FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Com-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Field Com-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Field Com-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Field Com-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461176.75218596 16.05.2026 06:02:58.867   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
First image: 2461176.75218596 16.05.2026 06:02:58.867   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Last  image: 2461241.62123633 20.07.2026 02:54:24.819   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.42
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: 3 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):  3754
Objects passed selection criteria:  3738
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.8    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.8    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 2768
Average stars matched: 2721.5 (98.3201 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   113752 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Jul 19 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-159-g2d8c46ea
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-19)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Sun Jul 19 21:58:49 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: 2461176.75218596 16.05.2026 06:02:58.867   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
First image: 2461176.75218596 16.05.2026 06:02:58.867   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Last  image: 2461241.62123633 20.07.2026 02:54:24.819   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 8
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.19
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: 9 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):  19410
Objects passed selection criteria:  19380
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.1    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.1    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 15713.8
Average stars matched: 15359.8 (97.7472 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   128580 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Sun Jul 19 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-159-g2d8c46ea
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-19)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Sun Jul 19 22:00:23 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Com-01-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Com-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Com-01-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 148587 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 148587 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits_preview.png'

Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits


renamed 'Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits_preview.png'

Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 451.6442
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 407.5335
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 4073.0388
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 856.8938
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3785.8033
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 801.2809
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 9.01825
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.069
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     27.7000007629395 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 28.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits :)

Spent 0.567714 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  5.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     27.6800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 28.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
SET-TEMP= 5.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
CCD-TEMP= 5.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
CCD-TEMP= 4.900000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits :)

Spent 0.559617 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_5C_20s_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/d_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 33794.829350
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=21727.0, right_median=27156.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-07-08.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits



fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits




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 --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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: 2461241.62072418
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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits'
wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits'
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits'
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  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: 13:00:01.063 +29:59:21.54 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81
Second-epoch image center 13:00:01.063 +29:59:21.54
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0315 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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:58.752 +29:59:30.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81
Second-epoch image center 12:59:58.752 +29:59:30.49
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0282 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  13:00:01.063 +29:59:21.54
Second-epoch second image center 12:59:58.752 +29:59:30.49
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00870 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits &> /tmp/tmp.idr8x2t0jY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits &> /tmp/tmp.E3c4ANUri4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lLmyIVl64w
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oBXosJvWtH
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5200 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg
Loaded 4112 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): 3075 out of 3168 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3168 out of 5200 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.703600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.703600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.42
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.28

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.28

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5200 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5043 to 204.4358 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg
Loaded 4112 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): 3075 out of 3168 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3168 out of 5200 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4359 deg, Dec +24.5246 to +35.2554 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5043 to 204.4359 deg, Dec 24.5246 to 35.2554 deg
Loaded 4111 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): 3084 out of 3158 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3158 out of 5113 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.3 pix  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
 2.3 pix  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
 2.3 pix  wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
 2.3 pix  wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.3 mag.  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
 15.2 mag.  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 14.1 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
 14.1 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.1 (SNR )  11.1 (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
############ /tmp/tmp.idr8x2t0jY (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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=299, bad_region=1180, passed=5200
Got 5200 stars (including 3780 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5200 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
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(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4074 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
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(), 4074 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4074 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
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=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.330 n_q1=311 n_q2=194 n_q3=297 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.132
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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.E3c4ANUri4 (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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=263, bad_region=1168, passed=5113
Got 5113 stars (including 3736 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4004 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4004 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4004 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.262 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.344 n_q1=313 n_q2=196 n_q3=297 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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.lLmyIVl64w (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.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=213, bad_region=491, passed=2052
Got 2052 stars (including 1382 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2052 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1583 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
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(), 1582 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1582 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.333 n_q1=306 n_q2=195 n_q3=299 n_q4=176 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.060
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.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.oBXosJvWtH (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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=218, bad_region=501, passed=2105
Got 2105 stars (including 1424 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2105 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
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(), 1627 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.2)
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(), 1627 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1627 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
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=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.377 n_q1=308 n_q2=196 n_q3=298 n_q4=174 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.149
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits sigma_overall=0.309 worst_q_ratio=1.132
ref2=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits sigma_overall=0.310 worst_q_ratio=1.107
new1=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits sigma_overall=0.352 worst_q_ratio=1.060
new2=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits sigma_overall=0.381 worst_q_ratio=1.149
reference average sigma_overall=0.3095 worst_q_ratio=1.1195
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076_astrometric_residuals.png (974 matched stars from wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-01-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 --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Image size: 937.0'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81 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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  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: 13:00:01.063 +29:59:21.54 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81
Second-epoch image center 13:00:01.063 +29:59:21.54
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0315 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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:58.752 +29:59:30.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 12:59:59.015 +30:01:11.81
Second-epoch image center 12:59:58.752 +29:59:30.49
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0282 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  13:00:01.063 +29:59:21.54
Second-epoch second image center 12:59:58.752 +29:59:30.49
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00870 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/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits &> /tmp/tmp.p8DOYDkg5a
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DtYtB7OH7G
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H6JTghIcx9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RbhuXOG6HO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 25241 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg
Loaded 4127 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): 3037 out of 3219 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3219 out of 25241 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.598800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.598800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.19
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.41

