This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4
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 11.1842 2461232.6842 12.16 12:59:59.02 -06:03:00.9
306.80953 56.75714 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 3.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.26 Proserpina -0 0 1 12.3 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:59:59.02 -06:03:00.9: 15.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:59:59.02 -06:03:00.9: 15.78 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 11.1842* 12 59 59.02 -06 03 00.9 12.2 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461232.6842,12.16,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260711.1842 12.16CV 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 11.1842 2461232.6842 13.92 12:41:09.71 +01:04:26.9
297.09997 63.82947 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 3.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.238 Hypatia -0 1 1 14.0 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:41:09.71 +01:04:26.9: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:41:09.71 +01:04:26.9: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 11.1842* 12 41 09.71 +01 04 26.9 13.9 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461232.6842,13.92,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260711.1842 13.92CV 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 11.1842 2461232.6842 13.95 12:39:28.92 -05:20:15.7
297.40127 57.40561 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 3.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.184 Dejopeja -3 -0 3 14.1 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:39:28.92 -05:20:15.7: 15.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:39:28.92 -05:20:15.7: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 11.1842* 12 39 28.92 -05 20 15.7 13.9 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461232.6842,13.95,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260711.1842 13.95CV 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: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
First image: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Last image: 2461232.68444690 11.07.2026 04:25:26.212 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 4
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55
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: 5 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): 3975
Objects passed selection criteria: 3973
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3595.5
Average stars matched: 3501 (97.3717 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110676 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Jul 10 19:09:57 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-143-g13f85f26
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-10)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Fri Jul 10 23:40:32 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
First image: 2461178.70772964 18.05.2026 04:58:57.841 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Last image: 2461232.68444690 11.07.2026 04:25:26.212 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 32
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28
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: 21 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): 24722
Objects passed selection criteria: 24656
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 22324
Average stars matched: 21391 (95.8206 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 130432 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Jul 10 19:09:57 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-143-g13f85f26
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-10)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Fri Jul 10 23:42:57 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/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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: 2461232.68398450
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt'
'tns_transients_list.txt' -> '../tns_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits'
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:24.533 -01:59:59.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:24.533 -01:59:59.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0438 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:23.371 -01:59:51.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:23.371 -01:59:51.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0467 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 12:51:24.533 -01:59:59.80
Second-epoch second image center 12:51:23.371 -01:59:51.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00531 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sFA7CQ9WcK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YFNZPD96fe
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4cyy5swPPf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits &> /tmp/tmp.b2IfyTUpqL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits does not exist or is empty: waiting for solve_plate_with_UCAC5
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.sFA7CQ9WcK (1) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=342, bad_region=1170, passed=5294
Got 5294 stars (including 3857 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 983 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4185 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4185 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.276 n_q1=298 n_q2=163 n_q3=333 n_q4=190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.285
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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.YFNZPD96fe (1) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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=358, bad_region=1172, passed=5270
Got 5270 stars (including 3816 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 983 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4162 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 985 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4162 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 985 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4162 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 985 stars left (next iteration limit 1083)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits N_match=985 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.366 n_q1=294 n_q2=162 n_q3=334 n_q4=195 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.400
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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.4cyy5swPPf (1) ############
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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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=196, bad_region=662, passed=3820
Got 3820 stars (including 2985 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3820 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 983 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3218 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3219 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3219 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.337 n_q1=296 n_q2=181 n_q3=328 n_q4=179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.098
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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.b2IfyTUpqL (1) ############
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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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=202, bad_region=673, passed=3799
Got 3799 stars (including 2949 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3799 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 981 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3188 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3189 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3189 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits N_match=982 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.378 n_q1=298 n_q2=177 n_q3=328 n_q4=179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.093
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.6829 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.6829 deg
Loaded 4271 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): 3153 out of 3261 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5294 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.669100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.669100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.55
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5294 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.6829 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.6829 deg
Loaded 4271 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): 3153 out of 3261 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3261 out of 5294 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (aperture=5.8)
Read 5270 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6856 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6261 to +3.6772 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 184.6856 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6261 to 3.6772 deg
Loaded 4268 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): 3130 out of 3249 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3249 out of 5270 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
2.1 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
15.1 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
14.6 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
14.6 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.6 (SNR ) 11.7 (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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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits sigma_overall=0.297 worst_q_ratio=1.285
ref2=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits sigma_overall=0.353 worst_q_ratio=1.400
new1=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits sigma_overall=0.340 worst_q_ratio=1.098
new2=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits sigma_overall=0.370 worst_q_ratio=1.093
reference average sigma_overall=0.325 worst_q_ratio=1.3425
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659_astrometric_residuals.png (984 matched stars from wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660_astrometric_residuals.png (985 matched stars from wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094_astrometric_residuals.png (984 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095_astrometric_residuals.png (982 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:50:31.51 +00:29:00.0: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:50:58.90 +00:30:09.1: 12.13 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:50:31.51 +00:29:00.0: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.12 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:50:31.51 +00:29:00.0: ref_mag=12.12 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1028 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:50:58.90 +00:30:09.1: 12.10 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.11 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:50:58.90 +00:30:09.1: ref_mag=12.11 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0722 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 20273_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 20273_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:33:53.10 -04:25:18.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20337_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 20337_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20341_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 20341_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 03622_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 03622_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:18:30.09 -04:41:00.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.7' 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: 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:24.533 -01:59:59.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:24.533 -01:59:59.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0438 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:51:23.371 -01:59:51.95 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:51:33.181 -01:58:30.19
