This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw
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 12.3890 2461233.8890 13.41 23:43:21.85 +04:31:45.7
92.91151 -54.32610 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 3.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.338 Budrosa -1 0 1 13.7 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:43:21.85 +04:31:45.7: 15.54 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:43:21.85 +04:31:45.7: 15.72 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461233.8890,13.41,0.05,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 20260712.3890 13.41CV 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 12.3890 2461233.8890 13.45 23:59:24.92 +02:52:45.3
98.22129 -57.47519 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" 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.217 Eudora -0 -1 1 13.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:59:24.92 +02:52:45.3: 15.66 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:59:24.92 +02:52:45.3: 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!
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,2461233.8890,13.45,0.05,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 20260712.3890 13.45CV 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: 2461058.63355392 18.01.2026 03:12:09.059 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
First image: 2461058.63355392 18.01.2026 03:12:09.059 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Last image: 2461233.88923586 12.07.2026 09:20:19.978 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.82
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: 8 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): 4644
Objects passed selection criteria: 4631
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3539.75
Average stars matched: 3174.75 (89.6885 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 113820 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sat Jul 11 21:08:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-146-gb95cfcf3
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-11)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jul 12 04:58:42 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: 2461058.63355392 18.01.2026 03:12:09.059 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
First image: 2461058.63355392 18.01.2026 03:12:09.059 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Last image: 2461233.88923586 12.07.2026 09:20:19.978 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 26
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.50
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: 24 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): 27526
Objects passed selection criteria: 27452
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 21825.2
Average stars matched: 19790.5 (90.6771 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 131828 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sat Jul 11 21:08:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-146-gb95cfcf3
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-11)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jul 12 05:01:34 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.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/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Checking 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: 2461233.88877221
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits'
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Image size: 942.2'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:10.776 +05:59:34.31 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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:59.932 +05:59:51.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:00:10.776 +05:59:34.31
Second-epoch image center 23:59:59.932 +05:59:51.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0452 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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:59.964 +05:59:30.97 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:00:10.776 +05:59:34.31
Second-epoch image center 23:59:59.964 +05:59:30.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0448 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 23:59:59.932 +05:59:51.68
Second-epoch second image center 23:59:59.964 +05:59:30.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00575 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/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FB9jDsBxnf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8HWadLLjUY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eM3Rcl2Mme
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SRI9RMjbRS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5105 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 0.0007 to 359.9997 deg, Dec +0.7073 to +11.2786 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
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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 0.0007 to 359.9997 deg, Dec 0.7073 to 11.2786 deg
Loaded 178998 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): 3523 out of 3630 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3630 out of 5105 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.706600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.706600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.82
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.89
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.89
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5105 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 0.0007 to 359.9997 deg, Dec +0.7073 to +11.2786 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.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 0.0007 to 359.9997 deg, Dec 0.7073 to 11.2786 deg
Loaded 178998 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): 3523 out of 3630 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3630 out of 5105 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 5657 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 0.0001 to 359.9997 deg, Dec +0.6890 to +11.2632 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
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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 0.0001 to 359.9997 deg, Dec 0.6890 to 11.2632 deg
Loaded 178988 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): 3650 out of 3762 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3762 out of 5657 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
2.1 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
2.3 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
2.3 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.9 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
15.0 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 11.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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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/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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=343, bad_region=1221, passed=5105
Got 5105 stars (including 3624 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5105 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013086 (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 0.010469 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0700 through 0 to 8.0259, gap 8.0259 to 352.0700
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3988 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0703 through 0 to 8.0263, gap 8.0263 to 352.0703
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3988 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3988 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.316 n_q1=301 n_q2=178 n_q3=294 n_q4=202 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.136
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.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=353, bad_region=1374, passed=5657
Got 5657 stars (including 4006 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5657 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0600 through 0 to 8.0260, gap 8.0260 to 352.0600
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4391 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0603 through 0 to 8.0264, gap 8.0264 to 352.0603
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4392 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4392 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.256 n_q1=294 n_q2=182 n_q3=296 n_q4=204 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.195
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.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.eM3Rcl2Mme (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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.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=279, bad_region=912, passed=3948
Got 3948 stars (including 2835 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3948 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0673 through 0 to 7.9077, gap 7.9077 to 352.0673
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3124 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0674 through 0 to 7.9078, gap 7.9078 to 352.0674
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3125 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3125 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.372 n_q1=322 n_q2=175 n_q3=315 n_q4=161 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.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.SRI9RMjbRS (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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.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=240, bad_region=867, passed=3909
Got 3909 stars (including 2842 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3909 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0674 through 0 to 7.9049, gap 7.9049 to 352.0674
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3125 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0674 through 0 to 7.9049, gap 7.9049 to 352.0674
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3124 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3124 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.491 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.366 n_q1=320 n_q2=177 n_q3=311 n_q4=166 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.177
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits sigma_overall=0.324 worst_q_ratio=1.136
ref2=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits sigma_overall=0.283 worst_q_ratio=1.195
new1=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits sigma_overall=0.402 worst_q_ratio=1.154
new2=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits sigma_overall=0.417 worst_q_ratio=1.177
reference average sigma_overall=0.3035 worst_q_ratio=1.1655
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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080_astrometric_residuals.png (975 matched stars from wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402_astrometric_residuals.png (973 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403_astrometric_residuals.png (974 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking 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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Image size: 942.2'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:10.776 +05:59:34.31 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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:59.932 +05:59:51.68 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:00:10.776 +05:59:34.31
Second-epoch image center 23:59:59.932 +05:59:51.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0452 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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:59.964 +05:59:30.97 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 00:00:10.776 +05:59:34.31
