This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,8.09,0.05,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 20260726.4359 8.09CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 10.13 00:29:38.55 +02:16:44.5
111.95013 -60.12717 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.2" and 7.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.192 Nausikaa -1 0 1 10.3 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:29:38.55 +02:16:44.5: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:29:38.55 +02:16:44.5: 15.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 26.4359* 00 29 38.55 +02 16 44.5 10.1 U Cet 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,2461247.9359,10.13,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260726.4359 10.13CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,8.12,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260726.4359 8.12CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 26.4359 2461247.9359 12.52 00:15:39.10 -04:41:58.3
100.53030 -66.00254 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 7.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.106 Dione -1 -0 1 12.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:15:39.10 -04:41:58.3: 16.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:15:39.10 -04:41:58.3: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,12.52,0.05,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 20260726.4359 12.52CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 12.72 23:54:14.63 -05:01:43.5
88.74168 -64.03584 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 7.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.113 Amalthea -1 -0 1 12.7 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:54:14.63 -05:01:43.5: 16.35 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:54:14.63 -05:01:43.5: 15.47 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,12.72,0.05,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 20260726.4359 12.72CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 13.26 00:11:34.10 +02:47:27.5
103.56761 -58.57378 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.217 Eudora -1 -0 1 13.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:11:34.10 +02:47:27.5: 16.34 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:11:34.10 +02:47:27.5: 15.48 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,13.26,0.05,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 20260726.4359 13.26CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 13.38 00:06:34.09 +00:24:33.4
99.72053 -60.42453 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 7.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.317 Roxane -1 -0 1 13.2 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:06:34.09 +00:24:33.4: 16.49 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:06:34.09 +00:24:33.4: 15.59 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,13.38,0.05,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 20260726.4359 13.38CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 14.07 23:54:34.75 +01:36:02.6
95.19044 -58.17520 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.570 Kythera 0 -1 1 14.1 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:54:34.75 +01:36:02.6: 16.42 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:54:34.75 +01:36:02.6: 15.46 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,14.07,0.05,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 20260726.4359 14.07CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 14.26 00:06:42.66 -01:51:42.2
98.06492 -62.55409 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 7.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.328 Gudrun -0 -0 1 14.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:06:42.66 -01:51:42.2: 16.47 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:06:42.66 -01:51:42.2: 15.63 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,14.26,0.05,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 20260726.4359 14.26CV 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 26.4359 2461247.9359 14.53 23:59:09.83 +00:32:52.2
96.38973 -59.60278 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.799 Gudula -1 -1 2 14.5 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:59:09.83 +00:32:52.2: 16.51 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:59:09.83 +00:32:52.2: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461247.9359,14.53,0.05,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 20260726.4359 14.53CV 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: 2461032.60800240 23.12.2025 02:35:21.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
First image: 2461032.60800240 23.12.2025 02:35:21.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Last image: 2461247.93622648 26.07.2026 10:27:59.968 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 3
FILTER key from ref. img. header: unknown
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 7 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 5349
Objects passed selection criteria: 5349
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 5756.5
Average stars matched: 5703.5 (99.0793 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 233236 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 10:08:12 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: 2461032.60800240 23.12.2025 02:35:21.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
First image: 2461032.60800240 23.12.2025 02:35:21.407 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Last image: 2461247.93622648 26.07.2026 10:27:59.968 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 19
FILTER key from ref. img. header: unknown
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.07
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 22 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 26974
Objects passed selection criteria: 26935
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 27664
Average stars matched: 27373.5 (98.9499 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 255172 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 10:14:20 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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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: 2461247.93565848
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits'
wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits'
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:54.531 -02:01:08.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Image size: 940.8'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:02.447 -02:01:46.45 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 23:59:54.531 -02:01:08.13
Second-epoch image center 00:00:02.447 -02:01:46.45
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0346 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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Image size: 940.8'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:05.273 -02:01:40.80 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 23:59:54.531 -02:01:08.13
Second-epoch image center 00:00:05.273 -02:01:40.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0456 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 00:00:02.447 -02:01:46.45
Second-epoch second image center 00:00:05.273 -02:01:40.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01187 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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0nGES2jAYO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits &> /tmp/tmp.dAbj8R2oFe
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AvwmGLS1Zf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8qLaTgCTbY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
'tns_transients_list.txt' -> '../tns_transients_list.txt'
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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 8705 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0769 to 7.9155 deg, Dec -7.3208 to +3.2994 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 352.0769 to 7.9155 deg, Dec -7.3208 to 3.2994 deg
Loaded 113552 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): 3370 out of 3580 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3580 out of 8705 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.908550
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.908550
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 8705 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0769 to 7.9155 deg, Dec -7.3208 to +3.2994 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 352.0769 to 7.9155 deg, Dec -7.3208 to 3.2994 deg
Loaded 113552 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): 3370 out of 3580 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3580 out of 8705 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits (aperture=6.3)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 4435 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.1109 to 7.9481 deg, Dec -7.2785 to +3.2970 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 352.1109 to 7.9481 deg, Dec -7.2785 to 3.2970 deg
Loaded 113536 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): 3125 out of 3208 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3208 out of 4435 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 3 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
2.1 pix Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
3.1 pix fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
3.1 pix fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
14.7 mag. Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
14.6 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
14.6 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.6 (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.0nGES2jAYO (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits 860.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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=599, bad_region=0, passed=8705
Got 8705 stars (including 8096 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8705 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0769 through 0 to 7.9155, gap 7.9155 to 352.0769
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 968 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8575 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0770 through 0 to 7.9161, gap 7.9161 to 352.0770
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 968 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8572 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 968 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8572 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 968 stars left (next iteration limit 1064)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits (swarp) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits N_match=968 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.249 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.216 n_q1=220 n_q2=260 n_q3=220 n_q4=268 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.305
