This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR
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 21.3681 2461242.8681 14.14 01:39:46.22 +20:20:14.6
138.03292 -41.11281 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 5.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.516 Amherstia -0 -0 0 14.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:39:46.22 +20:20:14.6: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:39:46.22 +20:20:14.6: 16.25 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461242.8681,14.14,0.05,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 20260721.3681 14.14CV 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 21.3681 2461242.8681 14.27 01:31:02.51 +18:46:06.2
135.81755 -43.11027 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.2" and 6.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.760 Massinga -0 -2 2 14.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:31:02.51 +18:46:06.2: 16.05 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:31:02.51 +18:46:06.2: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461242.8681,14.27,0.05,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 20260721.3681 14.27CV 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 21.3681 2461242.8681 12.94 01:54:40.27 +22:36:15.3
141.53615 -37.97242 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 5.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.375 Ursula -0 -0 0 13.1 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:54:40.27 +22:36:15.3: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:54:40.27 +22:36:15.3: 16.29 +/- 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 21.3681* 01 54 40.27 +22 36 15.3 12.9 U Ari 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,2461242.8681,12.94,0.05,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 20260721.3681 12.94CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
First image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Last image: 2461242.86845422 21.07.2026 08:50:24.445 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 5
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.52
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: 28 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): 8483
Objects passed selection criteria: 8473
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 7963.5
Average stars matched: 7790.5 (97.8276 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 120100 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 Tue Jul 21 05:16:41 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
First image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Last image: 2461242.86845422 21.07.2026 08:50:24.445 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 21
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27
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: 53 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): 48035
Objects passed selection criteria: 47935
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: 42501.2
Average stars matched: 41379 (97.3595 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 152184 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 Tue Jul 21 05:20:52 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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: 2461242.86777611
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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits'
wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits'
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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: 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.6' 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: 01:51:01.231 +22:00:14.08 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 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34
Second-epoch image center 01:51:01.231 +22:00:14.08
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0543 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.6' 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: 01:51:03.611 +22:00:09.99 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 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34
Second-epoch image center 01:51:03.611 +22:00:09.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0634 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 01:51:01.231 +22:00:14.08
Second-epoch second image center 01:51:03.611 +22:00:09.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00926 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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lzas7BA6g1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ot8tNrbaRa
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7a5GPVrHRG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lbi4nuWSFV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec +16.5005 to +27.2914 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 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec 16.5005 to 27.2914 deg
Loaded 5653 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): 4400 out of 4720 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4720 out of 8757 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.928150
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.928150
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.52
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec +16.5005 to +27.2914 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 19.0134 to 36.5191 deg, Dec 16.5005 to 27.2914 deg
Loaded 5653 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): 4400 out of 4720 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4720 out of 8757 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9762 to 36.4989 deg, Dec +16.4680 to +27.2695 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 18.9762 to 36.4989 deg, Dec 16.4680 to 27.2695 deg
Loaded 5653 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): 4398 out of 4723 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4723 out of 8769 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
3.1 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
3.1 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
15.4 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 12.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.lzas7BA6g1 (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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=701, bad_region=0, passed=8757
Got 8757 stars (including 8041 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8757 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8671 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8668 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8668 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=229 n_q2=242 n_q3=218 n_q4=275 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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.ot8tNrbaRa (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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=689, bad_region=0, passed=8769
Got 8769 stars (including 8071 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8769 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8679 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8680 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8679 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=226 n_q2=248 n_q3=219 n_q4=271 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.085
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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.7a5GPVrHRG (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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=348, bad_region=0, passed=7263
Got 7263 stars (including 6907 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7263 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 953 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7183 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7183 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 958 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7183 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 958 stars left (next iteration limit 1053)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits N_match=958 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.224 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.234 n_q1=251 n_q2=201 n_q3=247 n_q4=259 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.327
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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.lbi4nuWSFV (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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=353, bad_region=0, passed=7267
