This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 20.1947 2461241.6947 13.98 13:34:10.91 +01:17:50.1
326.35984 62.20886 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.4" and 2.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.369 Aeria 0 0 0 14.1 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:34:10.91 +01:17:50.1: 15.98 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:34:10.91 +01:17:50.1: 15.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 20.1947* 13 34 10.91 +01 17 50.1 14.0 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461241.6947,13.98,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260720.1947 13.98CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 20.1947 2461241.6947 14.13 13:21:27.96 +07:37:42.7
324.36108 69.24146 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 1.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.234 Barbara 1 1 1 14.2 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:21:27.96 +07:37:42.7: 15.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:21:27.96 +07:37:42.7: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 20.1947* 13 21 27.96 +07 37 42.7 14.1 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461241.6947,14.13,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260720.1947 14.13CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461146.84378448 16.04.2026 08:14:52.979 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
First image: 2461146.84378448 16.04.2026 08:14:52.979 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Last image: 2461241.69489527 20.07.2026 04:40:28.951 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 3
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.57
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: 11 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): 5585
Objects passed selection criteria: 5579
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4650.5
Average stars matched: 4588.25 (98.6614 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 114984 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 Mon Jul 20 04:24:57 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: 2461146.84378448 16.04.2026 08:14:52.979 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
First image: 2461146.84378448 16.04.2026 08:14:52.979 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Last image: 2461241.69489527 20.07.2026 04:40:28.951 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 42
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
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: 22 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): 31713
Objects passed selection criteria: 31640
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 28271.5
Average stars matched: 27559.2 (97.4807 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 138576 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 Mon Jul 20 04:27:27 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.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: 2461241.69441784
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits'
wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:57.869 +05:57:54.39 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:46.512 +06:01:30.57 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:57.869 +05:57:54.39
Second-epoch image center 13:42:46.512 +06:01:30.57
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0763 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:46.134 +06:01:21.05 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:57.869 +05:57:54.39
Second-epoch image center 13:42:46.134 +06:01:21.05
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0752 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 13:42:46.512 +06:01:30.57
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:46.134 +06:01:21.05
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00307 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits &> /tmp/tmp.C7BmC6zOe6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sCy5lXgi5M
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mZSkXNJsMr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6XHtxTEi9f
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5986 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6037 to 214.0559 deg, Dec +0.2173 to +11.6259 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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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
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 197.6037 to 214.0559 deg, Dec 0.2173 to 11.6259 deg
Loaded 4449 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): 3353 out of 3481 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3481 out of 5986 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.857200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.857200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.57
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.29
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.29
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5986 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6037 to 214.0559 deg, Dec +0.2173 to +11.6259 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 197.6037 to 214.0559 deg, Dec 0.2173 to 11.6259 deg
Loaded 4449 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): 3353 out of 3481 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3481 out of 5986 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 5814 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6040 to 213.9612 deg, Dec +0.2529 to +11.5707 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 197.6040 to 213.9612 deg, Dec 0.2529 to 11.5707 deg
Loaded 4391 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): 3378 out of 3481 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3481 out of 5814 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 3 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
2.1 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
2.1 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
15.3 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 11.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.C7BmC6zOe6 (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=386, bad_region=0, passed=5986
Got 5986 stars (including 5594 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5986 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.2 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5916 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.2 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 980 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5916 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 980 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5916 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 980 stars left (next iteration limit 1078)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits N_match=980 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.292 n_q1=244 n_q2=232 n_q3=250 n_q4=254 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.172
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.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.sCy5lXgi5M (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=355, bad_region=0, passed=5814
Got 5814 stars (including 5449 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5814 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
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(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5752 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5751 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5751 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.422 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=247 n_q2=228 n_q3=251 n_q4=251 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.254
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.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.mZSkXNJsMr (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=258, bad_region=0, passed=3491
Got 3491 stars (including 3226 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3491 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
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(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3448 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3449 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3449 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.408 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.327 n_q1=253 n_q2=225 n_q3=257 n_q4=242 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.197
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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.6XHtxTEi9f (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=253, bad_region=0, passed=3437
Got 3437 stars (including 3176 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3437 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
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(), 966 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(), 3395 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
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(), 3397 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3397 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.492 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.461 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.390 n_q1=253 n_q2=221 n_q3=257 n_q4=245 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.169
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits sigma_overall=0.326 worst_q_ratio=1.172
ref2=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits sigma_overall=0.336 worst_q_ratio=1.254
new1=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.373 worst_q_ratio=1.197
new2=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits sigma_overall=0.421 worst_q_ratio=1.169
reference average sigma_overall=0.331 worst_q_ratio=1.213
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259_astrometric_residuals.png (980 matched stars from wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109_astrometric_residuals.png (976 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:37:32.13 +08:53:08.3: 12.04 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:37:32.13 +08:53:08.3: 12.04 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.04 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:37:32.13 +08:53:08.3: ref_mag=12.04 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9767 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
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 20229_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 20229_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:23:40.78 +02:43:36.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20235_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 20235_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:17:36.31 +05:26:00.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20241_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 20241_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-04-Q1b1x1 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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:57.869 +05:57:54.39 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:46.512 +06:01:30.57 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:57.869 +05:57:54.39
Second-epoch image center 13:42:46.512 +06:01:30.57
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0763 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:46.134 +06:01:21.05 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:57.869 +05:57:54.39
Second-epoch image center 13:42:46.134 +06:01:21.05
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0752 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 13:42:46.512 +06:01:30.57
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:46.134 +06:01:21.05
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00307 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GcaAAyuF2x
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Fr1lJGHjPH
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wl2zEcNbBw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits &> /tmp/tmp.thRwQbzbWJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 34813 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.5457 to 214.0696 deg, Dec +0.1968 to +11.6784 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.5457 to 214.0696 deg, Dec 0.1968 to 11.6784 deg
Loaded 4490 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): 3267 out of 3509 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3509 out of 34813 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.745700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.745700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 34813 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.5457 to 214.0696 deg, Dec +0.1968 to +11.6784 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.5457 to 214.0696 deg, Dec 0.1968 to 11.6784 deg
Loaded 4490 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): 3267 out of 3509 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3509 out of 34813 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits (aperture=4.9)
