This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY
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 26.4075 2461247.9075 13.06 02:57:58.00 +18:11:43.4
160.54239 -35.27416 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 2.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.64 Angelina -0 -1 1 13.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:57:58.00 +18:11:43.4: 16.64 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:57:58.00 +18:11:43.4: 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 26.4075* 02 57 58.00 +18 11 43.4 13.1 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9075,13.06,0.05,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 20260726.4075 13.06CV 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 26.4075 2461247.9075 13.64 02:36:12.23 +17:20:38.2
155.64683 -38.78244 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 2.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.419 Aurelia 1 -0 1 13.8 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:36:12.23 +17:20:38.2: 16.67 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:36:12.23 +17:20:38.2: 16.19 +/- 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 26.4075* 02 36 12.23 +17 20 38.2 13.6 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9075,13.64,0.05,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 20260726.4075 13.64CV 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 26.4075 2461247.9075 14.46 02:32:36.21 +13:06:35.8
157.52102 -42.86558 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 2.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.619 Triberga 1 -0 1 14.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:32:36.21 +13:06:35.8: 16.78 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:32:36.21 +13:06:35.8: 16.26 +/- 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 26.4075* 02 32 36.21 +13 06 35.8 14.5 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9075,14.46,0.05,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 20260726.4075 14.46CV 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 26.4075 2461247.9075 13.31 02:39:09.59 +16:53:22.4
156.72370 -38.81248 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 2.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.72 Feronia -3 -0 3 13.5 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:39:09.59 +16:53:22.4: 14.52 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:39:09.59 +16:53:22.4: 14.68 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.56 +/- 0.05
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 26.4075* 02 39 09.59 +16 53 22.4 13.3 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9075,13.31,0.05,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 20260726.4075 13.31CV 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: 2461032.72106177 23.12.2025 05:18:09.737 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
First image: 2461032.72106177 23.12.2025 05:18:09.737 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Last image: 2461247.90778898 26.07.2026 09:47:02.968 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: unknown
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.06
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: 8 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): 7430
Objects passed selection criteria: 7409
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 6936.75
Average stars matched: 6907.75 (99.5819 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 235160 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sun Jul 26 03:08:32 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-174-g9b7cb13a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-26)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jul 26 06:05:49 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: 2461032.72106177 23.12.2025 05:18:09.737 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
First image: 2461032.72106177 23.12.2025 05:18:09.737 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Last image: 2461247.90778898 26.07.2026 09:47:02.968 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 53
FILTER key from ref. img. header: unknown
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.83
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: 37 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): 42028
Objects passed selection criteria: 41919
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 35519.5
Average stars matched: 35229 (99.1821 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 267860 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Sun Jul 26 03:08:32 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-174-g9b7cb13a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-26)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sun Jul 26 06:13:40 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.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: 2461247.90728110
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits'
wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits'
wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits'
wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:39:56.375 +13:57:21.02 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 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81
Second-epoch image center 02:39:56.375 +13:57:21.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0577 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:39:55.791 +13:57:30.35 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 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81
Second-epoch image center 02:39:55.791 +13:57:30.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0566 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 02:39:56.375 +13:57:21.02
Second-epoch second image center 02:39:55.791 +13:57:30.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00351 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FG85SeQxwB
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qJjYRY62Da
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7ubH3TEP9T
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FBvxRMpNiE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 11240 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec +8.6580 to +19.2895 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec 8.6580 to 19.2895 deg
Loaded 4350 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): 3507 out of 3761 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3761 out of 11240 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.960700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.960700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.06
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.90
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.90
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 11240 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec +8.6580 to +19.2895 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec 8.6580 to 19.2895 deg
Loaded 4350 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): 3507 out of 3761 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3761 out of 11240 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 7374 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec +8.6579 to +19.2908 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 31.7523 to 48.3006 deg, Dec 8.6579 to 19.2908 deg
Loaded 4350 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): 3557 out of 3741 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3741 out of 7374 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits (aperture=6.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
2.0 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
3.0 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
3.0 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.9 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
15.4 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 11.8 (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.FG85SeQxwB (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits 860.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits'
This WCS solution (swarp) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.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=703, bad_region=0, passed=11240
Got 11240 stars (including 10528 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11240 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11060 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 981 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11058 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 981 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11058 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Excluding outliers - 981 stars left (next iteration limit 1079)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits (swarp) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits N_match=981 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.244 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.217 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.232 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.220 n_q1=265 n_q2=245 n_q3=232 n_q4=239 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.230
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.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.qJjYRY62Da (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.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=503, bad_region=0, passed=7374
Got 7374 stars (including 6862 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7374 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 966 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7231 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 977 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7230 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 977 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7230 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 977 stars left (next iteration limit 1074)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits N_match=977 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.301 n_q1=266 n_q2=238 n_q3=233 n_q4=240 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.238
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.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.7ubH3TEP9T (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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=160, bad_region=0, passed=4633
