | target | 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) SpType: F7 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.351+/-0.033 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits at 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9: 13.44 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9: 13.43 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 10.3698* 03 11 14.81 +34 36 27.9 12.5 U Per 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
target,2461231.8698,12.49,0.05,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
target 20260710.3698 12.49CV 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: 2461049.67981032 09.01.2026 04:18:45.612 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
First image: 2461049.67981032 09.01.2026 04:18:45.612 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Last image: 2461231.87005994 10.07.2026 08:52:43.179 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.51
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: 18 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): 13269
Objects passed selection criteria: 13162
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 7747.25
Average stars matched: 7535 (97.2603 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 119992 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 05:54:02 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: 2461049.67981032 09.01.2026 04:18:45.612 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
First image: 2461049.67981032 09.01.2026 04:18:45.612 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Last image: 2461231.87005994 10.07.2026 08:52:43.179 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 10
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.17
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: 130 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): 94864
Objects passed selection criteria: 94531
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 59015.5
Average stars matched: 56992.8 (96.5725 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 1935216 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 06:00:09 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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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: 2461231.86949098
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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits'
wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits'
wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Image size: 941.4'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: 03:16:20.166 +38:00:36.26 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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Image size: 938.9'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: 03:16:22.412 +37:57:30.42 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 03:16:20.166 +38:00:36.26
Second-epoch image center 03:16:22.412 +37:57:30.42
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0521 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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Image size: 938.9'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: 03:16:20.090 +37:58:08.73 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 03:16:20.166 +38:00:36.26
Second-epoch image center 03:16:20.090 +37:58:08.73
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0410 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 03:16:22.412 +37:57:30.42
Second-epoch second image center 03:16:20.090 +37:58:08.73
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01309 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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xQjDB06a9f
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kGvBxkr0xC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits &> /tmp/tmp.z4TmYnGK0l
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits &> /tmp/tmp.P34db9rBIg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits and wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits and wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits and wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits) and catalog (wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 19606 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 38.5977 to 59.9670 deg, Dec +32.1787 to +43.3326 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 38.5977 to 59.9670 deg, Dec 32.1787 to 43.3326 deg
Loaded 11395 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): 8290 out of 9102 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9102 out of 19606 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.945200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.945200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.51
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.44
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.44
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 19606 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 38.5977 to 59.9670 deg, Dec +32.1787 to +43.3326 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 38.5977 to 59.9670 deg, Dec 32.1787 to 43.3326 deg
Loaded 11395 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): 8290 out of 9102 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9102 out of 19606 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 18184 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 38.6482 to 59.9740 deg, Dec +32.1700 to +43.3214 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 38.6482 to 59.9740 deg, Dec 32.1700 to 43.3214 deg
Loaded 11362 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): 8373 out of 9055 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9055 out of 18184 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ 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:
2.1 pix Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.2 pix Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
2.2 pix fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
2.3 pix fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
15.3 mag. Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
12.3 mag. fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
12.2 mag. fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.2 (SNR ) 10.2 (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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> 'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=1775, bad_region=4916, passed=19606
Got 19606 stars (including 13349 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19606 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 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(), 951 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15101 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 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(), 15102 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15102 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
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=Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits N_match=963 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.479 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.299 n_q1=302 n_q2=250 n_q3=247 n_q4=164 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.173
The image catalog is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits -region wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.kGvBxkr0xC (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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits' -> 'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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=1550, bad_region=4694, passed=18184
Got 18184 stars (including 12333 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18184 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 950 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 961 stars left (next iteration limit 1057)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits N_match=961 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.384 n_q1=311 n_q2=243 n_q3=247 n_q4=160 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.127
The image catalog is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -region wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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.z4TmYnGK0l (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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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=83, bad_region=237, passed=1691
Got 1691 stars (including 1381 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1691 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (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 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 944 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 918 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 944 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1445 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 951 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Excluding outliers - 945 stars left (next iteration limit 1038)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits N_match=945 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.543 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.510 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.681 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.629 n_q1=325 n_q2=131 n_q3=188 n_q4=301 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.254
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits -region wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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.P34db9rBIg (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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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=89, bad_region=256, passed=1763
Got 1763 stars (including 1431 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1763 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (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 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 942 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 939 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 939 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1520 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 943 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 939 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 939 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Excluding outliers - 939 stars left (next iteration limit 1032)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits N_match=939 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.539 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.708 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.622 n_q1=294 n_q2=146 n_q3=232 n_q4=267 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.315
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits -region wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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=Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits sigma_overall=0.408 worst_q_ratio=1.173
ref2=Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits sigma_overall=0.388 worst_q_ratio=1.127
new1=fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits sigma_overall=0.543 worst_q_ratio=1.254
new2=fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits sigma_overall=0.539 worst_q_ratio=1.315
reference average sigma_overall=0.398 worst_q_ratio=1.15
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148_astrometric_residuals.png (963 matched stars from wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192_astrometric_residuals.png (961 matched stars from wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374_astrometric_residuals.png (945 matched stars from wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.50 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375_astrometric_residuals.png (939 matched stars from wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.51 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Per-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Per-04-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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Image size: 941.4'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: 03:16:20.166 +38:00:36.26 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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Image size: 938.9'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: 03:16:22.412 +37:57:30.42 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 03:16:20.166 +38:00:36.26