Read 34177 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.5769 to 214.0155 deg, Dec +0.2529 to +11.6309 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 197.5769 to 214.0155 deg, Dec 0.2529 to 11.6309 deg
Loaded 4428 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): 3296 out of 3519 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3519 out of 34177 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 40 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
2.0 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
2.0 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
1.9 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
15.4 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 14.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.GcaAAyuF2x (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=21, blended=1275, bad_region=45, passed=34792
Got 34792 stars (including 33404 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34792 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 450 to 510 (Dec 0.2 to 11.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34284 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 450 to 510 (Dec 0.2 to 11.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 979 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34283 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 979 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34282 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 979 stars left (next iteration limit 1076)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits N_match=979 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.303 n_q1=239 n_q2=229 n_q3=250 n_q4=261 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.204
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.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.Fr1lJGHjPH (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=22, blended=1151, bad_region=11, passed=34155
Got 34155 stars (including 32931 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34155 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
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(), 971 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33721 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
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(), 33718 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33717 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
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=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.277 n_q1=245 n_q2=232 n_q3=255 n_q4=246 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.197
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.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.wl2zEcNbBw (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=12, blended=596, bad_region=3, passed=22329
Got 22329 stars (including 21692 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22329 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22134 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22133 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22133 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.329 n_q1=257 n_q2=236 n_q3=248 n_q4=234 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.112
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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.thRwQbzbWJ (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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 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=560, bad_region=4, passed=22585
Got 22585 stars (including 21980 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22585 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22348 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 975 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22346 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 975 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22346 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits N_match=975 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.449 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=258 n_q2=232 n_q3=246 n_q4=239 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.123
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-19_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-39-47_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0108.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_234309_TTUQ1b1x1_1737599_uI0W8APb/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 14:03:55.24 +06:32:26.0: 13.31 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:34:09.75 +04:56:45.0: 14.36 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:33:30.94 +09:20:37.8: 14.85 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:33:30.94 +09:20:37.8: 14.91 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:34:09.75 +04:56:45.0: 14.38 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.88 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:33:30.94 +09:20:37.8: ref_mag=14.88 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.6593 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 14:03:55.24 +06:32:26.0: 13.37 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.33 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.37 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:34:09.75 +04:56:45.0: ref_mag=14.37 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.5473 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:03:55.24 +06:32:26.0: ref_mag=13.33 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5663 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:21:27.96 +07:37:42.7: 15.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:34:10.91 +01:17:50.1: 15.98 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 14:06:10.87 +08:03:08.8: 14.34 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:45:54.84 +09:18:41.6: 14.34 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_03-14-52_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0259.fits at 13:55:29.20 +08:08:47.1: 14.59 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 14:06:10.87 +08:03:08.8: 14.32 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.33 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:06:10.87 +08:03:08.8: ref_mag=14.33 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.3146 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:34:10.91 +01:17:50.1: 15.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:55:29.20 +08:08:47.1: 14.82 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:45:54.84 +09:18:41.6: 14.49 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.68 +/- 0.08
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.40 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:45:54.84 +09:18:41.6: ref_mag=14.40 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.5909 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:55:29.20 +08:08:47.1: ref_mag=14.68 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.5971 delta=0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-17_00-48-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0204.fits at 13:21:27.96 +07:37:42.7: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52729.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out52739.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 11s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 52616_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52616_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52619_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52619_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52621_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52621_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52626_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52626_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52627_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52627_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:23:40.83 +02:43:36.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52632_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52632_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52635_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52635_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52636_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52636_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52637_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52637_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52638_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52638_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52639_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52639_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52641_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52641_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52650_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52650_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:29:19.13 +10:48:01.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52656_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52656_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52669_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52669_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (9.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52681_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52681_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:21:35.09 +02:05:08.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52682_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52682_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52683_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52683_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52688_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52688_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:16:57.73 +05:10:19.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52690_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52690_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.3") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52694_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52694_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:01:29.68 +04:07:32.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52703_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52703_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52704_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52704_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:31:29.22 +04:16:39.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52709_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52709_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:02:29.66 +09:39:35.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52711_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52711_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52714_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52714_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:04:19.43 +02:35:21.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52716_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52716_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52718_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52718_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52720_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52720_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52724_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52724_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52729_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
Preparing report for the candidate 52729_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
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Considering the candidate 52735_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52735_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (9.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52739_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
Preparing report for the candidate 52739_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
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Considering the candidate 52744_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52744_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52747_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52747_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52750_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52750_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (10.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52755_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52755_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (14.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52761_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52761_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52769_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52769_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52773_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109
The candidate 52773_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-19_23-40-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0109 did not pass the final checks