Got 7267 stars (including 6906 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7267 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 961 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 955 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7188 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 961 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7188 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7188 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 960 stars left (next iteration limit 1056)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits N_match=960 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.256 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.202 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.244 n_q1=253 n_q2=203 n_q3=248 n_q4=256 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.347
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits sigma_overall=0.366 worst_q_ratio=1.154
ref2=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.346 worst_q_ratio=1.085
new1=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits sigma_overall=0.261 worst_q_ratio=1.327
new2=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits sigma_overall=0.256 worst_q_ratio=1.347
reference average sigma_overall=0.356 worst_q_ratio=1.1195
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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107_astrometric_residuals.png (964 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (964 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765_astrometric_residuals.png (958 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766_astrometric_residuals.png (960 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:43:48.06 +17:45:59.1: 12.28 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:46:55.92 +21:20:43.5: 12.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:33:58.97 +21:35:25.1: 12.42 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:33:58.97 +21:35:25.1: 12.42 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:46:55.92 +21:20:43.5: 12.46 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:33:58.97 +21:35:25.1: ref_mag=12.42 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2578 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.47 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:46:55.92 +21:20:43.5: ref_mag=12.47 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3761 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:43:48.06 +17:45:59.1: 12.30 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.29 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:43:48.06 +17:45:59.1: ref_mag=12.29 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3157 delta=-0.02 (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 20509_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 20509_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20515_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 20515_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:57:57.46 +23:36:08.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20560_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 20560_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:09:29.36 +25:57:38.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20640_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 20640_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20656_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 20656_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 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 Ari-02-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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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: 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.6' 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: 01:51:01.231 +22:00:14.08 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 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34
Second-epoch image center 01:51:01.231 +22:00:14.08
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0543 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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.6' 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: 01:51:03.611 +22:00:09.99 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 01:50:47.221 +21:59:57.34
Second-epoch image center 01:51:03.611 +22:00:09.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0634 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 01:51:01.231 +22:00:14.08
Second-epoch second image center 01:51:03.611 +22:00:09.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00926 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/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.EKpYZkP8Wy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9LTr1n1lD9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LkpsH2dsFv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sHhOEHOQoZ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec +16.4685 to +27.2977 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
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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 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec 16.4685 to 27.2977 deg
Loaded 5683 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): 4184 out of 4768 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4768 out of 51194 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.825200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.825200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec +16.4685 to +27.2977 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 18.9734 to 36.5478 deg, Dec 16.4685 to 27.2977 deg
Loaded 5683 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): 4184 out of 4768 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4768 out of 51194 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 50826 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9699 to 36.5478 deg, Dec +16.4680 to +27.2894 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 18.9699 to 36.5478 deg, Dec 16.4680 to 27.2894 deg
Loaded 5682 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): 4175 out of 4765 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4765 out of 50826 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 21 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.9 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
2.9 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
15.5 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 14.3 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.EKpYZkP8Wy (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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=2529, bad_region=6, passed=51173
Got 51173 stars (including 48532 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51173 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50825 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 965 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50824 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 965 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50824 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 965 stars left (next iteration limit 1061)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=965 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.321 n_q1=221 n_q2=242 n_q3=226 n_q4=276 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.182
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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.9LTr1n1lD9 (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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=24, blended=2535, bad_region=4, passed=50802
Got 50802 stars (including 48164 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 50802 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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50341 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 964 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50341 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 964 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50340 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 964 stars left (next iteration limit 1060)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=964 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.306 n_q1=221 n_q2=240 n_q3=230 n_q4=273 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.154
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_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.LkpsH2dsFv (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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=4, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1299, bad_region=28, passed=34457
Got 34457 stars (including 33084 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34457 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 954 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34187 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.1 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Excluding outliers - 959 stars left (next iteration limit 1054)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits N_match=959 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.265 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.218 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.238 n_q1=251 n_q2=202 n_q3=250 n_q4=256 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.337
