This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 15.2067 2461236.7067 13.80 13:30:49.25 +02:03:36.4
325.21635 63.21515 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 8.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.369 Aeria 1 1 1 14.1 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:30:49.25 +02:03:36.4: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:30:49.25 +02:03:36.4: 15.86 +/- 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 15.2067* 13 30 49.25 +02 03 36.4 13.8 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461236.7067,13.80,0.05,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 20260715.2067 13.80CV 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 15.2067 2461236.7067 13.97 13:51:46.93 -04:54:59.2
329.66144 54.79303 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 7.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.237 Coelestina 0 -0 0 14.2 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:51:46.93 -04:54:59.2: 15.80 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:51:46.93 -04:54:59.2: 15.83 +/- 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 15.2067* 13 51 46.93 -04 54 59.2 14.0 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461236.7067,13.97,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260715.2067 13.97CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
First image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Last image: 2461236.70703067 15.07.2026 04:57:57.450 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.60
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): 3957
Objects passed selection criteria: 3954
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3720
Average stars matched: 3651.75 (98.1653 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 113944 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 Wed Jul 15 03:17:58 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
First image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Last image: 2461236.70703067 15.07.2026 04:57:57.450 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 16
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32
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): 25840
Objects passed selection criteria: 25799
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 24635.5
Average stars matched: 23640.8 (95.9621 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 134620 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 Wed Jul 15 03:20:29 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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.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: 2461236.70643594
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_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits'
wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:52.670 -01:59:49.71 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 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:52.670 -01:59:49.71
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0143 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:55.253 -02:00:17.74 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 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:55.253 -02:00:17.74
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0135 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 13:42:52.670 -01:59:49.71
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:55.253 -02:00:17.74
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01328 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits &> /tmp/tmp.34QzTge9CO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qTojcSpyu2
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ucoXGcgSDp
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits &> /tmp/tmp.maIMn6VbxU
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5795 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to +3.2538 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to 3.2538 deg
Loaded 3833 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): 3275 out of 3356 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3356 out of 5795 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.722500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.722500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.60
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5795 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to +3.2538 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.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to 3.2538 deg
Loaded 3833 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): 3275 out of 3356 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3356 out of 5795 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 5203 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.5058 to 213.7896 deg, Dec -7.6230 to +3.6617 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.5058 to 213.7896 deg, Dec -7.6230 to 3.6617 deg
Loaded 4256 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): 3221 out of 3325 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3325 out of 5203 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
2.1 pix Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
2.3 pix fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
15.1 mag. Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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=360, bad_region=1316, passed=5795
Got 5795 stars (including 4176 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5795 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4599 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4600 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4600 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.404 n_q1=286 n_q2=184 n_q3=315 n_q4=185 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.141
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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=344, bad_region=1101, passed=5203
Got 5203 stars (including 3830 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5203 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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4202 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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.388 n_q1=307 n_q2=167 n_q3=320 n_q4=179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.180
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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.ucoXGcgSDp (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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.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=251, bad_region=841, passed=4085
Got 4085 stars (including 3058 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4085 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3320 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3319 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3320 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 974 stars left (next iteration limit 1071)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.405 n_q1=303 n_q2=182 n_q3=316 n_q4=173 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.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.maIMn6VbxU (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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.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=244, bad_region=821, passed=4019
Got 4019 stars (including 2996 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4019 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3275 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 974 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3274 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3274 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1071)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.458 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.444 n_q1=302 n_q2=183 n_q3=313 n_q4=174 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.073
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits sigma_overall=0.354 worst_q_ratio=1.141
ref2=Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits sigma_overall=0.398 worst_q_ratio=1.180
new1=fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits sigma_overall=0.379 worst_q_ratio=1.107
new2=fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits sigma_overall=0.427 worst_q_ratio=1.073
reference average sigma_overall=0.376 worst_q_ratio=1.1605
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209_astrometric_residuals.png (970 matched stars from wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162_astrometric_residuals.png (973 matched stars from wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138_astrometric_residuals.png (974 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139_astrometric_residuals.png (972 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-08-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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:52.670 -01:59:49.71 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 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:52.670 -01:59:49.71
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0143 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:55.253 -02:00:17.74 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 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:55.253 -02:00:17.74
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0135 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 13:42:52.670 -01:59:49.71
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:55.253 -02:00:17.74
