This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 28.1628 2461249.6628 12.89 13:33:49.84 -04:13:40.2
322.62034 57.01457 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 9.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.69 Hesperia 1 0 1 13.1 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:33:49.84 -04:13:40.2: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:33:49.84 -04:13:40.2: 15.85 +/- 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 28.1628* 13 33 49.84 -04 13 40.2 12.9 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461249.6628,12.89,0.05,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 20260728.1628 12.89CV 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 28.1628 2461249.6628 13.93 13:40:17.94 +00:02:53.8
328.36621 60.48448 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 9.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.369 Aeria -0 -1 1 14.2 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:40:17.94 +00:02:53.8: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:40:17.94 +00:02:53.8: 15.91 +/- 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 28.1628* 13 40 17.94 +00 02 53.8 13.9 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461249.6628,13.93,0.05,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 20260728.1628 13.93CV 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: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
First image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Last image: 2461249.66320269 28.07.2026 03:54:50.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.64
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: 4 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): 4989
Objects passed selection criteria: 4986
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4026.75
Average stars matched: 3939.5 (97.8332 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 231804 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jul 28 02:13:30 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-182-g8380f0ac
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-28)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 28 04:17:03 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
First image: 2461171.72763341 11.05.2026 05:27:37.527 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Last image: 2461249.66320269 28.07.2026 03:54:50.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 10
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.37
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: 29 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): 30372
Objects passed selection criteria: 30296
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 25885.2
Average stars matched: 24717.8 (95.4897 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 255072 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jul 28 02:13:30 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-182-g8380f0ac
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-28)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Jul 28 04:19:34 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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: 2461249.66239918
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits'
wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits'
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:54.271 -02:02:39.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:54.271 -02:02:39.78
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0339 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:51.652 -02:02:00.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:51.652 -02:02:00.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0222 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 13:42:54.271 -02:02:39.78
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:51.652 -02:02:00.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01550 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JsvKOVklhA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.i8oi5TiZz0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kWTscYZV5h
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CJ6lg69ZWp
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5795 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to +3.2538 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
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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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to 3.2538 deg
Loaded 3833 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): 3275 out of 3356 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3356 out of 5795 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.734400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.734400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.64
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.09
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.09
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5795 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to +3.2538 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8589 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2723 to 3.2538 deg
Loaded 3833 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): 3275 out of 3356 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3356 out of 5795 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 5203 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.5058 to 213.7896 deg, Dec -7.6230 to +3.6617 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.5058 to 213.7896 deg, Dec -7.6230 to 3.6617 deg
Loaded 4256 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): 3221 out of 3325 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3325 out of 5203 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
2.1 pix Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
15.0 mag. Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
14.1 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
14.1 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.1 (SNR ) 11.2 (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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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=360, bad_region=0, passed=5795
Got 5795 stars (including 5425 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5795 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4893 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5795 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5795 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5795 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 4893 stars left (next iteration limit 5382)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits N_match=4893 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.404 n_q1=1190 n_q2=1173 n_q3=1204 n_q4=1326 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.161
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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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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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.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/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.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=344, bad_region=0, passed=5203
Got 5203 stars (including 4855 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5203 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4759 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4751 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4751 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4751 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.6 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4761 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4750 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4750 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5203 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 4750 stars left (next iteration limit 5226)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits N_match=4750 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=1143 n_q2=1066 n_q3=1264 n_q4=1277 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.067
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.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.kWTscYZV5h (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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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=208, bad_region=0, passed=2620
Got 2620 stars (including 2409 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2620 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
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 469 (Dec -7.7 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2355 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2353 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2353 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2353 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2620 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 469 (Dec -7.7 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2354 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2350 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2620 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2350 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2620 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 2350 stars left (next iteration limit 2588)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2350 robust_rms=11.029 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.851 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2350 robust_rms=0.528 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.549 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2350 robust_rms=0.373 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.427 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2350 robust_rms_before=1.126 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.359 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.373 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.406 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.427
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.406 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits N_match=2350 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.398 n_q1=581 n_q2=512 n_q3=629 n_q4=628 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.107
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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.CJ6lg69ZWp (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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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=248, bad_region=0, passed=2652
Got 2652 stars (including 2401 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2652 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
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 469 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2333 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2331 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2331 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2331 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 469 (Dec -7.6 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2334 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2332 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2332 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 2332 stars left (next iteration limit 2564)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2332 robust_rms=10.946 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.678 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2332 robust_rms=0.576 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.611 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2332 robust_rms=0.379 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.401 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2332 robust_rms_before=1.128 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.353 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.379 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.384 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.401
