This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 14.4470* 04 36 20.25 +21 54 20.3 7.3 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461235.9470,7.32,0.05,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 20260714.4470 7.32CV 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
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 14.4470* 04 36 20.26 +21 54 20.2 7.8 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461235.9470,7.80,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260714.4470 7.80CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 14.4470 2461235.9470 11.88 04:53:56.44 +21:39:24.7
179.41958 -13.73641 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 9.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.22 Kalliope 1 0 1 12.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:53:56.44 +21:39:24.7: 16.30 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits at 04:53:56.44 +21:39:24.7: 16.31 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 14.4470* 04 53 56.44 +21 39 24.7 11.9 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461235.9470,11.88,0.05,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 20260714.4470 11.88CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
First image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Last image: 2461235.94729578 14.07.2026 10:43:56.355 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.49
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: 6 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): 9307
Objects passed selection criteria: 9230
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 5499
Average stars matched: 5211.25 (94.7672 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 118536 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Jul 13 18:59:08 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-151-g9f3411f7
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-13)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 14 05:53:21 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
First image: 2461049.68987713 09.01.2026 04:33:15.384 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Last image: 2461235.94729578 14.07.2026 10:43:56.355 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 15
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.17
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 21 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 68835
Objects passed selection criteria: 68615
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 43156
Average stars matched: 40618 (94.119 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 173492 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Jul 13 18:59:08 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-151-g9f3411f7
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-13)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 14 05:56:21 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 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
The reference JD(UT) for computing planet and comet positions: 2461235.94675711
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits'
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits'
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:56.001 +21:59:37.88 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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Image size: 938.9'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:55.759 +22:00:16.11 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 04:36:56.001 +21:59:37.88
Second-epoch image center 04:36:55.759 +22:00:16.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0107 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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Image size: 938.9'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:58.482 +22:00:54.39 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 04:36:56.001 +21:59:37.88
Second-epoch image center 04:36:58.482 +22:00:54.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0233 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 04:36:55.759 +22:00:16.11
Second-epoch second image center 04:36:58.482 +22:00:54.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01496 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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ojQYcNYL7L
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5MxnVgpjtA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3BunTbcepe
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits &> /tmp/tmp.tz8UyHjFCO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 11927 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5122 to 78.0896 deg, Dec +16.4863 to +27.2832 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 60.5122 to 78.0896 deg, Dec 16.4863 to 27.2832 deg
Loaded 5179 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): 3947 out of 4318 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4318 out of 11927 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.990300
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.990300
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.49
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.50
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.50
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 11927 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5122 to 78.0896 deg, Dec +16.4863 to +27.2832 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 60.5122 to 78.0896 deg, Dec 16.4863 to 27.2832 deg
Loaded 5179 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): 3947 out of 4318 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4318 out of 11927 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 12023 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5322 to 78.0896 deg, Dec +16.4883 to +27.2799 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 60.5322 to 78.0896 deg, Dec 16.4883 to 27.2799 deg
Loaded 5164 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): 3942 out of 4310 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4310 out of 12023 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
2.0 pix Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
2.4 pix fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
15.5 mag. Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
13.3 mag. fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
13.3 mag. fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.3 (SNR ) 10.5 (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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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=967, bad_region=2517, passed=11927
Got 11927 stars (including 8622 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11927 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 952 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 939 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9517 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 952 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9517 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9517 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 951 stars left (next iteration limit 1047)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits N_match=951 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.351 n_q1=286 n_q2=134 n_q3=359 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.222
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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.5MxnVgpjtA (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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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=981, bad_region=2530, passed=12023
Got 12023 stars (including 8694 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12023 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 951 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 938 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 951 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9574 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 951 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 950 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9572 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 950 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9572 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 950 stars left (next iteration limit 1046)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits N_match=950 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.232 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.298 n_q1=284 n_q2=134 n_q3=356 n_q4=176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.268
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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.3BunTbcepe (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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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=328, bad_region=606, passed=2270
Got 2270 stars (including 1407 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2270 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1723 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1723 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1723 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 966 stars left (next iteration limit 1062)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits N_match=966 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.598 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.531 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.548 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.686 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.652 n_q1=287 n_q2=234 n_q3=303 n_q4=142 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.147
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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.tz8UyHjFCO (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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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=317, bad_region=566, passed=2138
Got 2138 stars (including 1320 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2138 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 966 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 966 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1632 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 967 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1632 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1632 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Excluding outliers - 967 stars left (next iteration limit 1062)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits N_match=967 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.570 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.569 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.552 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.597 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.563 n_q1=285 n_q2=234 n_q3=299 n_q4=149 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.048
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits sigma_overall=0.336 worst_q_ratio=1.222
ref2=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits sigma_overall=0.312 worst_q_ratio=1.268
new1=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits sigma_overall=0.598 worst_q_ratio=1.147
new2=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits sigma_overall=0.570 worst_q_ratio=1.048
reference average sigma_overall=0.324 worst_q_ratio=1.245
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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161_astrometric_residuals.png (951 matched stars from wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162_astrometric_residuals.png (950 matched stars from wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390_astrometric_residuals.png (966 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.53 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391_astrometric_residuals.png (967 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.50 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20626_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
