This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w
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 21.4210 2461242.9210 13.12 04:20:38.14 +05:12:24.5
188.46951 -30.04182 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 6.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.181 Eucharis -1 -1 1 13.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:20:38.14 +05:12:24.5: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:20:38.14 +05:12:24.5: 16.18 +/- 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 21.4210* 04 20 38.14 +05 12 24.5 13.1 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461242.9210,13.12,0.05,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 20260721.4210 13.12CV 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 21.4210 2461242.9210 13.99 04:23:15.08 +09:22:32.7
185.08421 -27.04823 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 6.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.105 Artemis 1 -2 2 14.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:23:15.08 +09:22:32.7: 16.02 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:23:15.08 +09:22:32.7: 16.05 +/- 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 21.4210* 04 23 15.08 +09 22 32.7 14.0 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461242.9210,13.99,0.05,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 20260721.4210 13.99CV 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 21.4210 2461242.9210 12.49 04:11:12.01 +07:01:09.2
185.16091 -30.84819 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 6.1 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" ASAS J041112+0701.2
Type: MISC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
13.340 V Y 0.830 V 2452193.30000 84.891873000000 M4/5
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:11:12.01 +07:01:09.2: 13.46 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:11:12.01 +07:01:09.2: 13.40 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.02
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 21.4210* 04 11 12.01 +07 01 09.2 12.5 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J041112+0701.2,2461242.9210,12.49,0.05,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
ASAS J041112+0701.2 20260721.4210 12.49CV 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: 2461061.69026779 21.01.2026 04:33:49.137 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
First image: 2461061.69026779 21.01.2026 04:33:49.137 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Last image: 2461242.92131884 21.07.2026 10:06:31.948 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.68
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: 7 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): 8323
Objects passed selection criteria: 8289
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 6424.75
Average stars matched: 6270.25 (97.5952 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 117292 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 08:20:16 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: 2461061.69026779 21.01.2026 04:33:49.137 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
First image: 2461061.69026779 21.01.2026 04:33:49.137 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Last image: 2461242.92131884 21.07.2026 10:06:31.948 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 13
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.38
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: 24 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): 48553
Objects passed selection criteria: 48468
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 37689.8
Average stars matched: 36426.2 (96.6476 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 153104 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 08:23:11 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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: 2461242.92076007
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits'
wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits'
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits'
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:13.736 +05:58:22.00 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Image size: 945.0'x627.0' 15.8(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:14.546 +05:59:44.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:17:13.736 +05:58:22.00
Second-epoch image center 04:17:14.546 +05:59:44.01
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0230 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Image size: 944.8'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:12.053 +05:59:48.75 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:17:13.736 +05:58:22.00
Second-epoch image center 04:17:12.053 +05:59:48.75
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0251 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 04:17:14.546 +05:59:44.01
Second-epoch second image center 04:17:12.053 +05:59:48.75
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01041 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits &> /tmp/tmp.svSUv5qHxr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YmzrrZUvkr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QdXXkDA0nw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZjzPX1EZMf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8697 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3063 to 72.2803 deg, Dec +0.6733 to +11.2468 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 56.3063 to 72.2803 deg, Dec 0.6733 to 11.2468 deg
Loaded 5024 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): 4132 out of 4351 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4351 out of 8697 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.930600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.930600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.68
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 8697 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3063 to 72.2803 deg, Dec +0.6733 to +11.2468 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 56.3063 to 72.2803 deg, Dec 0.6733 to 11.2468 deg
Loaded 5024 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): 4132 out of 4351 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4351 out of 8697 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 8663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3093 to 72.2814 deg, Dec +0.6924 to +11.2687 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 56.3093 to 72.2814 deg, Dec 0.6924 to 11.2687 deg
Loaded 5017 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): 4112 out of 4343 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4343 out of 8663 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
2.0 pix Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
2.7 pix fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
2.7 pix fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
15.3 mag. Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.7 (SNR ) 11.4 (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.svSUv5qHxr (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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=626, bad_region=0, passed=8697
Got 8697 stars (including 8060 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8697 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 970 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8554 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8554 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8554 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.249 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.248 n_q1=249 n_q2=219 n_q3=280 n_q4=230 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.118
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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.YmzrrZUvkr (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.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=654, bad_region=0, passed=8663
Got 8663 stars (including 7997 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8663 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8507 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8506 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8506 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.244 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.248 n_q1=244 n_q2=224 n_q3=280 n_q4=230 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.228
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.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.QdXXkDA0nw (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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=205, bad_region=0, passed=4234
Got 4234 stars (including 4026 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4234 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 945.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 945.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013125 (47.3 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010500 (37.8 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.4 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4196 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.4 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4195 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4195 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1068)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.483 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.383 n_q1=228 n_q2=237 n_q3=252 n_q4=253 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.240
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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.ZjzPX1EZMf (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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=219, bad_region=0, passed=4271
Got 4271 stars (including 4051 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4271 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013122 (47.2 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010498 (37.8 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.4 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4233 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.4 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4237 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4237 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1067)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.503 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.391 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.349 n_q1=226 n_q2=239 n_q3=250 n_q4=254 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.300
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits sigma_overall=0.275 worst_q_ratio=1.118
ref2=Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits sigma_overall=0.296 worst_q_ratio=1.228
new1=fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits sigma_overall=0.390 worst_q_ratio=1.240
new2=fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits sigma_overall=0.387 worst_q_ratio=1.300
reference average sigma_overall=0.2855 worst_q_ratio=1.173
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193_astrometric_residuals.png (978 matched stars from wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841_astrometric_residuals.png (970 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842_astrometric_residuals.png (969 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20541_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 20541_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:23:24.11 +06:34:32.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 00821_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 00821_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:28:17.91 +10:09:43.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-08-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/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:13.736 +05:58:22.00 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Image size: 945.0'x627.0' 15.8(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:14.546 +05:59:44.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:17:13.736 +05:58:22.00