Got 4633 stars (including 4469 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4633 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4565 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4567 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4567 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=972 robust_rms=11.349 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=972 robust_rms=0.307 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=972 robust_rms_before=0.926 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.268 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.307 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.268 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.277 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.199 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.259 n_q1=232 n_q2=226 n_q3=248 n_q4=266 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.387
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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.FBvxRMpNiE (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.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=160, bad_region=0, passed=4612
Got 4612 stars (including 4449 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4612 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 962 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4552 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.3 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4550 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4550 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=972 robust_rms=11.457 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=972 robust_rms=0.333 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=972 robust_rms_before=0.952 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.283 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.333 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.283 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.288 n_q1=232 n_q2=230 n_q3=246 n_q4=264 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.285
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits sigma_overall=0.244 worst_q_ratio=1.230
ref2=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.238
new1=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits sigma_overall=0.267 worst_q_ratio=1.387
new2=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits sigma_overall=0.301 worst_q_ratio=1.285
reference average sigma_overall=0.274 worst_q_ratio=1.234
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2_astrometric_residuals.png (981 matched stars from wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.22 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1_astrometric_residuals.png (977 matched stars from wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362_astrometric_residuals.png (972 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363_astrometric_residuals.png (972 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-04-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 07661_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 07661_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:44:45.47 +12:19:03.2 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 Ari-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:39:56.375 +13:57:21.02 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 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81
Second-epoch image center 02:39:56.375 +13:57:21.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0577 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:39:55.791 +13:57:30.35 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 02:40:02.910 +14:00:25.81
Second-epoch image center 02:39:55.791 +13:57:30.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0566 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 02:39:56.375 +13:57:21.02
Second-epoch second image center 02:39:55.791 +13:57:30.35
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00351 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.50eAHIg51L
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FWeEGOizXn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GpJTyimQ1w
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits &> /tmp/tmp.oM9XftvkQ6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits and wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 54337 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7352 to 48.3254 deg, Dec +8.6379 to +19.2957 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 31.7352 to 48.3254 deg, Dec 8.6379 to 19.2957 deg
Loaded 4373 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): 3194 out of 3765 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3765 out of 54337 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.873200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.873200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -6.83
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 16.04
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 16.04
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 54337 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7352 to 48.3254 deg, Dec +8.6379 to +19.2957 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 31.7352 to 48.3254 deg, Dec 8.6379 to 19.2957 deg
Loaded 4373 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): 3194 out of 3765 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3765 out of 54337 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits (aperture=5.1)
Read 42245 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 31.7306 to 48.3248 deg, Dec +8.6533 to +19.2997 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 31.7306 to 48.3248 deg, Dec 8.6533 to 19.2997 deg
Loaded 4373 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): 3361 out of 3768 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3768 out of 42245 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 46 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
1.9 pix Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
2.9 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
2.9 pix fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
16.0 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
15.5 mag. Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 14.0 (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.50eAHIg51L (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits 860.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits'
This WCS solution (swarp) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.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=33, blended=3205, bad_region=8, passed=54304
Got 54304 stars (including 51011 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 54304 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 978 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 984 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 984 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 53820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Excluding outliers - 984 stars left (next iteration limit 1082)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits N_match=984 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.233 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.221 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.207 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.199 n_q1=262 n_q2=249 n_q3=234 n_q4=239 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.237
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.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.FWeEGOizXn (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.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=14, blended=1828, bad_region=7, passed=42231
Got 42231 stars (including 40335 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42231 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 969 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41650 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 976 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41648 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 976 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 41648 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 976 stars left (next iteration limit 1073)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits N_match=976 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.291 n_q1=272 n_q2=231 n_q3=239 n_q4=234 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.205
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits -region wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.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.GpJTyimQ1w (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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=6, blended=619, bad_region=5, passed=23122
Got 23122 stars (including 22464 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23122 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22852 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 972 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22852 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 972 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22852 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 972 stars left (next iteration limit 1069)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits N_match=972 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.272 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.204 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.264 n_q1=234 n_q2=219 n_q3=250 n_q4=269 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.363
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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.oM9XftvkQ6 (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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=4, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=598, bad_region=11, passed=23271
Got 23271 stars (including 22635 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 23271 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5)
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(), 959 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23008 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5)
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(), 23009 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 971 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 23009 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 971 stars left (next iteration limit 1068)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits N_match=971 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.243 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.276 n_q1=231 n_q2=224 n_q3=248 n_q4=268 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.338