Preparing report for the candidate 20626_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 3s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-03-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 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:56.001 +21:59:37.88 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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Image size: 938.9'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:55.759 +22:00:16.11 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 04:36:56.001 +21:59:37.88
Second-epoch image center 04:36:55.759 +22:00:16.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0107 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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Image size: 938.9'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:36:58.482 +22:00:54.39 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 04:36:56.001 +21:59:37.88
Second-epoch image center 04:36:58.482 +22:00:54.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0233 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 04:36:55.759 +22:00:16.11
Second-epoch second image center 04:36:58.482 +22:00:54.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01496 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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bonEbtzhsj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kRTp6ryq83
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits &> /tmp/tmp.P4YSGNKjdV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits &> /tmp/tmp.4b89nbjW6j
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits and wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 86341 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5077 to 78.1095 deg, Dec +16.4682 to +27.2856 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 60.5077 to 78.1095 deg, Dec 16.4682 to 27.2856 deg
Loaded 5191 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): 3474 out of 4349 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4349 out of 86341 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.845350
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.845350
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.17
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.68
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.68
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 86341 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5077 to 78.1095 deg, Dec +16.4682 to +27.2856 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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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 60.5077 to 78.1095 deg, Dec 16.4682 to 27.2856 deg
Loaded 5191 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): 3474 out of 4349 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4349 out of 86341 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits (aperture=4.4)
Read 85691 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 60.5078 to 78.1091 deg, Dec +16.4883 to +27.2975 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 60.5078 to 78.1091 deg, Dec 16.4883 to 27.2975 deg
Loaded 5188 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): 3464 out of 4347 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4347 out of 85691 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 13 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
1.9 pix Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
2.0 pix fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
2.0 pix fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.7 mag. Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
15.7 mag. Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.bonEbtzhsj (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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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=17, blended=6242, bad_region=13891, passed=86324
Got 86324 stars (including 66886 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 86324 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 936 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 953 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 73141 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 953 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 73141 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 952 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 73140 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 952 stars left (next iteration limit 1048)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits N_match=952 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.450 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.396 n_q1=274 n_q2=132 n_q3=367 n_q4=179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.174
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.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.kRTp6ryq83 (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/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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=19, blended=6215, bad_region=13720, passed=85672
Got 85672 stars (including 66440 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 85672 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 945 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 72816 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 72814 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 72814 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 954 stars left (next iteration limit 1049)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits N_match=954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.401 n_q1=275 n_q2=130 n_q3=361 n_q4=188 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.110
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits -region wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.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.P4YSGNKjdV (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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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=3, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=672, bad_region=4135, passed=19028
Got 19028 stars (including 14348 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19028 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 963 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 957 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15316 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 963 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15316 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 962 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15316 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Excluding outliers - 962 stars left (next iteration limit 1059)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits N_match=962 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.583 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.553 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.512 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.662 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.663 n_q1=295 n_q2=240 n_q3=272 n_q4=155 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.137
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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.4b89nbjW6j (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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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=6, blended=964, bad_region=4067, passed=18591
Got 18591 stars (including 13789 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18591 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 592 (Dec 16.5 to 28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14996 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 592 (Dec 16.5 to 28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14996 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14996 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Excluding outliers - 963 stars left (next iteration limit 1060)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits N_match=963 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.568 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.585 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.552 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.588 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.585 n_q1=296 n_q2=239 n_q3=269 n_q4=159 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.036
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-09_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0390.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.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_2026-07-14_CI_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_054636_TTUQ2b1x1_2590431_Co7YkwvG/wcs_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:53:56.44 +21:39:24.7: 16.30 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:46:12.17 +19:12:46.6: 11.89 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0161.fits at 04:55:13.73 +25:16:23.9: 11.80 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits at 04:53:56.44 +21:39:24.7: 16.31 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits at 04:46:12.17 +19:12:46.6: 11.87 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-33-56_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0162.fits at 04:55:13.73 +25:16:23.9: 11.84 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.88 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:46:12.17 +19:12:46.6: ref_mag=11.88 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=12.1432 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.82 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:55:13.73 +25:16:23.9: ref_mag=11.82 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.7237 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out103469.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 102338_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 102338_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:29:17.94 +18:50:29.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 102339_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 102339_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 102341_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 102341_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:26:06.08 +22:54:23.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 102362_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
Preparing report for the candidate 102362_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
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Considering the candidate 103012_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 103012_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:28:23.69 +19:10:46.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 103290_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 103290_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 103469_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
Preparing report for the candidate 103469_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
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Considering the candidate 104159_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 104159_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:48:48.94 +21:18:40.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 104349_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 104349_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:42:09.72 +22:55:08.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 104416_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 104416_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:32:07.68 +21:36:44.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 105024_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 105024_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:26:10.72 +22:49:26.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 105527_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 105527_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:55:44.33 +20:01:00.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 67131_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391
The candidate 67131_fd_Tau-03-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_05-43-56_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0391 did not pass the final checks