Second-epoch image center 23:59:59.964 +05:59:30.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0448 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 23:59:59.932 +05:59:51.68
Second-epoch second image center 23:59:59.964 +05:59:30.97
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00575 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/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Ixc8yAtGbp
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XjWqfPxFlS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VTLwRk3yW4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SZDmtGCvIQ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 29260 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 0.0006 to 360.0000 deg, Dec +0.7039 to +11.2824 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 0.0006 to 360.0000 deg, Dec 0.7039 to 11.2824 deg
Loaded 179124 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): 3728 out of 4002 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4002 out of 29260 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.567950
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.567950
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.50
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.07
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.07
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 29260 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 0.0006 to 360.0000 deg, Dec +0.7039 to +11.2824 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 0.0006 to 360.0000 deg, Dec 0.7039 to 11.2824 deg
Loaded 179124 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): 3728 out of 4002 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4002 out of 29260 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 31418 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 0.0001 to 359.9997 deg, Dec +0.6886 to +11.2641 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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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 0.0001 to 359.9997 deg, Dec 0.6886 to 11.2641 deg
Loaded 179005 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): 3719 out of 3990 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3990 out of 31418 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 16 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
2.0 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
2.1 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
2.1 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
15.2 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 14.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.Ixc8yAtGbp (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/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=1051, bad_region=5529, passed=29257
Got 29257 stars (including 22852 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29257 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013086 (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 0.010469 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0579 through 0 to 8.0336, gap 8.0336 to 352.0579
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24141 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0582 through 0 to 8.0339, gap 8.0339 to 352.0582
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24142 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24142 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.341 n_q1=307 n_q2=177 n_q3=296 n_q4=194 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.101
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.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.XjWqfPxFlS (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/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1105, bad_region=5901, passed=31413
Got 31413 stars (including 24581 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31413 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0552 through 0 to 8.0260, gap 8.0260 to 352.0552
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0554 through 0 to 8.0264, gap 8.0264 to 352.0554
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 971 stars left (next iteration limit 1068)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits N_match=971 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.268 n_q1=296 n_q2=180 n_q3=300 n_q4=195 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.148
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.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.VTLwRk3yW4 (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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=768, bad_region=4095, passed=23402
Got 23402 stars (including 18676 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23402 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0012 through 0 to 7.9161, gap 7.9161 to 352.0012
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19780 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0004 through 0 to 7.9162, gap 7.9162 to 352.0004
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.418 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.378 n_q1=319 n_q2=179 n_q3=306 n_q4=169 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.030
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.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.SZDmtGCvIQ (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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.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=9, blended=739, bad_region=4072, passed=23365
Got 23365 stars (including 18665 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23365 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0085 through 0 to 7.9157, gap 7.9157 to 352.0085
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19777 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0076 through 0 to 7.9158, gap 7.9158 to 352.0076
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 19779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.468 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.389 n_q1=317 n_q2=182 n_q3=304 n_q4=170 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.098
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-19-39_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0402.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.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_2026-07-12_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_045419_TTUQ2b1x1_2540874_Fskypffw/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:08:31.08 +06:36:48.5: 13.28 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:11:36.84 +04:46:44.2: 13.27 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:43:21.85 +04:31:45.7: 15.54 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:56:28.76 +09:33:20.8: 14.03 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:59:24.92 +02:52:45.3: 15.66 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:08:31.08 +06:36:48.5: 13.27 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:43:21.85 +04:31:45.7: 15.72 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:11:36.84 +04:46:44.2: 13.39 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.28 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:08:31.08 +06:36:48.5: ref_mag=13.28 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3588 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.33 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:11:36.84 +04:46:44.2: ref_mag=13.33 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4156 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:59:24.92 +02:52:45.3: 15.78 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:10:44.31 +02:02:35.7: 13.25 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:57:29.66 +04:25:20.6: 14.02 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:56:28.76 +09:33:20.8: 14.03 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.03 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:56:28.76 +09:33:20.8: ref_mag=14.03 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1800 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:11:05.52 +04:09:18.3: 13.63 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-12-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:43:48.16 +02:06:52.5: 14.52 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:57:29.66 +04:25:20.6: 14.08 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.05 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:57:29.66 +04:25:20.6: ref_mag=14.05 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1326 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:10:44.31 +02:02:35.7: 13.36 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.31 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:10:44.31 +02:02:35.7: ref_mag=13.31 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4418 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 23:43:48.16 +02:06:52.5: 14.63 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.57 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-41-51_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0080.fits at 00:11:05.52 +04:09:18.3: 13.58 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:43:48.16 +02:06:52.5: ref_mag=14.57 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.4168 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.61 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:11:05.52 +04:09:18.3: ref_mag=13.61 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7307 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out35322.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out35441.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 10s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
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Considering the candidate 32825_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 32825_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 33294_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 33294_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 34305_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 34305_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 34742_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 34742_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.3") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 34781_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 34781_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 35274_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 35274_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 35314_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 35314_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 35322_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
Preparing report for the candidate 35322_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
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Considering the candidate 35370_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 35370_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 35441_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
Preparing report for the candidate 35441_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
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Considering the candidate 35445_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 35445_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (21.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 35521_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 35521_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 35972_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 35972_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 36585_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 36585_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 36915_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 36915_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 37402_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403
The candidate 37402_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-12_04-20-19_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0403 did not pass the final checks