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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.dAbj8R2oFe (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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=306, bad_region=0, passed=4435
Got 4435 stars (including 4123 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4435 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013089 (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 0.010471 (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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1109 through 0 to 7.9481, gap 7.9481 to 352.1109
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 963 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 950 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4340 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.1111 through 0 to 7.9486, gap 7.9486 to 352.1111
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 963 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4338 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 963 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4338 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 963 stars left (next iteration limit 1059)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits N_match=963 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=228 n_q2=262 n_q3=225 n_q4=248 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.185
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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.AvwmGLS1Zf (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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=277, bad_region=0, passed=5073
Got 5073 stars (including 4795 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5073 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8571 through 0 to 8.1422, gap 8.1422 to 351.8571
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 469 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 944 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4962 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8566 through 0 to 8.1426, gap 8.1426 to 351.8566
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 469 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4960 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 960 stars left (next iteration limit 1056)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=960 robust_rms=8.872 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=960 robust_rms=0.323 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=960 robust_rms_before=0.847 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.284 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.323 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.284 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits N_match=960 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.237 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.262 n_q1=261 n_q2=213 n_q3=279 n_q4=207 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.163
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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.8qLaTgCTbY (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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=216, bad_region=0, passed=5002
Got 5002 stars (including 4783 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5002 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8571 through 0 to 8.1421, gap 8.1421 to 351.8571
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 945 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4896 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8566 through 0 to 8.1426, gap 8.1426 to 351.8566
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 960 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 960 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 960 stars left (next iteration limit 1056)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=960 robust_rms=8.869 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=960 robust_rms=0.342 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=960 robust_rms_before=0.864 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.276 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.342 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best baseline 0.276 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits N_match=960 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.295 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.250 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.255 n_q1=259 n_q2=211 n_q3=281 n_q4=209 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.206
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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=Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits sigma_overall=0.267 worst_q_ratio=1.305
ref2=Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits sigma_overall=0.337 worst_q_ratio=1.185
new1=fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.163
new2=fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits sigma_overall=0.282 worst_q_ratio=1.206
reference average sigma_overall=0.302 worst_q_ratio=1.245
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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2_astrometric_residuals.png (968 matched stars from wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1_astrometric_residuals.png (963 matched stars from wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404_astrometric_residuals.png (960 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405_astrometric_residuals.png (960 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:29:38.55 +02:16:44.5: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:29:38.55 +02:16:44.5: 15.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20058.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s
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 20029_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 20029_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 20058_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 20058_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 20168_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 20168_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 00:01:38.60 -03:45:23.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 11s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
00:29:38.55 +02:16:44.5
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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:54.531 -02:01:08.13 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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Image size: 940.8'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:02.447 -02:01:46.45 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 23:59:54.531 -02:01:08.13
Second-epoch image center 00:00:02.447 -02:01:46.45
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0346 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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Image size: 940.8'x626.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.88"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:05.273 -02:01:40.80 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 23:59:54.531 -02:01:08.13
Second-epoch image center 00:00:05.273 -02:01:40.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0456 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 00:00:02.447 -02:01:46.45
Second-epoch second image center 00:00:05.273 -02:01:40.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01187 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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7h8atqG1fP
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H6kup1jXb0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits &> /tmp/tmp.H1zdhkMXNm
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PmXC2IRxsu
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits and wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 40367 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0737 to 7.9287 deg, Dec -7.3225 to +3.3002 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 352.0737 to 7.9287 deg, Dec -7.3225 to 3.3002 deg
Loaded 113561 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): 3156 out of 3588 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3588 out of 40367 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.821050
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.821050
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.07
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.75
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.75
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 40367 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0737 to 7.9287 deg, Dec -7.3225 to +3.3002 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 352.0737 to 7.9287 deg, Dec -7.3225 to 3.3002 deg
Loaded 113561 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): 3156 out of 3588 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3588 out of 40367 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits (aperture=5.2)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 25338 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0997 to 7.9481 deg, Dec -7.3018 to +3.3134 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 352.0997 to 7.9481 deg, Dec -7.3018 to 3.3134 deg
Loaded 113546 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): 3389 out of 3597 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3597 out of 25338 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits (aperture=4.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 19 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
2.0 pix Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
2.9 pix fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
2.9 pix fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.8 mag. Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
14.9 mag. Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 14.1 (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.7h8atqG1fP (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits 860.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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=19, blended=2053, bad_region=3, passed=40348
Got 40348 stars (including 38239 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40348 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0737 through 0 to 7.9287, gap 7.9287 to 352.0737
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39945 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0738 through 0 to 7.9293, gap 7.9293 to 352.0738
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 969 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39947 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39947 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 969 stars left (next iteration limit 1065)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits N_match=969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.252 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.230 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.212 n_q1=214 n_q2=262 n_q3=220 n_q4=273 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.263