Second-epoch image center 03:16:22.412 +37:57:30.42
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0521 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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Image size: 938.9'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: 03:16:20.090 +37:58:08.73 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 03:16:20.166 +38:00:36.26
Second-epoch image center 03:16:20.090 +37:58:08.73
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0410 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 03:16:22.412 +37:57:30.42
Second-epoch second image center 03:16:20.090 +37:58:08.73
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01309 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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits &> /tmp/tmp.it3Ll9J94n
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits &> /tmp/tmp.HmvdMnnNb3
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Kbt19dsGFk
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5MR0SouIl0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits and wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits and wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits and wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits) and catalog (wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 134915 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 38.5836 to 59.9685 deg, Dec +32.1696 to +43.3347 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 38.5836 to 59.9685 deg, Dec 32.1696 to 43.3347 deg
Loaded 11418 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): 6928 out of 9227 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9227 out of 134915 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.807100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.807100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.17
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 134915 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 38.5836 to 59.9685 deg, Dec +32.1696 to +43.3347 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 38.5836 to 59.9685 deg, Dec 32.1696 to 43.3347 deg
Loaded 11418 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): 6928 out of 9227 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9227 out of 134915 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits (aperture=4.5)
Read 120837 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 38.6009 to 59.9738 deg, Dec +32.1695 to +43.3272 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 38.6009 to 59.9738 deg, Dec 32.1695 to 43.3272 deg
Loaded 11402 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): 7085 out of 9224 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9224 out of 120837 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.0 pix Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
2.0 pix fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
2.1 pix fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
15.5 mag. Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
13.0 mag. fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
13.0 mag. fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.0 (SNR ) 12.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.it3Ll9J94n (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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits' -> 'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=45, blended=14009, bad_region=25626, passed=134870
Got 134870 stars (including 97581 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 134870 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 956 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 111610 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 962 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 111610 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 111610 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 962 stars left (next iteration limit 1058)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits N_match=962 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.501 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.304 n_q1=297 n_q2=231 n_q3=275 n_q4=159 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.277
The image catalog is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits -region wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.HmvdMnnNb3 (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/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits' -> 'wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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=21, blended=12011, bad_region=23398, passed=120816
Got 120816 stars (including 87439 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 120816 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 99308 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
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 610 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 99308 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 99308 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1061)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.429 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.325 n_q1=293 n_q2=241 n_q3=268 n_q4=162 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.123
The image catalog is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -region wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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.Kbt19dsGFk (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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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=5, blended=381, bad_region=1786, passed=17103
Got 17103 stars (including 15025 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17103 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (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 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 944 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 916 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15223 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.2 to 43.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 945 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15221 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15221 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Excluding outliers - 940 stars left (next iteration limit 1034)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits N_match=940 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.532 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.501 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.630 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.656 n_q1=324 n_q2=128 n_q3=200 n_q4=288 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits -region wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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.5MR0SouIl0 (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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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=1, blended=459, bad_region=1958, passed=17279
Got 17279 stars (including 14974 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 17279 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (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 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 941 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 917 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15330 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 611 to 668 (Dec 32.3 to 43.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 943 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 939 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15329 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 939 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15333 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Excluding outliers - 939 stars left (next iteration limit 1031)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits N_match=939 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.517 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.502 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.679 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.611 n_q1=296 n_q2=140 n_q3=234 n_q4=269 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.313
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits -region wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-51-54_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0374.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.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_Per-04-Q2b1x1_054314_TTUQ2b1x1_1966527_omam90b1/wcs_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Per-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits at 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0: 13.55 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits at 03:30:47.70 +40:21:37.9: 13.93 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-18-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0148.fits at 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9: 13.44 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0: 13.66 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:30:47.70 +40:21:37.9: 13.91 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_23-06-15_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9: 13.43 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.59 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.92 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 03:11:14.81 +34:36:27.9: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.4587 delta=0.98 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 03:12:49.21 +34:10:39.0: ref_mag=13.59 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.6234 delta=0.97 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 03:30:47.70 +40:21:37.9: ref_mag=13.92 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.7516 delta=1.17 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out103274.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out108339.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out44678.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 16s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 151396_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
The candidate 151396_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:23:51.09 +41:20:18.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 151564_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
The candidate 151564_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:24:41.72 +40:46:17.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 151695_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
The candidate 151695_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:07:42.53 +36:35:38.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 152154_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
The candidate 152154_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:11:23.01 +38:08:40.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 108339_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
Preparing report for the candidate 108339_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
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Considering the candidate 44678_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
Preparing report for the candidate 44678_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
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Considering the candidate 50431_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375
The candidate 50431_fd_Per-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_03-52-43_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0375 did not pass the final checks