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.41

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 25241 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec +24.5476 to +35.2810 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5044 to 204.4890 deg, Dec 24.5476 to 35.2810 deg
Loaded 4127 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): 3037 out of 3219 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3219 out of 25241 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits (aperture=5.0)
Read 24985 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4886 deg, Dec +24.5144 to +35.2554 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.05
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5043 to 204.4886 deg, Dec 24.5144 to 35.2554 deg
Loaded 4137 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): 3044 out of 3218 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3218 out of 24985 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (aperture=4.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
 2.2 pix  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
 2.2 pix  wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
 2.2 pix  wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.4 mag.  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
 15.4 mag.  Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 14.2 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
 14.3 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.2 (SNR )  13.7 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.p8DOYDkg5a (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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=7, blended=1000, bad_region=4107, passed=25234
Got 25234 stars (including 20460 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25234 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
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: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21359 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
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(), 21359 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 973 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21359 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
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=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits N_match=973 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.355 n_q1=305 n_q2=198 n_q3=293 n_q4=177 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.086
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.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.DtYtB7OH7G (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=966, bad_region=4138, passed=24981
Got 24981 stars (including 20191 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24981 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013014 (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 0.010411 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
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(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21065 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
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(), 21064 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 974 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21064 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
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=Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits N_match=974 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=309 n_q2=193 n_q3=293 n_q4=179 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.129
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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.H6JTghIcx9 (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=409, bad_region=1954, passed=12418
Got 12418 stars (including 10151 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12418 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10601 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10601 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10601 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
Excluding outliers - 975 stars left (next iteration limit 1072)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.351 n_q1=310 n_q2=197 n_q3=291 n_q4=177 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.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.RbhuXOG6HO (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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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=431, bad_region=2031, passed=12859
Got 12859 stars (including 10506 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12859 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (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 0.010412 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10965 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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
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=fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.393 n_q1=306 n_q2=199 n_q3=293 n_q4=178 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.105
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.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_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 12:55:50.35 +31:59:14.4:  12.95 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 12:52:28.62 +28:50:40.6:  13.51 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-16_01-02-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 12:51:22.00 +28:52:05.5:  13.26 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits at 12:55:50.35 +31:59:14.4:  12.94 +/- 0.02  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.94 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits at 12:51:22.00 +28:52:05.5:  13.25 +/- 0.03  detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:55:50.35 +31:59:14.4: ref_mag=12.94 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9679 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits at 12:52:28.62 +28:50:40.6:  13.55 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.53 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:52:28.62 +28:50:40.6: ref_mag=13.53 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.5397 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.26 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 12:51:22.00 +28:52:05.5: ref_mag=13.26 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3243 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
  