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.384 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits N_match=2332 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.385 n_q1=581 n_q2=514 n_q3=619 n_q4=618 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.075
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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=Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits sigma_overall=0.348 worst_q_ratio=1.161
ref2=Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits sigma_overall=0.353 worst_q_ratio=1.067
new1=fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.107
new2=fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits sigma_overall=0.358 worst_q_ratio=1.075
reference average sigma_overall=0.3505 worst_q_ratio=1.114
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209_astrometric_residuals.png (4893 matched stars from wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162_astrometric_residuals.png (4750 matched stars from wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078_astrometric_residuals.png (2350 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079_astrometric_residuals.png (2332 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 20296_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 20296_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:23:40.85 +02:43:35.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20302_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 20302_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:18:30.68 -04:41:03.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:54.271 -02:02:39.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:54.271 -02:02:39.78
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0339 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.8' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:51.652 -02:02:00.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:52.399 -02:00:41.01
Second-epoch image center 13:42:51.652 -02:02:00.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0222 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 13:42:54.271 -02:02:39.78
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:51.652 -02:02:00.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01550 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xSZYWNvlme
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZfQ0aDWRph
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sXDfkjmSRW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Updhs3PUly
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits and wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 33359 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to +3.2552 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to 3.2552 deg
Loaded 3837 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): 3200 out of 3410 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3410 out of 33359 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.617750
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.617750
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.37
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 33359 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to +3.2552 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.8561 to 213.5981 deg, Dec -7.2767 to 3.2552 deg
Loaded 3837 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): 3200 out of 3410 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3410 out of 33359 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits (aperture=4.9)
Read 34269 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.4916 to 213.8345 deg, Dec -7.6938 to +3.7049 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.4916 to 213.8345 deg, Dec -7.6938 to 3.7049 deg
Loaded 4321 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): 3198 out of 3451 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3451 out of 34269 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 10 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
1.9 pix Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
2.0 pix fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
2.0 pix fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
15.2 mag. Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 13.7 (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.xSZYWNvlme (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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=8, blended=1359, bad_region=1, passed=33351
Got 33351 stars (including 31942 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33351 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33351 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
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33351 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33351 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5383)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.397 n_q1=1196 n_q2=1168 n_q3=1229 n_q4=1301 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.166
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.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.ZfQ0aDWRph (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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.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/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.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=1314, bad_region=39, passed=34258
Got 34258 stars (including 32837 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34258 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4891 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4891 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4891 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34258 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34258 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34258 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5380)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.335 n_q1=1251 n_q2=1138 n_q3=1262 n_q4=1239 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.069
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits -region wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.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.sXDfkjmSRW (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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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=471, bad_region=1, passed=18354
Got 18354 stars (including 17854 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18354 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
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4893 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18354 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18354 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18354 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4893 stars left (next iteration limit 5382)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits N_match=4893 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.418 n_q1=1278 n_q2=1135 n_q3=1261 n_q4=1219 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.111
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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.Updhs3PUly (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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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=3, blended=555, bad_region=1, passed=18371
Got 18371 stars (including 17786 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18371 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
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4893 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18371 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 411 to 470 (Dec -7.7 to 3.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18371 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4893 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18371 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4893 stars left (next iteration limit 5382)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits N_match=4893 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.379 n_q1=1277 n_q2=1133 n_q3=1266 n_q4=1217 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.040
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-53-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0078.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.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_2026-07-27_CI_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_225522_TTUQ1b1x1_527357_OCKSjlBa/wcs_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-08-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:33:49.84 -04:13:40.2: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:40:17.94 +00:02:53.8: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:46:06.86 -03:04:48.6: 13.18 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-11_00-27-37_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0209.fits at 13:28:18.37 +02:15:21.9: 13.47 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:46:06.86 -03:04:48.6: 13.15 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:33:49.84 -04:13:40.2: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:40:17.94 +00:02:53.8: 15.91 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.17 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:46:06.86 -03:04:48.6: ref_mag=13.17 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4449 delta=-0.28 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-05-20_00-42-37_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0162.fits at 13:28:18.37 +02:15:21.9: 13.51 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.48 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:28:18.37 +02:15:21.9: ref_mag=13.48 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.6417 delta=-0.16 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out54394.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out54455.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
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Considering the candidate 54357_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54357_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54359_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54359_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:36:40.56 -02:30:25.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54360_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54360_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:23:40.84 +02:43:35.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_tycho2.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54386_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54386_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:13:20.52 -03:30:49.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54389_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54389_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:17:34.66 -00:41:36.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54394_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
Preparing report for the candidate 54394_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
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Considering the candidate 54399_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54399_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:54:41.36 -01:32:02.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 54440_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 54440_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54455_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
Preparing report for the candidate 54455_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
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Considering the candidate 26167_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079
The candidate 26167_fd_Vir-08-Q1b1x1_2026-07-27_22-54-50_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0079 did not pass the final checks