Second-epoch image center 12:51:23.371 -01:59:51.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0467 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 12:51:24.533 -01:59:59.80
Second-epoch second image center 12:51:23.371 -01:59:51.95
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00531 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits &> /tmp/tmp.1tFxGTNm9v
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uWYog0Eadn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jMgWuUP6LA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits &> /tmp/tmp.S3d5aqW8mi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits and wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 32002 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.7176 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 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.7176 deg
Loaded 4289 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): 3183 out of 3391 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32002 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.564200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.564200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.28
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 32002 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to +3.7176 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 184.6844 to 201.0385 deg, Dec -7.6260 to 3.7176 deg
Loaded 4289 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): 3183 out of 3391 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32002 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 32476 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 184.6807 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6543 to +3.7176 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 184.6807 to 201.0386 deg, Dec -7.6543 to 3.7176 deg
Loaded 4305 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): 3171 out of 3391 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3391 out of 32476 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits (aperture=4.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 22 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
1.9 pix Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
15.3 mag. Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 14.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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=10, blended=1076, bad_region=6028, passed=31992
Got 31992 stars (including 25059 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31992 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 981 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26370 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26370 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26370 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 983 stars left (next iteration limit 1081)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits N_match=983 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.242 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.285 n_q1=301 n_q2=166 n_q3=326 n_q4=190 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.267
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.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.uWYog0Eadn (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=1138, bad_region=6114, passed=32460
Got 32460 stars (including 25396 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32460 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 982 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26763 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26763 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26762 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=300 n_q2=161 n_q3=331 n_q4=192 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.429
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits -region wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.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.jMgWuUP6LA (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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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=853, bad_region=2500, passed=20793
Got 20793 stars (including 17718 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20793 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 980 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18542 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 983 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18542 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 983 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18542 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 983 stars left (next iteration limit 1081)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits N_match=983 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.341 n_q1=306 n_q2=166 n_q3=337 n_q4=174 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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.S3d5aqW8mi (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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=1532, bad_region=2629, passed=22143
Got 22143 stars (including 18259 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22143 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 980 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19745 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 982 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19745 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 982 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19745 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 982 stars left (next iteration limit 1080)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits N_match=982 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.414 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.389 n_q1=311 n_q2=164 n_q3=334 n_q4=173 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.108
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-10_CI_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-24-46_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0094.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.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_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_232728_TTUQ2b1x1_2923973_CvFra4b4/wcs_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:59:59.02 -06:03:00.9: 15.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:56:42.82 -00:50:08.1: 13.91 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:41:09.71 +01:04:26.9: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-58-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0659.fits at 12:39:28.92 -05:20:15.7: 15.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:59:59.02 -06:03:00.9: 15.78 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:41:09.71 +01:04:26.9: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:39:28.92 -05:20:15.7: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-05-17_23-59-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0660.fits at 12:56:42.82 -00:50:08.1: 13.81 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.85 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:56:42.82 -00:50:08.1: ref_mag=13.85 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8234 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 52200_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52200_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (22.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52275_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52275_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.3") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52296_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52296_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52306_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
Preparing report for the candidate 52306_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
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Considering the candidate 52335_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52335_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52351_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52351_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52369_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52369_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:58:01.28 +01:34:31.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52383_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52383_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52386_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52386_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52414_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52414_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:14:05.68 -02:45:36.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52418_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52418_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52439_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52439_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52466_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52466_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:56:32.30 -00:57:30.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52467_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52467_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (18.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52504_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52504_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:44:07.04 -02:49:30.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52617_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52617_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52700_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52700_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:03:09.77 -06:07:59.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52726_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
Preparing report for the candidate 52726_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
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Considering the candidate 52748_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
Preparing report for the candidate 52748_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
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Considering the candidate 52818_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 52818_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 27813_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 27813_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 12:33:53.10 -04:25:18.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 29585_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095
The candidate 29585_fd_Vir-07-Q2b1x1_2026-07-10_23-25-26_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0095 did not pass the final checks