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Considering the candidate 31363_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31363_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    11.91    13:11:51.40 +27:50:46.7   3205 4480   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

**** FOUND  13:11:51.40 +27:50:46.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31377_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31377_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    13.02    13:18:34.69 +34:05:27.1   2440 0666   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

**** FOUND  13:18:34.84 +34:05:26.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31378_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31378_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    13.30    12:59:54.89 +32:27:52.5   4791 1700   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

**** FOUND  12:59:54.91 +32:27:52.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31379_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31379_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.12072    2461241.62072    13.06    12:55:50.37 +31:59:14.7   5320 1982   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    12.91    12:55:50.33 +31:59:14.1   5315 1984   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 31385_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31385_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    13.35    12:42:43.52 +28:22:30.3   7091 4123   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

**** FOUND  12:42:43.44 +28:22:30.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31388_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31388_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.12072    2461241.62072    13.44    12:51:21.96 +28:52:05.0   5937 3858   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    13.25    12:51:22.04 +28:52:06.0   5931 3859   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 31390_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 31390_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 07 20.12072    2461241.62072    13.52    12:52:28.58 +28:50:41.0   5790 3875   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    13.56    12:52:28.67 +28:50:40.1   5785 3877   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 18229_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003
The candidate 18229_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 07 20.12124    2461241.62124    13.59    13:27:18.48 +28:41:52.2   1153 3889   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits