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01328 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FiZMWspoDW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gUa2BIuoow
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits &> /tmp/tmp.V7iKmAarnA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nYREygO2xY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 33359 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to +3.2552 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to 3.2552 deg
Loaded 3837 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): 3200 out of 3410 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3410 out of 33359 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.592800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.592800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.27
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.27
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 33359 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to +3.2552 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to 3.2552 deg
Loaded 3837 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): 3200 out of 3410 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3410 out of 33359 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 34269 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.4916 to 213.8345 deg, Dec -7.6938 to +3.7049 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.4916 to 213.8345 deg, Dec -7.6938 to 3.7049 deg
Loaded 4321 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): 3198 out of 3451 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3451 out of 34269 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits (aperture=4.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 9 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
1.9 pix Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
2.1 pix fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
2.1 pix fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
15.2 mag. Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 14.3 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.FiZMWspoDW (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1359, bad_region=5655, passed=33354
Got 33354 stars (including 26632 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33354 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (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 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28251 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.375 n_q1=292 n_q2=189 n_q3=309 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.078
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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.gUa2BIuoow (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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=10, blended=1314, bad_region=6330, passed=34259
Got 34259 stars (including 26825 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34259 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 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28536 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28537 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28537 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.346 n_q1=307 n_q2=172 n_q3=321 n_q4=176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.192
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_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.V7iKmAarnA (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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.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=8, blended=913, bad_region=3269, passed=24922
Got 24922 stars (including 20965 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24922 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21938 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 973 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21936 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21937 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 973 stars left (next iteration limit 1070)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.382 n_q1=308 n_q2=179 n_q3=319 n_q4=167 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.158
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=9, blended=986, bad_region=3356, passed=25239
Got 25239 stars (including 21174 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25239 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22080 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22081 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22081 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.427 n_q1=304 n_q2=181 n_q3=318 n_q4=169 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.089
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-06_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0138.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.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_2026-07-15_CI_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_000559_TTUQ2b1x1_3036099_S6XQlrEk/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:30:49.25 +02:03:36.4: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 14:06:06.94 -05:54:29.7: 14.73 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:58:37.43 -04:43:22.4: 15.06 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:51:46.93 -04:54:59.2: 15.80 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:47:49.08 -03:59:58.2: 14.01 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 14:08:34.94 -00:00:15.1: 14.88 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 14:08:56.86 -04:10:24.7: 14.67 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:54:23.24 -05:53:14.9: 14.68 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:49:33.41 -04:13:49.1: 15.19 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:30:49.25 +02:03:36.4: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:58:37.43 -04:43:22.4: 15.04 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.05 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:58:37.43 -04:43:22.4: ref_mag=15.05 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.5474 delta=0.51 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:47:49.08 -03:59:58.2: 14.03 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.02 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:47:49.08 -03:59:58.2: ref_mag=14.02 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.9051 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:51:46.93 -04:54:59.2: 15.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 14:06:06.94 -05:54:29.7: 14.80 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.76 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:06:06.94 -05:54:29.7: ref_mag=14.76 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.6237 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:54:23.24 -05:53:14.9: 14.86 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.75 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:54:23.24 -05:53:14.9: ref_mag=14.75 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.6630 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 14:08:56.86 -04:10:24.7: 14.64 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 14:08:34.94 -00:00:15.1: 14.87 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.65 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:08:56.86 -04:10:24.7: ref_mag=14.65 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.6323 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.88 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:08:34.94 -00:00:15.1: ref_mag=14.88 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7758 delta=0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:49:33.41 -04:13:49.1: 15.20 +/- 0.20 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.20 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:49:33.41 -04:13:49.1: ref_mag=15.20 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.8246 delta=0.37 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53361.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53390.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 11s
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: 3s
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Considering the candidate 53361_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
Preparing report for the candidate 53361_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
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Considering the candidate 53390_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
Preparing report for the candidate 53390_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
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Considering the candidate 53407_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53407_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53516_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53516_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53525_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53525_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53529_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53529_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53557_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53557_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53565_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53565_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53592_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139
The candidate 53592_fd_Vir-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-14_23-57-57_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0139 did not pass the final checks