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-46-19_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0362.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.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_2026-07-26_CI_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_051106_TTUQ1b1x1_2840606_LHKhoSUY/wcs_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:26:09.08 +10:05:57.6: 12.90 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:23:45.62 +15:08:44.4: 12.37 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:40:35.49 +13:32:41.5: 13.31 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:57:58.00 +18:11:43.4: 16.64 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:26:09.08 +10:05:57.6: 12.99 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.93 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:26:09.08 +10:05:57.6: ref_mag=12.93 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=13.0506 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:23:45.62 +15:08:44.4: 12.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.39 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:23:45.62 +15:08:44.4: ref_mag=12.39 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6922 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:40:35.49 +13:32:41.5: 13.31 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.31 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:40:35.49 +13:32:41.5: ref_mag=13.31 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=13.2030 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 03:08:03.68 +17:00:35.3: 13.37 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:36:12.23 +17:20:38.2: 16.67 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:57:58.00 +18:11:43.4: 16.05 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 03:08:03.68 +17:00:35.3: 13.46 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.40 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:08:03.68 +17:00:35.3: ref_mag=13.40 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3624 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:36:12.23 +17:20:38.2: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:45:48.21 +17:56:30.0: 14.10 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:32:36.21 +13:06:35.8: 16.78 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:45:48.21 +17:56:30.0: 14.17 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.12 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:45:48.21 +17:56:30.0: ref_mag=14.12 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.0839 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:32:36.21 +13:06:35.8: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_23-18-09_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0229_stack2.fits at 02:39:09.59 +16:53:22.4: 14.52 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-46-45_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0118_stack1.fits at 02:39:09.59 +16:53:22.4: 14.68 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.56 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:39:09.59 +16:53:22.4: ref_mag=14.56 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.3104 delta=1.25 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out13409.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out65049.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out65144.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out65318.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 11s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s
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Considering the candidate 64830_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64830_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64831_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64831_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64832_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64832_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64890_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64890_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 64891_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64891_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 64894_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64894_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 64897_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64897_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 64917_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64917_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 64929_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64929_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:55:50.73 +18:17:08.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64975_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 64975_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65005_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65005_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65008_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65008_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65049_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
Preparing report for the candidate 65049_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
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Considering the candidate 65076_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65076_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65081_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65081_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65095_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65095_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:55:43.65 +14:41:32.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65096_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65096_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65098_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65098_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65110_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65110_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65120_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65120_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65144_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
Preparing report for the candidate 65144_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
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Considering the candidate 65147_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65147_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65157_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65157_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:09:58.50 +13:40:38.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65180_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65180_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65182_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65182_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:55:05.98 +14:47:11.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65196_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65196_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:53:56.83 +16:00:06.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65214_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65214_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65223_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65223_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (13.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65247_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65247_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (13.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65251_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65251_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65276_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65276_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65281_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65281_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:53:51.23 +15:25:51.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65290_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65290_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65297_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65297_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65309_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65309_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65318_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
Preparing report for the candidate 65318_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
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Considering the candidate 65319_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65319_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.5") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65330_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65330_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65337_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65337_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (13.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65341_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65341_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.8") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65352_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65352_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 65353_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 65353_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (11.9") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 01476_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 01476_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (12.7") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 52910_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 52910_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:44:45.47 +12:19:03.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 13409_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
Preparing report for the candidate 13409_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
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Considering the candidate 47888_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363
The candidate 47888_fd_Ari-04-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_04-47-02_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0363 did not pass the final checks