**** FOUND  13:27:18.40 +28:41:52.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-07-19_CI_Com-01-Q2b1x1_215455_TTUQ2b1x1_204914_9tkOsyJG/monitoring_positions.txt
Read 12421 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5042 to 204.4888 deg, Dec +24.5220 to +35.2515 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.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5042 to 204.4888 deg, Dec 24.5220 to 35.2515 deg
Loaded 4129 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): 3115 out of 3218 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3218 out of 12421 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461241.62072 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg  lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 195.00538 deg  Dec= +29.99015 deg
Frame center: alt= +52.389 deg  az= 275.632 deg  airmass= 1.2612
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 52.572 deg (difference -0.183 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.2585 (we compute 1.2612)
Airmass zero-point fit: REJECT_NOISY_FIT  k= +0.8372 +/- 0.0507 mag/airmass  N= 2592  airmass span 1.1405-1.4516  scatter 0.1959 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits: REJECT_NOISY_FIT +1.048758 -0.837164 1.2612 +0.8372 2592 0.3112 0.1959 1.1405 1.4516
Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits list=monitoring_pixlist210135.tmp aperture=4.7
Image size: 9576 x 6388
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).
Saturation level: 57000.0
Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 22.453200
Forced photometry: center=(3446.46, 1758.73) aperture=4.7
Annulus: inner=9.40 outer=23.50
Background annulus: 1455 pixels
Iterative clipping converged after 1 iterations, 1452/1455 pixels remain
SExtractor background: mode=3366.10 median=3364.00 mean=3362.60 sigma=87.42 -> bg=3366.10 (1452 pixels)
Aperture sum=59318.63 N_eff=17.3494
Net flux=918.66 noise=364.15 SNR=2.52
Instrumental magnitude: -7.5960
Calibrated magnitude: 14.8572
Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-53-40_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0002.fits (aperture 4.7 pix)
Read 12864 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5043 to 204.4357 deg, Dec +24.5229 to +35.2543 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.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5043 to 204.4357 deg, Dec 24.5229 to 35.2543 deg
Loaded 4115 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): 3109 out of 3212 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3212 out of 12864 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461241.62124 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg  lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 194.99575 deg  Dec= +29.99263 deg
Frame center: alt= +52.229 deg  az= 275.705 deg  airmass= 1.2639
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 52.421 deg (difference -0.192 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.2610 (we compute 1.2639)
Airmass zero-point fit: REJECT_K_RANGE  k= +0.7754 +/- 0.0498 mag/airmass  N= 2618  airmass span 1.1421-1.4557  scatter 0.1939 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits: REJECT_K_RANGE +0.970021 -0.775397 1.2639 +0.7754 2618 0.3136 0.1939 1.1421 1.4557
Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits list=monitoring_pixlist210135.tmp aperture=4.7
Image size: 9576 x 6388
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).
Saturation level: 57000.0
Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 22.455000
Forced photometry: center=(3441.51, 1760.16) aperture=4.7
Annulus: inner=9.40 outer=23.50
Background annulus: 1457 pixels
Iterative clipping converged after 0 iterations, 1457/1457 pixels remain
SExtractor background: mode=3101.91 median=3099.00 mean=3097.06 sigma=85.21 -> bg=3101.91 (1457 pixels)
Aperture sum=54886.19 N_eff=17.3494
Net flux=1069.71 noise=354.92 SNR=3.01
Instrumental magnitude: -7.5732
Calibrated magnitude: 14.8818
Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Com-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-19_21-54-24_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0003.fits (aperture 4.7 pix)
########### Completed Com-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461241.62072418 -observatory V36
07:09:35.58 +17:46:49.9 Mercury (3.3mag)
10:51:26.52 +08:13:27.4 Venus (-4.2mag)
04:53:07.35 +22:28:52.0 Mars (1.3mag)
08:25:34.68 +19:42:35.0 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:37.68 +03:22:24.2 Saturn (0.7mag)
04:08:59.91 +20:49:47.1 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:16:53.19 +00:19:14.3 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:29:59.67 -23:22:17.5 Pluto (14.4mag)