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_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.H6kup1jXb0 (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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=11, blended=816, bad_region=1, passed=25327
Got 25327 stars (including 24466 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 25327 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013089 (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 0.010471 (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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0997 through 0 to 7.9481, gap 7.9481 to 352.0997
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 961 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 945 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24916 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0999 through 0 to 7.9487, gap 7.9487 to 352.0999
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 961 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24917 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 961 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24917 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 961 stars left (next iteration limit 1057)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits N_match=961 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=232 n_q2=255 n_q3=229 n_q4=245 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.073
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits -region wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_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.H1zdhkMXNm (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=752, bad_region=13, passed=22859
Got 22859 stars (including 22059 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22859 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8571 through 0 to 8.1422, gap 8.1422 to 351.8571
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 939 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22467 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8566 through 0 to 8.1425, gap 8.1425 to 351.8566
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22468 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22468 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 954 stars left (next iteration limit 1049)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits N_match=954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.283 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.235 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=249 n_q2=216 n_q3=275 n_q4=214 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.129
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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.PmXC2IRxsu (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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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=4, blended=727, bad_region=14, passed=22867
Got 22867 stars (including 22102 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22867 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8355 through 0 to 8.1421, gap 8.1421 to 351.8355
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 939 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22480 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8350 through 0 to 8.1426, gap 8.1426 to 351.8350
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 954 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22480 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 954 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22480 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 954 stars left (next iteration limit 1049)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits N_match=954 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.298 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.244 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.267 n_q1=251 n_q2=215 n_q3=274 n_q4=214 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.175
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-26_CI_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-10_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0404.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.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_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_054514_TTUQ1b1x1_2346018_hhjmV50x/wcs_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:54:14.63 -05:01:43.5: 16.35 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:27:08.81 -04:59:23.4: 12.51 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:17:16.29 -02:39:37.3: 13.53 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:15:39.10 -04:41:58.3: 16.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:33:54.65 +01:53:57.5: 13.27 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:11:34.10 +02:47:27.5: 16.34 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:54:14.63 -05:01:43.5: 15.47 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:27:08.81 -04:59:23.4: 12.50 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.51 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:27:08.81 -04:59:23.4: ref_mag=12.51 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.4356 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:12:34.69 -01:13:41.9: 13.35 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:06:34.09 +00:24:33.4: 16.49 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:15:39.10 -04:41:58.3: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:17:16.29 -02:39:37.3: 13.55 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.53 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:33:54.65 +01:53:57.5: 13.37 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:17:16.29 -02:39:37.3: ref_mag=13.53 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.7599 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:11:34.10 +02:47:27.5: 15.48 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.28 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:33:54.65 +01:53:57.5: ref_mag=13.28 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.6376 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:57:10.63 -05:26:36.1: 13.56 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:12:34.69 -01:13:41.9: 13.40 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.36 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:12:34.69 -01:13:41.9: ref_mag=13.36 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3915 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:06:34.09 +00:24:33.4: 15.59 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:57:10.63 -05:26:36.1: 13.62 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.57 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:57:10.63 -05:26:36.1: ref_mag=13.57 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4764 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:54:50.19 -00:16:29.5: 13.70 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 00:06:42.66 -01:51:42.2: 16.47 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:54:34.75 +01:36:02.6: 16.42 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_20-35-21_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0057_stack2.fits at 23:59:09.83 +00:32:52.2: 16.51 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:54:50.19 -00:16:29.5: 13.76 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.71 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:54:50.19 -00:16:29.5: ref_mag=13.71 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8167 delta=-0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 00:06:42.66 -01:51:42.2: 15.63 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:54:34.75 +01:36:02.6: 15.46 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_21-04-13_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0072_stack1.fits at 23:59:09.83 +00:32:52.2: 15.58 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
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Considering the candidate 50187_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50187_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 50188_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50188_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 50195_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50195_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50224_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50224_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 00:29:38.56 +02:16:44.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 50388_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50388_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 00:05:10.85 -05:41:48.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 50393_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50393_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 50401_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50401_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50404_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50404_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 00:14:21.57 -02:13:29.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 50439_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50439_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50502_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50502_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50509_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50509_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 00:08:04.87 -02:26:26.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 50559_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50559_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50610_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50610_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 50634_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50634_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 50716_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 50716_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 50768_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50768_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50861_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50861_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 50919_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
Preparing report for the candidate 50919_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
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Considering the candidate 39058_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405
The candidate 39058_fd_Psc-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-26_05-27-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0405 did not pass the final checks