Second-epoch image center 04:17:14.546 +05:59:44.01
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0230 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Image size: 944.8'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.92"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:12.053 +05:59:48.75 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:17:13.736 +05:58:22.00
Second-epoch image center 04:17:12.053 +05:59:48.75
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0251 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 04:17:14.546 +05:59:44.01
Second-epoch second image center 04:17:12.053 +05:59:48.75
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01041 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0u9nhthNL3
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AejFXXA0f6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits &> /tmp/tmp.02x4ifVPxV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oicECLuLTw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 52127 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3009 to 72.2803 deg, Dec +0.6715 to +11.2632 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 56.3009 to 72.2803 deg, Dec 0.6715 to 11.2632 deg
Loaded 5030 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): 3867 out of 4403 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4403 out of 52127 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.803000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.803000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.38
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.42
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.42
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 52127 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3009 to 72.2803 deg, Dec +0.6715 to +11.2632 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 56.3009 to 72.2803 deg, Dec 0.6715 to 11.2632 deg
Loaded 5030 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): 3867 out of 4403 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4403 out of 52127 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 52195 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3093 to 72.2942 deg, Dec +0.6749 to +11.2690 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 56.3093 to 72.2942 deg, Dec 0.6749 to 11.2690 deg
Loaded 5031 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): 3859 out of 4401 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4401 out of 52195 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
2.0 pix Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
2.6 pix fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
2.6 pix fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
15.4 mag. Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
14.0 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
14.0 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.0 (SNR ) 13.6 (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.0u9nhthNL3 (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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=11, blended=2632, bad_region=16, passed=52116
Got 52116 stars (including 49380 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 52116 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 968 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51201 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51202 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.234 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.276 n_q1=256 n_q2=219 n_q3=277 n_q4=226 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.152
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.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.AejFXXA0f6 (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.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=11, blended=2672, bad_region=14, passed=52184
Got 52184 stars (including 49407 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 52184 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51263 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 978 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51262 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 978 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51262 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 978 stars left (next iteration limit 1075)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits N_match=978 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.239 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.263 n_q1=247 n_q2=220 n_q3=283 n_q4=228 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.179
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.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.02x4ifVPxV (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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=2, blended=656, bad_region=16, passed=23896
Got 23896 stars (including 23184 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23896 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 945.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 945.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013125 (47.3 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010500 (37.8 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23620 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 971 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23619 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23619 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 971 stars left (next iteration limit 1068)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits N_match=971 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.491 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.414 n_q1=224 n_q2=231 n_q3=257 n_q4=259 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.200
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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.oicECLuLTw (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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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=5, blended=640, bad_region=18, passed=23622
Got 23622 stars (including 22932 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23622 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 944.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 944.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013122 (47.2 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010498 (37.8 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 962 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23340 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 970 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23338 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23338 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 970 stars left (next iteration limit 1067)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits N_match=970 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.361 n_q1=227 n_q2=231 n_q3=252 n_q4=260 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.289
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-21_CI_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-05-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0841.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.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_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_053557_TTUQ1b1x1_2175430_TVFWKM0w/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:23:15.08 +09:22:32.7: 16.02 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:20:38.14 +05:12:24.5: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:26:53.70 +07:07:14.0: 12.77 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 03:56:33.10 +03:03:03.9: 13.00 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-33-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0192.fits at 04:11:12.01 +07:01:09.2: 13.46 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:23:15.08 +09:22:32.7: 16.05 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:20:38.14 +05:12:24.5: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 03:56:33.10 +03:03:03.9: 13.11 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:26:53.70 +07:07:14.0: 12.76 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.05 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:56:33.10 +03:03:03.9: ref_mag=13.05 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.7322 delta=0.32 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.76 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:26:53.70 +07:07:14.0: ref_mag=12.76 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6153 delta=0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:11:12.01 +07:01:09.2: 13.40 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.43 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 04:11:12.01 +07:01:09.2: ref_mag=13.43 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.4888 delta=0.94 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out21896.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out66777.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out66961.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 66137_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 66137_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:54:14.75 +06:05:32.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 66496_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 66496_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 66513_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 66513_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 66539_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 66539_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:33:58.29 +10:13:50.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 66777_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
Preparing report for the candidate 66777_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
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Considering the candidate 66888_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 66888_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:38:19.55 +08:19:16.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 66961_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
Preparing report for the candidate 66961_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
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Considering the candidate 21896_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
Preparing report for the candidate 21896_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
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Considering the candidate 02293_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 02293_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (36.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 24578_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 24578_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:23:24.10 +06:34:31.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 04417_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 04417_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:28:17.91 +10:09:43.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 40948_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842
The candidate 40948_fd_Tau-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-06-31_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0842 did not pass the final checks