12:34:24.46 -08:18:20.5 Moon (-10.0mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Jul 19 21:58 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461241.62072418:
08:25:30.50 +19:42:51.3 Io (6.0mag)
08:25:26.05 +19:43:09.7 Europa (6.3mag)
08:25:29.26 +19:42:53.5 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:25:18.73 +19:43:40.6 Callisto (6.8mag)
08:23:41.08 +19:31:12.7 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:25:38.42 +19:42:20.9 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:23:02.52 +19:33:33.5 Elara (17.7mag)
08:29:23.22 +19:31:34.3 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:29:58.20 +19:49:10.3 Carme (19.0mag)
00:56:41.21 +03:22:48.1 Titan (8.5mag)
00:56:34.68 +03:22:13.3 Rhea (9.8mag)
00:56:04.23 +03:20:02.3 Iapetus (11.2mag)
00:56:29.18 +03:21:57.3 Hyperion (14.5mag)
00:56:25.35 +03:18:13.0 Phoebe (16.5mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Jul 19 21:58 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461241.62072418:
18:03:30.85 -30:33:02.2 JWST
05:46:11.61 -29:25:33.0 Chandra
19:06:01.82 -07:16:47.9 XMM-Newton
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jul 19 21:58 spacecraft.txt
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461241.62072418 -observatory V36
02:49:50.04 +15:32:31.2 17.8mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:10:55.65 -34:34:19.3 13.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:35:24.08 -68:19:34.7 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:04:07.06 +32:37:06.2 17.6mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
02:36:17.24 +23:33:03.7 15.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:53:15.10 +32:11:36.1 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:23:22.98 +26:49:30.7 16.7mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:04:08.18 +29:20:23.6 16.9mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:16:06.52 +05:09:29.9 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:11:00.36 -11:38:13.0 17.8mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:36:49.20 +67:25:15.9 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
16:13:04.45 -11:05:03.5 14.0mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:17:58.28 +66:15:28.7 18.0mag C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)
07:45:21.94 +30:28:55.1 14.9mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:12:05.17 +15:31:43.4 17.6mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:28:31.05 +41:06:12.4 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:36:40.74 +47:22:21.5 17.7mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
04:58:42.82 -13:24:14.0 15.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:42:28.01 +27:26:07.1 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:20:48.88 -13:49:31.4 17.0mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:07:46.50 +21:59:13.4 17.5mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:48:17.90 +03:28:52.2 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:26:49.38 +79:05:02.0 17.2mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:55:43.81 +45:38:04.5 16.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:32:04.17 +06:08:44.0 17.1mag A/2026 E1
21:33:51.59 -18:53:26.3 7.0mag 10P/Tempel
11:18:15.46 -02:20:05.6 16.2mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:14:02.46 +30:35:21.4 17.9mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
10:28:25.19 +10:52:30.0 17.1mag 63P/Wild
00:51:57.12 -05:03:06.0 15.5mag 65P/Gunn
04:50:54.60 +20:35:06.4 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
02:37:22.23 +11:51:56.5 16.4mag 88P/Howell
07:04:06.57 +29:49:31.7 15.8mag 93P/Lovas
04:53:00.55 +31:20:02.0 16.6mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
08:32:32.13 +29:31:40.2 15.2mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:06:31.24 -02:45:45.1 16.9mag 124P/Mrkos
05:07:18.34 +21:02:44.6 16.2mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
05:54:29.97 +19:34:33.0 17.8mag 131P/Mueller
07:47:57.40 +14:49:50.0 16.7mag 141P-D/Machholz
03:20:49.56 -20:37:38.4 15.0mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
06:08:19.12 +35:48:11.0 15.5mag 162P/SidingSpring
18:31:22.95 +22:00:13.1 13.9mag 169P/NEAT
02:03:45.93 +08:33:59.0 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:35:40.26 -08:50:34.0 17.2mag 235P/LINEAR
20:36:42.75 -51:26:46.1 17.8mag 259P/Garradd
02:26:52.82 +16:38:59.5 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
06:07:01.45 +37:28:48.9 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:06:40.21 +05:08:40.4 17.6mag 391P/Kowalski
08:43:25.99 +19:15:57.4 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