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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.sHhOEHOQoZ (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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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=9, blended=1291, bad_region=27, passed=34807
Got 34807 stars (including 33437 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34807 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 954 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34579 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 959 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34579 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 959 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34579 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 959 stars left (next iteration limit 1054)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits N_match=959 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.265 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.230 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.248 n_q1=247 n_q2=204 n_q3=250 n_q4=258 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.267
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-49-25_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0765.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.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_2026-07-21_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_035147_TTUQ1b1x1_1353362_JIApSpVR/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:45:30.06 +27:07:51.3: 14.17 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:06:23.08 +26:01:33.1: 13.86 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:52:23.51 +25:26:51.8: 13.28 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:36:51.33 +24:33:53.2: 13.89 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:45:30.06 +27:07:51.3: 14.32 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.24 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:45:30.06 +27:07:51.3: ref_mag=14.24 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.0079 delta=0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:06:23.08 +26:01:33.1: 13.91 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.89 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:06:23.08 +26:01:33.1: ref_mag=13.89 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8270 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:55:23.20 +21:02:31.7: 14.14 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:52:23.51 +25:26:51.8: 13.23 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:07.32 +22:10:37.7: 13.85 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:36:51.33 +24:33:53.2: 13.90 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.25 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:52:23.51 +25:26:51.8: ref_mag=13.25 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2865 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.90 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:36:51.33 +24:33:53.2: ref_mag=13.90 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.9220 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:58:32.18 +19:58:03.2: 14.03 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:47:55.35 +22:44:19.0: 14.19 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:55:23.20 +21:02:31.7: 14.08 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.11 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:55:23.20 +21:02:31.7: ref_mag=14.11 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.0187 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:07.32 +22:10:37.7: 13.87 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.86 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:50:07.32 +22:10:37.7: ref_mag=13.86 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.9448 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:58:32.18 +19:58:03.2: 14.02 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:47:55.35 +22:44:19.0: 14.20 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.03 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:58:32.18 +19:58:03.2: ref_mag=14.03 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1357 delta=-0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.20 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:47:55.35 +22:44:19.0: ref_mag=14.20 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.9163 delta=0.28 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:39:12.06 +26:28:51.9: 14.28 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:39:46.22 +20:20:14.6: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:31:02.51 +18:46:06.2: 16.05 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:32:09.72 +27:14:59.5: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:39:12.06 +26:28:51.9: 14.30 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.29 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:39:12.06 +26:28:51.9: ref_mag=14.29 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.3125 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:39:46.22 +20:20:14.6: 16.25 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:54:40.27 +22:36:15.3: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:32:09.72 +27:14:59.5: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:32:09.72 +27:14:59.5: at least one reference image reported edge (off-image or aperture/annulus past image boundary); cannot perform the forced-photometry cross-check
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:31:02.51 +18:46:06.2: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:54:40.27 +22:36:15.3: 16.29 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
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Considering the candidate 64582_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 64582_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:57:57.46 +23:36:08.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64808_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 64808_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:12:40.32 +24:08:19.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64895_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 64895_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64982_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 64982_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:54:22.15 +21:54:39.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65038_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65038_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65046_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65046_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65047_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65047_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:58:18.49 +18:17:21.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65079_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65079_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65081_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65081_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:06:24.52 +24:20:34.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65082_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65082_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:08:16.48 +19:22:17.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65100_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65100_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65107_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65107_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65119_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65119_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:12:28.08 +24:50:06.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65146_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65146_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65151_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65151_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:25:36.47 +21:23:14.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65180_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65180_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65184_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
Preparing report for the candidate 65184_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
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Considering the candidate 65186_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65186_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65197_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
Preparing report for the candidate 65197_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
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Considering the candidate 65282_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766
The candidate 65282_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_03-50-24_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0766 did not pass the final checks