08:06:59.16 +38:23:41.4 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-26eg  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70  SN 2026pel  2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30  ASASSN-26dy  2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30  ASASSN-26dv  2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70  ASASSN-26dw  2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20  SN 2026mke  2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50  SN 2026nmv  2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50  AT2026oxh  2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90  ASASSN-26dx  2026-06-22.02 14.72
14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10  AT2026pvk  2026-06-22.06 16.53
20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20  AT2026plb  2026-06-21.31 16.4
15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30  SN2026ore  2026-06-21.29 17.57
23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30  AT2026oxl  2026-06-21.52 17.64
17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20  AT2026ouj  2026-06-20.92 15.15
00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20  AT2026ntk  2026-06-18.09 17.34
20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20  ASASSN-26du  2026-06-15.39 15.93
23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00  SN2026oxc  2026-06-14.35 16.83
02:02:26.78 +32:04:21.30  AT2026ovz  2026-06-14.59 15.39
21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50  AT2026nwc  2026-06-11 17.05
17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20  SN 2026odc  2026-06-11.23 17.62
13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20  SN 2026nyq  2026-06-11.1 16.24
00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90  ASASSN-26dt  2026-06-11.13 10.22
14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60  SN2026nyp  2026-06-10.3 16.32
12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50  SN2026mta  2026-06-8.29 16.69
12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20  SN2026oao  2026-06-9.32 17.02
10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60  AT2026nvf  2026-06-8.12 16.75
13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00  SN2026npn  2026-06-8.02 17.58
00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20  ASASSN-26dq  2026-06-7.43 13.58
01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70  SN 2026obc  2026-06-7.43 15.15
21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90  ASASSN-26dr  2026-06-7.24 16.24
06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00  ASASSN-26ds  2026-06-2.97 15.02
20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40  SN2026mho  2026-05-25.18 -1.12
11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10  AT2026min  2026-05-24.21 16.63
11:44:32.95 -68:48:30.00  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24 8.41
19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60  ASASSN-26dp  2026-05-22.31 -3.28
14:23:56.72 -58:37:47.60  ASASSN-26dn  2026-05-20.01 14.64
11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60  AT2026nma  2026-05-20.29 15.46
21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10  AT2026lli  2026-05-19.34 15.86
00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70  AT2026nad  2026-05-19.39 15.34
15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40  ASASSN-26dm  2026-05-19.03 14.44
11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10  ASASSN-26dl  2026-05-18.02 13.55
13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00  ASASSN-26dk  2026-05-18.16 12.96
02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60  ASASSN-26dh  2026-05-18.43 15.37
17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90  ASASSN-26dj  2026-05-17.05 15.7
01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10  ASASSN-26dg  2026-05-13.41 16.8
16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40  AT2026mhn  2026-05-12.33 15.8
09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00  ASASSN-26di  2026-05-12.14 14.63
21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00  AT2026kwu  2026-05-12.26 16.9
14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90  AT2026ktm  2026-05-12.06 17.21
14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40  AT2026lkm  2026-05-11.18 16.89
12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80  SN2026kep  2026-05-9.06 17.5
13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90  AT2026lkd  2026-05-9.09 17.23
09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60  SN2026kmo  2026-05-8.99 17.51
15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.80  AT2026lxf  2026-05-8.34 13.72
10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30  ASASSN-26df  2026-05-8.21 16.52
22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60  2026lda  2026-05-7.56 16.2
21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30  ASASSN-26de  2026-05-6.29 14.51
16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60  ASASSN-26dd  2026-05-5.15 15.93
14:26:40.22 -24:48:37.50  AT2026lig  2026-05-4.27 14.63
13:17:51.04 +30:25:13.50  SN2026kcp  2026-05-4.46 16.43
11:27:55.57 -13:38:56.90  SN2026kza  2026-05-1.08 15.59
22:28:27.10 +30:17:54.30  SN 2026fov  2026-04-29.6 14.36
21:00:10.71 -32:17:03.90  AT2026kis  2026-04-27.36 16.15
14:32:57.37 -58:13:26.40  ASASSN-26dc  2026-04-27.27 13.42
15:32:05.35 -43:54:34.60  ASASSN-26db  2026-04-27.37 16.06
16:34:34.97 -54:34:58.00  ASASSN-26da  2026-04-25.32 16.11
10:06:55.04 -01:13:49.70  SN2026jsg  2026-04-24.99 16.28
15:15:57.17 +56:18:32.80  SN2026kid  2026-04-24.52 -3.65
07:58:28.45 +57:03:42.40  AT2026kcf  2026-04-24.2 16.89
11:38:21.80 -50:43:06.50  SN2026jkb  2026-04-24.24 15.38
10:06:11.41 -39:41:04.20  AT2026dil  2026-04-24.2 16.85
14:21:40.08 +13:13:46.30  SN2026jlm  2026-04-22.16 15.12
10:53:55.52 -16:06:06.00  ASASSN-26cz  2026-04-22.28 16.29
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80    2026-07-16.17 17.02
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
00:42:55.64 +41:14:12.2  PNV J00425564+4114122  2026-04-24.042  16.2mag
21:14:03.38 +56:46:44.1  TCP J21140338+5646441  2026-05-05.3534  16.7mag
15:03:05.19 +22:02:04.1  TCP J15030519+2202041  2026-05-08.3260  13.9mag
07:15:18.25 +47:53:16.7  TCP J07151825+4753167  2026-05-09.1599  14.4mag
16:00:18.44 -22:30:10.6  TCP J16001844-2230106  2026-05-09.6135  13.3mag
00:42:47.45 +41:16:58.5  PNV J00424745+4116585  2026-05-10.030  16.8mag
09:55:02.89 +69:02:13.8  PNV J09550289+6902138  2026-05-18.925  20.7mag
00:43:01.82 +41:18:16.6  PNV J00430182+4118166  2026-05-21.8651  18.83Cmag
00:42:51.20 +41:16:59.4  PNV J00425120+4116594  2022-10-26.135  19.3mag
12:24:25.10 +28:47:12.0  TCP J12242510+2847120  2026-05-31.6015  14.8mag
00:56:07.13 +43:01:40.6  TCP J00560713+4301406  2026-06-01.4135  12.2mag
00:42:41.64 +41:15:16.2  PNV J00424164+4115162  2026-06-02.029  17.4mag
00:42:38.68 +41:15:58.2  PNV J00423868+4115582  2026-06-05.1224  19.97Umag
19:00:42.95 -48:31:01.7  PNV J19004295-4831017  2026-05-25.0752  14.2mag
09:55:21.28 +69:02:52.6  PNV J09552128+6902526  2026-06-13.933  18.9mag
19:51:21.42 +37:06:40.0  TCP J19512142+3706400  2026-06-17.2942  16.8mag
19:57:03.87 +37:41:46.4  TCP J19570387+3741464  2026-06-18.2638  17.5mag
00:42:32.04 +41:10:28.3  PNV J00423204+4110283  2026-06-26.059  16.6mag
02:19:17.36 +28:57:15.8  TCP J02191736+2857158  2026-07-12.3549  12.5mag
00:44:56.43 +41:57:41.6  PNV J00445643+4157416  2026-07-13.8026  17.98Cmag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
23:02:17.769 -08:54:25.49  AT 2026sye  2026-06-27.42 21.7254
20:14:56.619 -18:30:02.61  AT 2026syd  2026-06-27.29 22.2007
20:49:57.648 -11:42:25.46  AT 2026syc  2026-06-27.30 22.962
21:15:07.018 -10:44:08.34  AT 2026syb  2026-06-27.34 22.1382
21:45:53.908 -10:06:22.31  AT 2026sya  2026-06-27.33 22.2361
21:28:25.130 -19:21:16.37  AT 2026sxz  2026-06-27.33 22.3064
22:56:47.457 -11:33:53.05  AT 2026sxy  2026-06-27.41 22.3592
23:00:56.153 -09:26:33.73  AT 2026sxx  2026-06-27.42 22.4667
23:07:22.508 -08:39:16.38  AT 2026sxw  2026-06-27.42 23.0272
23:22:51.227 -12:58:53.91  AT 2026sxv  2026-06-27.42 22.3827
23:16:07.929 -14:23:36.62  AT 2026sxu  2026-06-27.41 23.2261
23:04:02.238 -12:22:56.76  AT 2026sxt  2026-06-27.39 22.0508
21:10:17.846 -12:44:21.11  AT 2026sxs  2026-06-27.37 21.8392
19:55:22.564 -17:06:27.50  AT 2026sxr  2026-06-27.29 21.3456
23:00:02.745 -08:30:24.16  AT 2026sxq  2026-06-27.42 22.8616
21:14:05.963 -13:23:09.24  AT 2026sxp  2026-06-27.34 22.6391
21:10:37.720 -17:10:12.78  AT 2026sxo  2026-06-27.34 23.0493
21:07:16.782 -18:35:52.19  AT 2026sxn  2026-06-27.34 22.8686
19:53:22.478 -14:34:26.03  AT 2026sxm  2026-06-27.29 22.5257
21:33:29.273 -13:26:32.85  AT 2026sxl  2026-06-27.33 20.9637
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Sun Jul 19 21:58:30 CDT 2026
=======================================
TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 34s (0.57 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 2s (0.03 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 40s (0.67 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 5s (0.08 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 84s (1.40 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 6 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 13s (0.22 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 50s (0.83 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 1s (0.02 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 66s (1.10 min)
FIELD_Com-01-Q2b1x1: 166s (2.77 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 169s (2.82 min)
Finished: Sun Jul 19 22:01:19 CDT 2026